Global Change Master Directorygsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov502013-05-23T05:18:14Zgosic Search: Parametershttp://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 851 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EOSWEBSTER_Global_RefGlobal Model Reference Data, 0.5 x 0.5 degree grid-cell-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02013-05-07T04:00:00ZThe Global Model Reference Collection contains 3 datasets that have been used extensively in various biogeochemical process models, in addition to some basic data layers used in analyzing and aggregating ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CLIMDIVClimate Division of the United States GIS Data for the EPA Clean Air Mapping and Analysis Program (C-MAP)-127.83,23.25,-65.38,48.192013-04-22T04:00:00ZThis is a coverage of climate divisions from the National Climatic Data Center. The purpose of this data set is to display seasonal maps of precipitation and temperature in the National Water Summary ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_20022002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.01980-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-12T05:00:00ZThe 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_20052005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.01980-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-12T05:00:00ZThe 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_ESI_20002000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.01978-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-11T05:00:00ZThe 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is an exploratory effort to construct an index that measures the ability of a nation's economy to achieve sustainable development, with the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IUCN_CARINGCaring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01990-01-01T00:00:00Z1990-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-02-11T05:00:00Z"Caring for the Earth" provides governments, nongovernmental
organizations, businesses, and individuals with information and
guidance needed to develop ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00510Storm Events Database145.0,-15.0,-60.0,72.01950-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-02-04T05:00:00ZStorm Events Database is a web page at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Search the Storm Events Database to find various types of storms recorded in your county; or use other selection criteria ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EOSWEBSTER_US_County_Data_2-3Annual Crop Data for All Crop Varieties by US County-124.0,26.0,-66.0,50.01972-01-01T00:00:00Z1998-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-01-29T05:00:00ZTwo datasets in the EOS-WEBSTER US County Data Collection provide county-level data for crop acreage, production and yield statistics. Crop data for 22 different field crops were acquired from the ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00453Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS)-100.0,30.0,-65.0,50.01956-03-18T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-29T05:00:00ZWhile the Fujita and Saffir-Simpson Scales characterize tornadoes and hurricanes respectively, there is no widely used scale to classify snowstorms. The Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale (NESIS) developed ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C004981996 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellites-110.0,10.0,-20.0,55.01996-06-01T00:00:00Z1996-11-30T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00Z1996 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellites is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Geographic coverage is the north Atlantic Ocean tropical ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00349American Weather Stories-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02013-01-24T05:00:00ZAmerican Weather Stories is a historical publication available at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Stories consist of American weather experinces from the hurricane that threatened Columbus ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00508Extreme Weather and Climate Events-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02013-01-24T05:00:00ZExtreme Weather and Climate Events is a web page at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Extreme Weather and Climate Events web site links to some of the more interesting NCDC web pages. Links ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GLOBALSOD_NCDCGlobal Surface Summary of Day (GLOBALSOD) Database Version 5, via WWW-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01930-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe NCDC home page address on the WWW is
'http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/'. To obtain the data via direct
internet-FTP: open ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov OR open hurricane.ncdc.noaa.gov;
login: ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00647Hurricane Katrina Poster-93.0,20.0,-70.0,40.02005-08-28T00:00:00Z2005-08-28T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThis product is a poster, available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The poster dimension is 36 inches wide by 30 inches tall. In the poster: NOAA's Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00532Integrated Surface Hourly (DSI-3505)-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01901-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZIntegrated Surface Hourly (ISH) Data is digital data set DSI-3505, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH) database is composed of worldwide surface ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00353Integrated Surface Hourly CD-ROM Set-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01995-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZIntegrated Surface Hourly Observations CD-ROM Set is a product offered by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The product is composed of worldwide surface weather observations from about 12,000 ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00579Long-Term Data Sets about Freezing Rain and Ice Storms in the United States CD-ROM170.0,15.0,-66.0,72.02013-01-24T05:00:00ZLong-Term Data Sets about Freezing Rain and Ice Storms in the United States CD-ROM is a product available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This CDROM was created by Changnon Climatologist, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00610NOAAPort NWSTG Text Products (DSI-6431)-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02000-11-25T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) archives data from the NOAAPort NWSTG as digital data set DSI-6431. NOAA is the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, of which the National ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00522National Climatic Data Center Periodical Publications CD-ROM-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02013-01-24T05:00:00ZNational Climatic Data Center Periodical Publications CD-ROM is a product available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The CD- ROM contains PDF format copies of the most recent NCDC serial ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCDC_WX_EVENT_ARCHNational Climatic Data Center's Weather Event Case Study Archive (1991-2008)-124.0,25.0,-60.0,47.01991-10-31T00:00:00Z2008-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe NCDC weather event archive contains case studies of the major
weather events that happened between 1991 and 2006. Each case study
includes a detailed discussion of the event combined ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_TORNADOESSatellite and NEXRAD Images from the March 1, 1997 Southern United States Tornado and Flood Outbreak (NOAA/NCDC)-96.0,30.0,-77.0,42.01997-02-28T00:00:00Z1997-03-03T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZOn March 1, 1997, a severe weather situation with tornadoes and very
heavy rainfall erupted along a nearly stationary front from Texas to
West Virginia. At mid-afternoon on Saturday, an ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00035Service Records and Retention System (SRRS) (DSI-9949)130.0,-15.0,-60.0,72.01983-05-31T00:00:00Z2001-08-05T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZService Records and Retention System (SRRS) is historical digital data set DSI-9949, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) has archived a number ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00666SnowStorm Data: Long-Term Data Sets About Snowstorms in the United States-125.0,24.0,-66.0,50.01901-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe SnowStorm Data: Long-Term Data Sets About Snowstorms in the United States is a study prepared by Changnon Climatologist, in cooperation with NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) as part ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]SOE_NORWAYState of the Environment - Norway 20040.0,50.0,30.0,80.01966-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZState of the Environment Norway ("http://www.environment.no/" provides
the latest information about the state and development of the
environment. The service presents environmental topics ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00354The Development of a U.S. Climatology of Extreme Ice Loads170.0,15.0,-66.0,72.01940-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe Development of a U.S. Climatology of Extreme Ice Loads is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Ice thickness (and therefore weight) is a key engineering ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00501The El Nino Winter of 1997 - 1998-125.0,24.0,-66.0,50.01997-12-01T00:00:00Z1998-02-28T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe El Nino Winter of 1997 - 1998 is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Prior to the winter of 1997-8, record-breaking warm-episode (El Nino) conditions had ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00535Thunderstorms Across the Nation Atlas170.0,15.0,-66.0,72.01901-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThunderstorms Across the Nation is an atlas available through the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The atlas describes all aspects of the climatology of thunderstorms and hail in the US during ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00571U.S. Climate Extremes Index-180.0,18.0,-60.0,72.01910-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe Climate Extremes Index (CEI) is a study prepared by and available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The CEI was first presented in 1995 as a framework for quantifying observed changes ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00059U.S. Lightning Archive (DSI-9617)170.0,15.0,-65.0,72.01959-01-13T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2013-01-24T05:00:00ZThe Lightning Archive contains a chronological listing, by state, of lightning statistics. The reports are provided by the National Weather Service and contain statistics on locations, fatalities, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]faostatFAOSTAT Database on Agriculture-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01961-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZFAOSTAT is an on-line and CD multilingual database currently containing over one million time-series records, updated as of September 2001, covering 210 countries and territories and international ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]invasiveInvasive and Exotic Species of North America-125.0,10.0,-67.0,90.01995-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZInvasive.org has been under development for a number of years, and is
the result of the efforts of a large number of people. In the
mid-1990's we recognized a need for quality photographs ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]terrastatTerrastat - Land Resource Potential and Constraints Statistics at Country and Regional Level-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01990-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZTerrastat contains country statistics of soil, terrain, climatic and
agricultural land use limitations, and potential extent.
The designation employed and the presentation of material ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]iucn_1996redlistThe 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.01996-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-12-21T05:00:00ZIUCN Red Lists are the compilation of species categorized as
Critically Endangered, Endangered, or Vulnerable according to the IUCN
Categories of Threat. For the most part, categorizations ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ETI_FarmingMarinePlantsETI CD - Cultivation and Farming of Marine Plants-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02012-12-20T05:00:00ZCultivation of seaweed is gaining interest on a worldwide scale. It is
being used as food, fertilizer and resource for chemical
constituents. Approximately 500,000 tons are being traded ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_outletglaciersVelocities of Outlet Glaciers, Ice streams, and Ice shelves, Antarctica, From Satellite Images-142.0,-76.0,130.0,-67.01972-01-01T00:00:00Z1992-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-12-12T05:00:00ZChanges in global climate and sea level are intricately linked to changes in
the area and volume of polar ice sheets. Thus, melting of the ice sheets may
severely impact the densely populated ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00139Storm Data (DSI-3910)170.0,15.0,-65.0,72.01950-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-11-30T05:00:00ZStorm Data is the name of a digital data set and a publication available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The digital data set is DSI-3910. Storm Data covers the United States of America. ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00161U.S. Weather Bureau Technical Paper Series170.0,15.0,-60.0,72.01856-12-31T00:00:00Z1966-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-11-29T05:00:00ZU.S. Weather Bureau Technical Paper Series are historical meteorological papers
archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The U.S. Weather Bureau technical paper
series ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]HEED_UNHMajor Marine Ecological Disturbances, Morbidity, Mortality and Disease of Marine Wildlife Species Human Health and Economic Impacts-102.0,-4.0,-28.0,56.01995-11-10T00:00:00Z1999-06-06T00:00:00Z2012-11-08T05:00:00ZThe HEED (Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions of) Global Change
Program, a 3-year effort funded by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration's Office of Global Programs ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_20012001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)-180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.01980-01-01T00:00:00Z2000-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-11-02T04:00:00ZThe 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Ca_fblic_GFWLarge Remaining Unfragmented Forest Areas in Canada-135.18,41.4,-63.07,67.052001-01-01T00:00:00Z2001-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-23T04:00:00ZThis raster layer consists of the "large remaining
forest areas" grid published in Canada's Forests at a
Crossroads: An Assessment in the Year 2000. This dataset
is derived from ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00060NORPLAX Shuttle Experiment (DSI-9936)-158.0,-17.0,-150.0,20.01979-01-01T00:00:00Z1980-06-30T00:00:00Z2012-10-18T04:00:00ZNORPLAX Shuttle Experiment is historical digital data set DSI-9936, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). In the early 1970s the North Pacific experiment (NORPLAX) was begun as part ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C005001997 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellite-95.0,10.0,-15.0,60.01997-06-30T00:00:00Z1997-10-17T00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00Z1997 Atlantic Tropical Storms is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The geographic coverage is the North Atlantic tropical storm basin. Land areas include ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C005241998 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellites-100.0,10.0,-10.0,60.01998-06-01T00:00:00Z1998-11-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00Z1998 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellites is a technical report produced by, and available from, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This annual report is a preliminary summary ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C005061998-1999 Tornadoes and a Long Term U.S. Tornado Climatology170.0,15.0,-66.0,72.01880-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00Z1998-1999 Tornadoes and a Long Term U.S. Tornado Climatology is a technical report, created by and available from, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This report provides long-term climatological ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C005301999 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellite-110.0,8.0,-15.0,55.01999-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00Z1999 Atlantic Tropical Storms: Views from the NOAA Satellite is a technical report produced by and available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The report provides a detailed review of ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00517A Climatology of Recent Extreme Weather and Climate Events170.0,15.0,-60.0,72.01980-01-01T00:00:00Z1999-12-31T00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00ZA Climatology of Recent Extreme Weather and Climate Events is a technical report prepared by, and available from, the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This 17-page report provides an overview, ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FUNG_CO2_INPUTCO2 Surface Exchange Data Sets Used in the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) 3-Dimensional (3-D) Global Tracer Transport Model, CDIAC/DB-1006-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02012-10-17T04:00:00Z[Source: NASA/GISS, http://data.giss.nasa.gov/co2_fung/
These data sets represent the input files used in simulations of
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) using the Goddard Institute for Space
Studies ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00492Hurricane Opal - Preliminary Report-93.0,19.0,-83.0,50.01995-10-03T00:00:00Z1995-10-06T00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00ZHurricane Opal - Preliminary Report is a technical report available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This report deals with the US landfall of Hurricane Opal, the 15th named storm in ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_NATIONALATLASNational Atlas of the United States of America from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-130.0,22.0,-70.0,50.01970-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00ZThe National Atlas updates a large bound collection of paper maps that
was published in 1970. Like its predecessor, this edition promotes
greater national geographic awareness. It delivers ...http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]gov.noaa.ncdc.C00673State of the Climate - Global Hazards and Extremes-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.02003-01-01T00:00:00ZT00:00:00Z2012-10-17T04:00:00ZGlobal Hazards/Climate Extremes highlights significant weather events around the world by month and year. It is prepared by and available from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The Product ...