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1. Global cultivated system boundary (1km grid) from the Global Land Cover Characteristics Dataset (GLCCD v2.0, USGS/EDC 2000). [MEAR_29]
Cultivated system boundary for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) based on version 2 of the Global Land Cover Characteristics Dataset (GLCCD v2.0, USGS/EDC 2000). This dataset delineates the ...


2. Tropical Hydrology : climate and land use impacts from a cloud forest water balance model [THCLUI_KCL]
This database provides information and data from the Tropical Hydrology and Cloud Forests Project. A pan-tropical water balance model was developed and the implications of historic forest loss in ...


3. AFI 01/27_01 - Dyke intrusions as tracers of continental break-up processes - Rock samples collected in Dronning Maud Land in 2000/2001 [GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00250]
The style and volume of magmatism varies between margins from large volume flood basalts such as the Parana or Deccan provinces to less volumetric margins such as the southern part of the South Atlantic. ...


4. AFI 01/27_02 - Dyke intrusions as tracers of continental break-up processes - Ar-Ar dating, field data and selected geochemical analysis data of rock samples collected in Dronning Maud Land in 2000/2001 [GB-NERC-BAS-AEDC-00251]
The style and volume of magmatism varies between margins from large volume flood basalts such as the Parana or Deccan provinces to less volumetric margins such as the southern part of the South Atlantic. ...


5. The hydrology, glaciology and sediment transport monitoring of the glacial-river-lake system in the Miers Valley, Antarctica [K046_1988_1991_NZ_1]   PARENT DIF
A three year hydrological, glaciological and sediment transport monitoring programme was conducted in the Miers Valley. The energy and mass balances of the glacier-river-lake system was investigated ...


6. Investigations of the moraines and raised marine deposits and fossils at Black Island and Brown Peninsula, McMurdo Sound [K042_1964_1965_NZ_1]
In the 1963-64 field season, a helicopter reconnaissance was conducted at White Island, Black Island and Brown Peninsula. The reconnaissance showed that there was scope for a comprehensive survey ...


7. Glacial geological investigations at the Northern penguin colony at Cape Bird [K162_1985_1986_NZ_1]
Glaciological work was carried out at Cape Bird to determine the glaciers margin structure. Initially, the hydrology of the region was investigated to determine the feasibility of measuring stream ...


8. Hydrology and Glaciology of the Dry Valleys of Antarctica - glacier mass balance, ablation and movement and melt record determined by monitoring of stream flow and lake level of glacier fed streams and lakes [K161_1969_1991_NZ_1]   CHILD DIFs
A hydrological/glaciological study was conducted in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica from the 1969/70 summer until the 1990/91 season. The purpose of the hydrological/glaciological programme was to study ...


9. Mass balance measurements and glacier monitoring of glaciers in the Dry Valleys [K161_1969_1991_NZ_4]   PARENT DIF
Glaciers of the Dry Valleys occur where snow accumulation gains exceed sublimation and other losses. Monitoring of the mass balance of glaciers in the Dry Valleys was conducted from the 1969/70 summer ...


10. Spatial variation measurements of the hydrology and glaciology of the Dry Valleys [K161_1969_1991_NZ_5]   CHILD DIFs   PARENT DIF
The long term hydrology/glaciology study carried out in the McMurdo Dry Valleys was conducted to gain information on the hydrological behaviour of the Dry Valleys rivers and lakes, particularly for ...


11. Surveys and detailed investigations of Holocene raised beaches on the Victoria Land coast from Spike Cape to Depot Island [K052_1984_1985_NZ_2]
The Holocene raised beaches along the Victoria Land coast from Spike Cape north to Depot Island were investigated. Raised beach ridge suites contain records of relative sea level change that can ...


12. The geomorphology of the Victoria Valley, the Wright Valley, the Koettlitz Valley and its tributaries and the Olympus Range [K009_1971_1972_NZ_1]   PARENT DIF
The research was concerned with several aspects of the geomorphology of the Victoria Valley, the Wright Valley, the Koettlitz Valley and its tributaries and the Olympus Range areas. Particular studies ...


13. Investigation of Antarctic lakes and lake sediments in the Ross Sea Region [K009_1969_1990_NZ_1]   CHILD DIFs
The study of Antarctic lakes and lake sediments in the Ross Sea Region, particularly in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, with particular emphasis on the climatic history was a continuing program of the Waikato ...


14. Using rock and sediment samples from raised beach ridges and glacier moraines for dating to determine the extent of the ice sheet during the last glacial maximum [K043_1996_1998_NZ_2]
Raised beaches on the coast of McMurdo Sound have developed since the last glacial maximum approximately 20,000 year ago when the ice sheets were at their greatest extent. The weight of the overlying ...


15. Baseline information on both the modern processes operating on Antarctic beaches and the development of beach ridges in relation to the last glaciation ice retreat and isostatic rebound [K043_1996_1998_NZ_1]
Beaches in McMurdo Sound have developed since the last glaciation when ice sheets were at their maximum. The weight of the overlying ice, depressed the land, which has slowly rebounded forming a series ...


16. Development of an Impervious-Surface Database for the Little Blackwater River Watershed, Dorchester County, Maryland [USGS_OFR_2007_1308]
Many agricultural and forested areas in proximity to National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) are under increasing economic pressure for commercial or residential development. The upper portion of the Little ...


17. The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Project [NASA_MBC7]
A three-year project developed to map and monitor land cover of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. The project is divided into two components: 1) land cover/land use mapping and 2) ...


18. Global forest system boundary (1 km grid) from tree cover classifications from the Global Land Cover 2000 (GLC2000v1.1) [MEAR_31]
Forest system boundary for the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) derived from tree cover classifications from the Global Land Cover 2000 (GLC2000) version 1.1. GLC2000 classes used to define the ...


19. Sea level rise scenarios from NASA SRTM datasets [SLRS_KCL]
This is an inundation analysis based on the CSI-corrected 90m SRTM V3 data available here coupled with the coastlines and water body dataset derived from the NASA SRTM Water Body dataset. The water ...


20. The role of moisture in rock weathering at Victoria Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica [K056_2002_2005_NZ_2]   PARENT DIF
Field measurements and rock samples were taken at Victoria Valley (02-03) to determine the role of moisture in rock weathering processes along the Victoria land Coast. Surface and sub-surface temperatures ...


21. Influence of rock moisture on rock weathering processes along the Victoria Land Coast, Antarctica [K056_2002_2005_NZ]   CHILD DIFs
The role of moisture in the weathering of rock at four locations along the Victoria Land Coast, Antarctica was investigated. These locations were Victoria Valley, Gneiss Point, Terra Nova Bay and ...


22. The role of moisture in rock weathering at Gneiss Point, Victoria Land, Antarctica [K056_2002_2005_NZ_1]   PARENT DIF
Field measurements and rock samples were taken at Gneiss Point (02-03) to determine the role of moisture in rock weathering processes along the Victoria land Coast. Surface and sub-surface temperatures ...


23. The role of moisture in rock weathering at Teall Island, Victoria Land, Antarctica [K056_2002_2005_NZ_4]   PARENT DIF
Field measurements and rock samples were taken at Teall Island (03-04) to determine the role of moisture in rock weathering processes along the Victoria land Coast. Surface and sub-surface temperatures ...


24. The role of moisture in rock weathering at Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica [K056_2002_2005_NZ_3]   PARENT DIF
Field measurements and rock samples were taken at Terra Nova Bay (03-04) to determine the role of moisture in rock weathering processes along the Victoria land Coast. Surface and sub-surface temperatures ...


25. International protected areas previous to year 2000, point dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003) [MEAR_21]
International Protected Areas established by the year 2000. The coverage has been generated from data extracted from the World Database of Protected Areas as compiled on the 12th of November 2003. ...


26. Global urban system boundary (1995), from the 30 arc-second grid of Urban Extents of the Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) [MEAR_37]
The Urban System boundary for the Millennium Assessment is derived from the Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP): Urban Extents (alpha 1 version). This data set provides estimates of the extent ...


27. Terrascope : Datasets of LANDSAT MSS, TM and ETM+ ortho mosaics for the 1970s, circa 1990 and circa 2000. [TS_KCL]
Terrascope is a Google Earth implementation of the LANDSAT MSS, TM and ETM+ ortho mosaics for the 1970s, circa 1990 and circa 2000. It is designed to allow rapid comparison of LANDSAT imagery between ...


28. The HERB Initiative : Ecohydrology and Regional Biodiversity. [HERB_KCL]
The HERB project in Colombia is a collaborative programme between the Department of Geography, Kings College London, UK, the Universidad del Cauca, the Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos ...


29. Tropical Montane Cloud Forest Database [TMCF_KCL]
This database provides information and data from the Tropical Hydrology and Cloud Forests Project. A pan-tropical model for cloud forest distribution and water balance model was developed and the ...


30. National protected areas previous to year 2000, point dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003) [MEAR_26]
National Protected Areas established by the year 2000. The coverage has been generated from data extracted from the World Database of Protected Areas as compiled on the 12th of November 2003. Protected ...


31. National protected areas previous to year 2000, polygon dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003) [MEAR_27]
National Protected Areas established by the year 2000. The coverage has been generated from data extracted from the World Database of Protected Areas as compiled on the 12th of November 2003. Protected ...


32. Subset of the aridity zone map (hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid) [MEAR_30]
The dataset is a subset of the aridity zone map created by CRU/UEA, UNEP/GRID for the World Atlas of Desertification. Aridity zones were derived from an Aridity Index (AI) which is calculated as the ...


33. LANDISVIEW Beta 1.0 : Free Spatial Data Analysis [TAM_LVB1]
LANDISVIEW is a tool, developed at the Knowledge Engineering Laboratory at Texas A&M University, to visualize and animate 8-bit/16-bit ERDAS GIS format (e.g., LANDIS and LANDIS-II output maps). It ...


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