Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-22T03:33:46Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 91 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_EROS_HDDS_RITA -100.0,22.0,-68.0,41.0 2005-09-15T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z

USGS EROS supported first responders and emergency services working in response to Hurricane Rita. EROS channeled vital imagery to state and local governments, FEMA, and other federal agencies. These ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_EROS_HDDS_WILMA -98.0,10.0,-70.0,35.0 2013-05-07T04:00:00Z

USGS EROS supported first responders and emergency services working in response to Hurricane Wilma. EROS channeled vital imagery to state and local governments, FEMA, and other federal agencies. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NWS_Riverbasins -166.0,19.0,-66.0,71.0 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z 1998-10-17T00:00:00Z 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z

National Weather Service forecast basins for contiguous United States and Puerto Rico. Note: This documentation also applied to the sub-coverages of basins for individual ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDA_AR_GEO_MAP-POTTER -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-62.83 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z

The Dallmann Geological Project: "Geological mapping of Potter Peninsula". Elaboration of a newly actualized geological map of Potter Peninsula, using sub-meter GPS techniques. All topographic, geologic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ESRI_Arc_Atlas -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

ArcAtlas: Our Earth brings to your computer a large collection of maps and information about the earth--its people, plants, animals, and their various environments and economies. Whether you're a ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISCGM_GLOBAL -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

The concept of Global Mapping, and the establishment of an international body for Global Mapping, was first proposed by the Ministry of Construction of Japan (MOC) in 1992; and in 1994 the Geospatial ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_2004_1013 -81.0,32.5,-78.5,34.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-01-24T05:00:00Z

South Carolina's Grand Strand is a heavily populated coastal region that supports a large tourism industry. Like most densely developed coastal communities, the potential for property damage and lost ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRI_EarthTrends -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z

EarthTrends is an online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. Committed to the principle that accurate information drives ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Inforain_USGS_GBE -170.0,52.0,-140.0,71.0 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Interrain Pacific are please to help make available to the public this integrated Geographic Information System for the Glacier Bay / northern Southeast ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SAMAB_SAA -86.76972,32.44601,-76.60273,40.195526 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z

The Southern Appalachian Assessment (SAA) was a cooperative multi-agency effort to assess the environmental condition of the Southern Appalachian region. The SAA was described as the ecological equivalent ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FEMA_DFIRM -177.1,13.71,-61.48,76.63 1998-07-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-02-23T05:00:00Z

The Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) Database depicts flood risk information and supporting data used to develop the risk data. The primary risk classifications used are the 1-percent-annual-chance ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]chesapeak_CBESS -77.0,38.0,-75.0,40.0 1976-06-01T00:00:00Z 1984-08-01T00:00:00Z 2011-12-23T05:00:00Z

This is a data table, in comma-delimited, ASCII format, which contains information about selected physical properties, particularly grain size, of 4,255 surficial sediment samples from the Chesapeake ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Global_GIS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2011-11-22T05:00:00Z

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and The American Geological Institute (AGI) announced a cooperative agreement that will focus on making the USGS Global Geographic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]HUC250k -127.91,22.87,-65.32,48.29 2011-07-01T04:00:00Z

The Geographic Information Retrieval and Analysis System (GIRAS) was developed in the mid 70s to put into digital form a number of data layers which were of interest to the USGS. One of these data ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISLSCP_RIVER_ROUTING -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-06-01T04:00:00Z

The Simulated Topological Network (STN-30p) data set provides the large-scale hydrological modeling community an accurate representation of the global river system at 0.5 degree and 1.0 degree spatial ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EEA_RIVERS_CATCHMENTS -12.0,36.0,40.0,72.0 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-08-26T04:00:00Z

The European rivers and catchments database (ERICA Version 1998) at scale 1:1,000,000 contains over 1500 catchments to river confluences for the largest rivers in EEA member states. The dataset was ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CNDP-ESP_GEOANT-UAM_Freshwater -86.3,-78.7,-44.3,-60.5 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-02-20T00:00:00Z 2009-09-23T04:00:00Z

In English: Surface freshwater, snow and groundwater studies in the Antarctic Peninsula region and Ellsworth Mountains. Hydrochemical data. From projects of the research group on Geology of the University ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Seminole_Watershed_Atlas -81.46,28.61,-80.987,28.877 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z

The Seminole County Watershed Atlas is designed to provide citizens, scientists, and planners of the region with comprehensive and current water quality, hydrologic, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]Canada_GeoGratis_1kmWatFracNTDB -141.0,41.5,-52.0,84.0 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

This product is a raster coverage representing the fraction of area within each 1km grid cell over Canada's land mass covered by waterbodies, as mapped within the National Topographic ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[CANADA-CGDI]Canada_GeoGratis_Bi-dirReflProp -141.0,41.5,-43.0,84.0 1998-04-11T00:00:00Z 2004-10-31T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z

The MODIS data are an important component of the Climate Change program as they provide high quality measurements of fundamental land surface properties of the Canadian climate system ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AGRC_Lakes -115.400276,35.435406,-107.694626,43.060814 2009-05-07T04:00:00Z

This data set represents water bodies in Utah and portions of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming that appear on the 1:100,000 scale topographical map series from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AGRC_Streams_TIGER -114.27646,36.960037,-108.899796,42.03181 2009-05-07T04:00:00Z

This data set represents water courses in Utah converted from 2000 updated TIGER/Line Census files.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]AGRC_Watersheds -114.27646,36.960037,-108.899796,42.03181 2009-05-07T04:00:00Z

This data set represents the major watershed boundaries in Utah. The data were digitized from a paper map prepared by the USDA Soil Conservation Service.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]David_Rumsey_Collection -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-05-04T04:00:00Z

The Collection: The David Rumsey Collection which started nearly 20 years ago, includes a collection of atlases, globes, school geographies, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WYGISC_HYDRO100K -111.36555,40.944794,-103.783806,44.99391 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The purpose of this data layer was to provide a base layer of water features at a statewide level for riparian/aquatic species distribution modeling for the Wyoming Gap Analysis project. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WYGISC_HYDRO24K -111.0,41.0,-104.0,45.0 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 1971-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The purpose of this data layer is to provide a base layer of hydrography at the watershed scale for GIS display and analysis. The hydrography described by this metadata, including ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ESRI_DM -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

ESRI Data & Maps is preconfigured to work with ESRI's software products and is also bundled with ArcGIS software and solutions products such as ArcGIS Business ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WYGISC_HUC250K -111.98,40.38,-102.13,46.37 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The HUC dataset was compiled originally to provide the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) study units with an intermediate- scale river basin boundary for extracting other ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IRIS -96.97,40.05,89.82,43.83 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Iowa Rivers Information System (IRIS) provides a comprehensive access point for obtaining physical, chemical and biological information for Iowa's interior streams and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WYGISC_HUC -111.4,40.65,-103.7,45.35 2008-11-20T05:00:00Z

The purpose of the Wyoming Headwaters Project is to refine existing USGS Hydrologic Unit Boundaries (HUBs) published in the mid 1970's on a national level (level 4 HUBs). 5th ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CEIC_SNEP -125.0,35.0,-110.0,45.0 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2008-10-24T04:00:00Z

The Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project (SNEP) is an assessment of the Sierra Nevada ecoregion which was requested by Congress in 1992. Along with a scientific review of late-successional ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UK_LANDMAP -12.0,51.0,2.0,62.0 2008-07-24T04:00:00Z

[From The Landmap Project: Introduction, "http://www.landmap.ac.uk/background/intro.html"] A joint project to provide orthorectified satellite image mosaics of Landsat, SPOT ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]BALANS_LandCover 0.0,45.0,-40.0,75.0 1997-07-11T00:00:00Z 2000-09-19T00:00:00Z 2008-06-18T04:00:00Z

The BALANS land cover dataset has been assembled from satellite data from the IRS 1C/1D WiFS satellite. The reference data has been collected from national sources. Note that the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_99-78 -128.07002,22.67775,-65.25698,48.26194 2008-05-30T04:00:00Z

This report contains digital data sets describing water use, toxic chemical releases, metropolitan areas, and population density of the conterminous United States. The data source for the water-use ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_2004_1011 -125.0,32.0,-112.0,40.0 2008-05-30T04:00:00Z

These maps present preliminary assessments of the probability of debris-flow activity and estimates of peak discharges that can potentially be generated by debris flows issuing from basins burned ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_2005_1176 -71.31,42.85,-66.74,47.67 2003-12-18T00:00:00Z 2003-12-19T00:00:00Z 2008-05-30T04:00:00Z

The Androscoggin River flooded the town of Canton, Maine in December 2003, resulting in damage to and (or) evacuation of 44 homes. Streamflow records at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamflow-gaging ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_2004_1227 -177.1,13.71,-61.48,76.63 2008-05-30T04:00:00Z

The S3C database is a pedon[1]-based, site-specific, soil-organic-carbon (SOC) database for mineral soils of the Mississippi River basin. The included soil-carbon and related ancillary data are for ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS-DDS-43 -125.0,35.0,-110.0,45.0 2008-05-30T04:00:00Z

This publication consists of the online version of a CD-ROM publication, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-43. The data for this publication total 175 MB on the CD-ROM and 167 MB for ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_DEM24K -177.1,13.71,-61.48,76.63 2008-05-27T04:00:00Z

The DEM data for 7.5-minute units correspond to the USGS 1:24,000 and 1:25,000 scale topographic quadrangle map series for all of the United States and its territories. Each 7.5-minute DEM is based ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_CT_ATLAS -78.0,41.0,-68.0,48.0 2008-05-27T04:00:00Z

During the Connecticut River Watershed Sustainability workshops held in 2004, a common message voiced by participants was the need for a centralized database of information to support assessments ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_MAP_MF2329 -127.6,31.8,-69.5,48.8 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2008-05-27T04:00:00Z

These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. It is not intended for hazard evaluation or other site-specific work, and should not ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_PA_DIGIT -76.4304,39.7151,-74.6865,42.0007 2008-02-12T05:00:00Z

In 1989, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PaDER), in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division (USGS published the Pennsylvania (PA) Gazetteer ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_EPA_NHD -166.0,23.0,-48.0,79.0 2008-01-31T05:00:00Z

The National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) is a comprehensive set of digital spatial data that contains information about surface water features such as lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, springs and wells. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]RUTGERS_LANDSCAPE_CHANGE -75.69,38.8,-73.78,41.47 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-31T00:00:00Z 2007-05-29T04:00:00Z

A group of researchers at Rutgers is collaborating to study and address one of New Jersey's most pressing issues: the rapid development of the state's landscapes. Building on existing research, like ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_DS_2006_199 -74.0,0.0,-60.0,12.0 2006-12-18T05:00:00Z

The digital geologic map and GIS database of Venezuela captures GIS compatible geologic and hydrologic data from the "Geologic Shaded Relief Map of Venezuela," which was released online as U.S. Geological ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_Map_MF-2371 -122.875,46.25,-122.749,46.375 2006-10-10T04:00:00Z

This database and accompanying plot files depict the distribution of geologic materials and structures at a regional (1:24,000) scale. The report is intended to provide geologic information for the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_96-252 -124.9,32.02,-113.61,42.51 2006-09-27T04:00:00Z

This digital map database, compiled from previously open-filed U.S. Geological Survey reports (Graymer and others, 1994), other published and unpublished data and substantialnew mapping by the authors ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UDEL_DRG_DLG -76.0,38.0,-74.0,40.0 2006-09-25T04:00:00Z

All datasets are downloadable from the following URL: "http://www.udel.edu/gis/" DLGs - Digital Line Graphs produced by the United States Geological Survey. DLGs consist of several layers of 1:24,000 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SEFP -92.0,23.0,-75.0,39.0 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-01T00:00:00Z 2006-08-28T04:00:00Z

The Southeastern Ecological Framework Project is a GIS-based analysis to identify ecologically significant areas and connectivity in the southeast region of the US. The states included in the project ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_NHD_CATCH -170.0,17.0,-46.0,78.0 2006-07-27T04:00:00Z

Topographically-based catchments will be delineated for all stream-reach segments of the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) within the entire conterminous United States. The NHD is a digital hydrographic ...