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1. USGS Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) Data [1_250_LULC]
The National Mapping Program, a component of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS), produces and distributes land use and land cover maps and digitized data for the conterminous U.S. and Hawaii. Land ...


2. Urban Dynamics Research Program: Analysis of Land Use Change in Urban Environments [USGS_UDRP]
The Urban Dynamics project looks at land use change in urban environments in order to provide a historical perspective of land use change and an assessment of the spatial patterns, rates, correlation, ...


3. Web-enabled Landsat Data Sets [USGS_WELD]
The Web-enabled Landsat Data (WELD) project is collaboration between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center and academic partner South Dakota ...


4. Greenness of the Conterminous U.S. [USGS_GREENESS]
Since 1989, the USGS EROS Data Center has been mapping the vegetation condition of the conterminous United States (lower 48 states) using satellite information. The vegetation condition maps, or more ...


5. Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics [MRLC]
The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) project was established to provide multi-resolution land cover data of the conterminous United States from local to regional scales. A major component ...


6. World Maps from the U.S. Geological Survey [WORLD_MAPS]
The USGS provides a series of planetary maps featuring more than 750 titles. These include selected maps of the Moon, Venus, Mercury, Mars, and the moons of Jupiter. Planetary maps are available ...


7. U.S. Geological Survey Map Index [USGS_MAP_INDEX]
Established in 1879, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has Federal responsibility for preparing multipurpose maps and fundamental cartographic data to meet the requirements of users ...


8. USGS Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change [USGS_EARTHSHOTS]
Earthshots is an ebook of before-and-after Landsat images (1972-present), showing recent environmental events and introducing remote sensing. Earthshots comes from the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS ...


9. Global Model Reference Data, 0.5 x 0.5 degree grid-cell [EOSWEBSTER_Global_Ref]
The 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 ...


10. Hurricane Rita Disaster Response from the USGS [USGS_EROS_HDDS_RITA]
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 ...


11. Hurricane Wilma Disaster Response from the USGS [USGS_EROS_HDDS_WILMA]
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. ...


12. Large-scale digital line graph data from the U.S. Geological Survey [DLG_LARGE]
Digital line graph (DLG) data are digital representations of cartographic information. DLGs of map features are converted to digital form from maps and related sources. Large-scale DLG data are derived ...


13. National Land Cover Database - Kentucky Zone 47 Imperviousness [KLS_KY_impervmetazone47]
The National Land Cover Database (NLCD) provides complete, current, and consistent public domain information on the Nation's land use and land cover. This document explains the methods employed to ...


14. USGS Maps [MAPS]
The USGS conducts systematic and scientific classification of the public lands and examination of the geological structure; mineral, energy, and water resources; and products of the national domain. ...


15. SRE4 Metals in treatment Oils [SRE4_Metals_in_Oils]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


16. SRE4 Metals in O'Brien Bay sediments [SRE4_OBrienBaySedimentMetals]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


17. SRE4 Sediment Chemistry [SRE4_SedimentChemistry]   CHILD DIFs   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


18. SRE4 Sediment Total Organic Carbon plus Nitrogen and Phosphorus [SRE4_SedimentTOCNitrogenPhosphorus]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


19. SRE4 Sediment grain size analysis [SRE4_SedimentGrainSize]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


20. SRE4 Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons in sediment trays [SRE4_TPH]   PARENT DIF
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...


21. Aquatic Ecoregions in the United States GIS Data for the EPA Clean Air Mapping and Analysis Program (C-MAP) [AQUAECO]
Ecoregions are based on perceived patterns of a combination of causal and integrative factors including land use, land surface form, potential natural vegetation, and soils (Omernik, 1987). This is ...


22. GIS Coverage for the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Retrospective Database for Nutrients in Surface Water: Monitoring Locations [NAWQAHIS]
The retrospective database is a compilation of historical water-quality and ancillary data collected before NAWQA Study Units initiated sampling in 1993. This coverage contains the point locations ...


23. GIS Coverage of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Trace Elements Sampling Sites for the EPA Clean Air Mapping and Analysis Program (C-MAP) [NAWQA_TE]
This is a point coverage of the sampling sites for the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Study-Unit investigations of Trace Elements for the conterminous United ...


24. GIS Coverage of the National Water-Quality Assessment Study-Unit Investigations in the conterminous United States (NAWQA) [NAWQA]
This is a coverage of the boundaries and codes used for the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program Study-Unit investigations for the conterminous United States, excluding ...


25. Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) MODIS Active Fire Data [FIRMS_MODIS_Active_Fire_Data]
Web Fire Mapper is an internet based mapping tool that delivers locations of active fires in near real time. For selected regions and countries you can view an interactive map showing active fires ...


26. Geology of possible runway sites in the Davis region, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica [ANARE-98]
From the abstract of the referenced publication: Five possible runway sites have been proposed within 4 km of Davis on the northwestern part of Broad Peninsula, Vestfold Hills. Most are on on thin, ...


27. Rates of depletion of lubricant and fuel contaminants from Antarctic regions during natural attenuation and remediation procedures [ASAC_2915]   CHILD DIFs   PARENT DIF
Metadata record for data expected from ASAC Project 2915 See the link below for public details on this project. Petroleum contamination poses a major threat to Antarctic and subantarctic ecosystems ...


28. DISCOVERY-OEM: Ocean Ecosystems and Management [GB-NERC-BAS-PDC-00513]
Maintaining long-term food security in a changing environment is one of the greatest challenges to the sustainable exploitation of the Earth System, including its oceans. The well publicised collapses ...


29. Claimed Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) [geodata_0279]
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) is an international agreement that sets conditions and limits on the use and exploitation of the oceans. This Convention also sets the ...


30. Territorial Sea [geodata_0277]
Territorial sea is defined under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) as the 12-nautical mile zone from the baseline or low-water line along the coast. The coastal State's ...


31. Water Use - Domestic Water Withdrawal [geodata_0267]
Annual quantity of water use for domestic purposes. It is usually computed as the total amount of water supplied by public distribution networks, and usually includes the withdrawal by those industries ...


32. Water Use - Industrial Water Withdrawal [geodata_0268]
Annual quantity of water use by self-supplied industries not connected to any distribution network.


33. Ecological Zones (Holdridge Lifezones) [geodata_0059]
The Holdridge Life Zones data set is from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analyses (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria. The data set shows the Holdridge Life Zones of the World, a combination ...


34. The potential and actual threats of introduced organisms to sub-Antarctic islands - do subantarctic expeditions pose a risk for the introduction of alien species? [ASAC_1187_Aliens]   PARENT DIF
The main objective for this study was to establish whether subantarctic expeditions pose a risk for the introduction of alien species. Our main focus was the examination of the logistic operations ...


35. Field and lab books from ASAC project 3217 - Environmental assessment of Davis sewage treatment plant up-grade [ASAC_3217_field_lab_books]
These are the scanned electronic copies of field and lab books used at Davis Station, and Kingston between 2009 and 2011 as part of ASAC (AAS) project 3217 - Environmental assessment of Davis sewage ...


36. Global Multihazard Frequency and Distribution [CIESIN_CHRR_NDH_MULTI_HFD]
Global Multihazard Frequency and Distribution is a 2.5 minute grid presenting a simple multihazard index based solely on summated single-hazard decile values. The hazards of interest include cyclones, ...


37. Urban Landsat: Cities from Space [CIESIN_SEDAC_URBAN_LANDSAT]
The Urban Landsat: Cities from Space dataset contains images for 66 urban areas and the raw, unerlying data for 28 of these places. Each image shows a Landsat false color composite in UTM projection. ...


38. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01 [CIESIN_SEDAC_GRanD_DAMS]
The Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (Revision 01) contains 6,862 records of reservoirs and their associated dams with a cumulative storage capacity of 6,197 cubic km. The dams were geospatially ...


39. Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Reservoirs, Revision 01 [CIESIN_SEDAC_GRanD_RESERVOIRS]
The Global Reservoir and Dam (GRanD) Database, Version 1.1 contains 6,862 records of reservoirs and their associated dams with a cumulative storage capacity of 6,197 cubic km. The reservoirs were ...


40. 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002]
The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social ...


41. 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2005]
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 ...


42. Survey report 1999/2000 summer season Voyage 4 to 6 Australian Antarctic Division Author - Mark Anderson / UTAS [survey_1999-2000_V4_V6]
Taken from sections of the Report: The main purpose of the 1999-2000 Antarctic MAGIP Field Program was to provide survey support to a number of operations being undertaken around the Davis area. ...


43. 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) [CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2000]
The 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 ...


44. Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 [CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11]
The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...


45. Country Profiles of Security and Sustainable Development 2007 [WDCGSDcountry_profile07]
The catalog provides the information about profiles of Security and Sustainable Development of countries. Catalog also includes Garmonization degree, Sustainable Development, Economic Dimension, Ecological ...


46. Environmentally Significant Areas of Alberta, Canada [Canada_AlbertaParks_EnviroSignifAreas]
Environmentally Significant Areas (ESAs) are important, useful and often sensitive features of the landscape. As an integral component of sustainable development strategies, they provide long-term ...


47. Geomatics for High School Curriculum, Ontario, Canada [Canada_GeoInsight_GeomaticsHS]
The Geomatics for High School Curriculum consists of Internet distributed geography lessons available in French and English for grades 9 to 12 that meet Ontario High School curriculum standards. ...


48. International Steering Committee for Global Mapping: Global Map Data [ISCGM_GLOBAL]
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 ...


49. Rwanda Society-Environment Project [NBId0262_101]
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY RWANDA SOCIETY-ENVIRONMENT PROJECT The objective of the project is to address natural resources management (NRM) issues in Rwanda through a collaborative program of training, ...


50. Scenario analysis of sustainable wood production under different forest management regimes (SCEFORMA) [EFI_SCEFORMA]
The overall objective of the Scenario analysis of sustainable wood production under different forest management regimes (SCEFORMA) project is to provide a quantitative assessment of future wood production ...


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