Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-24T11:29:53Z GCMD Search: Parameters|TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE|WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY|PHOSPHOROUS COMPOUNDS http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 112 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z The 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a measure of overall progress towards environmental sustainability, developed for 146 countries. The index provides a composite profile of national ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2006 Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z The Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) centers on two broad environmental protection objectives: (1) reducing environmental stresses on human health, and (2) promoting ecosystem vitality ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]epa_lakechamplain Lake Champlain Basin Program -73.5,43.0,-73.0,45.0 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z The Lake Champlain Basin Program works in partnership with government agencies from New York, Vermont, and Quebec, private organizations, local communities, and individuals to coordinate and fund ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MD_DNR_BSS Maryland Biological Stream Survey -79.71,37.69,-74.82,39.95 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z The Maryland Biological Stream Survey developed as a response to questions raised by the Maryland Synoptic Stream Survey of 1987 (see "Acid Deposition" pages for full discussion) and the MBSS Pilot ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRIR_98_4113 Surface-Water-Quality Assessment of the Yakima River Basin, Washington -122.0,45.0,-119.0,48.0 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-11-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z Surface-water-quality conditions were assessed in the Yakima River Basin, which drains 6,155 square miles of mostly forested, range, and agricultural land in Washington. The Yakima River Basin is ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]wa_de_lakewaterquality Lake Water Quality Monitoring in Washington State -125.15,45.15,-116.53,49.39 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-20T05:00:00Z Ecology has monitored rivers and streams since before 1959 and, due largely to federal grants, were able to monitor lakes from 1989 through 1999. During that period, they collected ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRIR_01_4062 Modeling Water Quality in the Tualatin River, Oregon, 1991-1997 -123.375,45.25,-122.625,45.75 1991-05-01T00:00:00Z 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z The calibration of a model of flow, temperature, and water quality in the Tualatin River, Oregon, originally calibrated for the summers of 1991 through 1993, was extended to the summers of 1991 through ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRIR_004062 Phosphorus and E.coli in the Fanno and Bronson Creek Subbasins of the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, During Summer Low-Flow Conditions, 1996. -123.375,45.25,-122.625,45.75 1996-09-10T00:00:00Z 1996-09-24T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z As part of an ongoing cooperative study between the Unified Sewerage Agency of Washington County, Oregon, and the U.S. Geological Survey, phosphorus and Escherichia coli (E. coli) concentrations were ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]wa_de_riverandstreamwaterqual River and Stream Water Quality Monitoring in Washington State -125.15,45.15,-116.53,49.39 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z The Washington State Department of Ecology has conducted monthly water quality monitoring at hundreds of stream stations throughout the state since before 1959. Currently, the Stream Monitoring Unit ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRIR_98_4198 Upper Klamath Lake Basin Nutrient-Loading Study-Assessment of Historic of Flows in the Williamson and Sprague Rivers -124.96,41.58,-116.06,46.68 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z The Williamson River Basin, located in south-central Oregon, has a drainage area of approximately 3,000 square miles. The Sprague River, which flows into the Williamson River Basin, has a drainage ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRIR_97_4268 Distribution of Dissolved Pesticides and Other Water Quality Constituents in Small Streams, and their Relation to Land Use, Willamette River Basin, Oregon -124.0,43.5,-121.5,46.0 1996-03-01T00:00:00Z 1996-11-30T00:00:00Z 2012-11-29T05:00:00Z Water quality samples were collected at sites in 16 randomly selected agricultural and 4 urban subbasins as part of Phase III of the Willamette River Basin Water Quality Study in Oregon during 1996. ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K081_2009_2010_NZ_1 Characterisation of aquatic resources in McMurdo Sound region of Antarctica: water chemistry, biological identity and genomic samples 159.0,-80.0,166.69,-77.3 2009-12-24T00:00:00Z 2010-01-19T00:00:00Z 2010-10-10T00:00:00Z 2011-01-15T00:00:00Z 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z 2012-01-23T00:00:00Z 2012-02-07T05:00:00Z Aquatic environments in Antarctica have changes over time with a changing climate. Small aquatic zones on the surface of glaciers ablation zones are comparatively constant and represent perhaps the ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CBF_StateofChesapeake State of the Chesapeake Bay Report -76.5,38.0,-76.0,45.0 2011-11-22T05:00:00Z The State of the Bay Report is an annual report that provides the results on the health and environmental condition of the Chesapeake Bay. To create the ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CBP_PNAQWA Water-Quality Assessment of the Potomac River Basin: Water-Quality and Selected Spatial Data, 1992-1996 -79.0,38.0,-77.0,40.0 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-11-22T05:00:00Z The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) implemented the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program to describe the status and trends in the quality of the Nation's surface water and ground water ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_2154 Bacterioplankton dynamics in Antarctic lakes 77.0,-68.0,78.0,-67.0 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z 2011-05-11T04:00:00Z ---- Public Summary from Project ---- Bacteria are an important part of the planktonic community of lakes and other aquatic environments. They use dissolved organic carbon in the water as a ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uk_nc_eddi_CEuro European Diatom Database-Central European Dataset 4.0,41.0,18.0,51.0 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-04-08T04:00:00Z The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uk_nc_eddi_French European Diatom Database - French Massif Central TP Dataset 0.0,43.0,10.0,53.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uk_nc_eddi_NWEuro European Diatom Database - NW Europe Dataset -12.0,48.0,30.0,73.0 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uk_nc_eddi_NI European Diatom Database - Northern Irish Dataset -12.0,51.0,-4.0,58.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uk_nc_eddi_SEng European Diatom Database - Southern England Dataset -4.0,51.0,2.0,56.0 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uk_nc_eddi_SCM European Diatom Database - UK Meres TP Dataset -8.0,51.0,0.0,58.0 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-04-07T04:00:00Z The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uk_nc_eddi_DK European Diatom Database-Danish TP Dataset 6.0,53.0,14.0,60.0 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2011-04-06T04:00:00Z The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS092 Eurasian River Historical Nutrient and Sediment Flux Data 38.5,63.8,161.2,72.0 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-12-17T05:00:00Z The Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) measured sediment fluxes and nutrient concentrations of sixteen Russian rivers between 1938 and 2000. This ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_2010_1241 Water Quality in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, Water Years 2006-2008 -152.0,53.0,-132.0,68.0 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-11-23T05:00:00Z The Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council and the U.S. Geological Survey developed a water-quality monitoring program to address a shared interest in the water quality of the Yukon River and ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SMHI_IPY_BRING01 Hydrological and hydrochemical observation status in the pan-Arctic drainage basin -180.0,45.0,180.0,85.0 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z 2010-07-09T04:00:00Z By synthesizing and analyzing all openly accessible water discharge and water quality data, we present in this dataset an updated, quantitative picture of the status of observational data on hydrological ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PUECH-hydro Polar Urals Environmental Change after Last Ice Age (#1217, PUECH, IV IPY) – hydrology, hydrochemistry and meteorology 2010-02-16T05:00:00Z The PUECH-Hydro consists of hydrological and meteorological data, which were collected during project Polar Urals Environmental Change after Last Ice Age (PUECH, no. #1217). The PUECH was organized ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LISES_HistDOtrends Analysis of Factors Affecting Historical Dissolved Oxygen Trends in Western Long Island Sound -80.16,40.11,-71.46,45.41 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 1987-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z The purpose of this dataset is to assess the historical decline in dissolved oxygen concentrations in the bottom region of the Western Long Island Sound. The primary factors ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDMO_cbmnut04-12.03m CBM NERR Nutrient Metadata April-December 2003 Latest Update: February 21, 2005 -76.71441,38.186047,-75.79306,39.454494 2003-04-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z Nutrient monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from four locations within or adjacent to the reserve on a monthly basis of the following parameters: ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDMO_cbmnut02-12.04m Chesapeake Bay Maryland (CBM) NERR Nutrient Metadata February-December 2004 Latest Update: July 21, 2005 -76.71441,38.186047,-75.79306,39.454494 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z Nutrient monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from four locations within or adjacent to the reserve on a monthly basis of the following parameters: ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_hardness_swp_lnwr Effects of water hardness on slough-wet prairie plant communities of the A. R. M. Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge -80.5,26.3,-80.25,26.7 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z Alterations to ground-water and surface-water hydrology and water chemistry in South Florida have contributed to increased flows of mineral-rich (hard water) canal water into historically rain-fall ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDMO_elknut01-12.03m Elkhorn Slough (ELK) NERR Nutrient Metadata (January- December 2003) Latest Update: June 9, 2005 -121.77219,36.80042,-121.720665,36.84281 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z Nutrient monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from four locations within or adjacent to the reserve on a monthly basis of the following parameters: ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDMO_elknut04-12.02m Elkhorn Slough (ELK) NERR Nutrient Metadata April - December 2002 Latest Update: June 16, 2005 -121.77219,36.80042,-121.720665,36.84281 2002-04-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z Nutrient monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from four locations within or adjacent to the reserve on a monthly basis of the following parameters: ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_field_data_br105 Field measurements, major ions, nutrient, and carbon data for Bridge-105 and the 40-Mile Bend to Monroe reach in the Big Cypress National Preserve -81.4,25.2,-80.5,26.3 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z The data catagories include site name, date, time, station ID, medium, record #, agency analyzing sample, agency collecting sample, discharge (daily mean and instantaneous), gage height, lab spec ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_field_data_interEver Field measurements, major ions, nutrient, and carbon data for sites in the interior of the Everglades National Park -80.9,25.2,-80.5,25.7 1959-12-16T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z The data catagories include site name, date, time, station ID, medium, record #, agency analyzing sample, agency collecting sample, discharge (daily mean and instantaneous), gage height, lab spec ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ISC_ISCdata Long Island Sound Interstate Sanitation Commission Data -79.0,40.75,-72.0,41.5 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z Monitor water quality on a monthly basis over the full annual cycle. http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDMO_delnut01-12.02m National Estuarine Research Reserve Nutrient Metadata (January 2002-December 2002) Latest Update: July 14, 2004 -75.66072,39.061626,-75.3694,39.40513 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-02T04:00:00Z Nutrient monitoring is conducted at 26 National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERR) from four locations within or adjacent to the reserve on a monthly basis of the following parameters: ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_levesque_field_params Field Parameters Data (Levesque) -81.25,25.33,-81.0,25.5 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z In 1996, the U.S. Geological Survey began a 4-year study of the flow and nutrient characteristics of three major streams that drain parts of the Everglades National Park. An upward looking acoustic ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_levesque_flow Flow Data (Levesque) -81.25,25.33,-81.0,25.5 1996-10-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z In 1996, the U.S. Geological Survey began a 4-year study of the flow and nutrient characteristics of three major streams that drain parts of the Everglades National Park. An upward looking acoustic ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_levesque_nutrients Nutrients Data (Levesque) -81.25,25.33,-81.0,25.5 1996-10-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-05-13T04:00:00Z In 1996, the U.S. Geological Survey began a 4-year study of the flow and nutrient characteristics of three major streams that drain parts of the Everglades National Park. An upward looking acoustic ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K081_2000_2001_NZ_5 Determining the rates of nutrient uptake to create an approximate nutrient budget of microbial mats from Bratina Island ponds, McMurdo Ice Shelf 165.3333,-78.0,165.3333,-78.0 2001-01-16T00:00:00Z 2001-01-23T00:00:00Z 2009-05-08T04:00:00Z Mat cores from ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf were incubated in pond water which had been spiked by 50 ?g l-1 of nitrate or phosphate. Three ponds were used for water samples (Skua, Duet and P70) ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gomc_159 Buzzards Bay Project -71.25,41.8,-70.5,44.3 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-14T04:00:00Z National Estuary Program Waterbody or Watershed Names: Buzzards Bay http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CBP_WQDB Chesapeake Bay Program Water Quality Database -80.53758,36.66154,-74.5759,42.979 1984-06-15T00:00:00Z 2002-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-03-26T04:00:00Z The Water Quality Monitoring database is a compilation of data for 19 parameters at 49 mainbay and approximately 150 tributary stations for Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EEA_WATERBASE_RIVERS Europe's Waterbase - Rivers -12.0,35.0,30.0,72.0 2009-03-19T04:00:00Z Waterbase is the generic name given to the EEA's databases on the status and quality of Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies and transitional, coastal and marine waters, and on the ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]K014_1974_1975_NZ_2 The presence and extent of interstitial meiofauna in sandy beaches and stream and coastal water sampling to determine the nutrient input to the sea from penguin colonies 166.6833,-77.1667,166.6833,-77.1667 1974-12-18T00:00:00Z 1975-01-25T00:00:00Z 2009-03-17T04:00:00Z The presence and extent of the interstitial meiofauna that developed in the sandy beach when the push-ice had melted or rafted out was investigated. The timing of melting was late and only a short ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_metlietz Determination of Nutrient Loads to East Coast Canals -80.39,25.35,-80.15,25.94 1996-05-01T00:00:00Z 1997-10-31T00:00:00Z 2009-02-24T05:00:00Z The objectives of this project were threefold: 1) to determine if historical water-quality data collected as grab samples at 0.5 and c1.0 m below the surface near the centroid of flow adequately represent ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_orem_fb_sed_geochem Florida Bay sediment geochemical data -80.75,25.0,-80.5,25.25 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-02-24T05:00:00Z The data set contains the sample ID, depth (cm), sediment size, fine sediment fraction (<60m), total C %, organic C %, total N %, total P %, C/N, C/P, and N/P. This project is examining (1) sources ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_metorem Geochemistry of Wetland Sediments from South Florida -81.3,24.4,-80.1,27.0 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-02-24T05:00:00Z This project is examining (1) sources of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), sulfur, and carbon to wetlands of south Florida, (2) the important role of chemical and biological processes in the wetland ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_sus_parts Effect of Water Flow on Transport of Solutes, Suspended Particles, and Particle-Associated Nutrients in the Everglades Ridge and Slough Landscape -81.0,25.0,-80.25,26.75 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-02-11T05:00:00Z The objectives of the study are: To quantify through detailed field experiments previously unstudied processes in the Everglades, such as rates of fine-particle movement and filtration by vegetation ... http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_waterqual_lietz Water Quality Physical Parameters Data (Lietz) -80.431,25.66,-80.18,25.933 1996-06-21T00:00:00Z 1997-10-07T00:00:00Z 2009-02-06T05:00:00Z The data set contains values for water temperature, pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, sample location cross section, and sampling depth at 5 sites. The sites are: Biscayne Canal at S-28 ...