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Human Dimensions Data Access and Tools

NASA data span from measuring gas flaring activity around the world to cyclone economic risk estimates. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Human Dimensions Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2008.00 MODELS Computer 1994-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

Excel, PDF, PNG
Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) 2006.00 MODELS Computer 1994-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

Excel, PDF, PNG
Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2006 National Footprint Accounts (NFA) 2006.00 MODELS Computer 2003-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

CSV, PDF
2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) 2005.00 MODELS Computer 1980-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

Excel, PDF, WMS, PNG
Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: 2004 Environmental Vulnerability Index (EVI) 2004.00 MODELS Computer 1973-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

CSV, PDF, PDF, PNG
2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) 2002.00 MODELS Computer 1980-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

Excel, PDF, PNG
2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) 2001.00 MODELS Computer 1980-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

PDF, Excel
2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) 2000.00 MODELS Computer 1978-01-01 to 1999-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

PDF
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database, Version 2.01 2.01 MODELS Computer 2007-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Excel
Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates, Version 2.01 2.01 MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 85 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG
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Human Dimensions Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
POPGRID Viewer POPGRID Viewer explores the intercomparison of population counts and settlement mapping from leading global data sources. Comparison
POWER DAV The POWER project’s Data Access Viewer (DAV) is an interactive web-mapping application that provides access to NASA’s customized solar and meteorological data catalog. Analysis, Downloading, Subsetting, Visualization
POWER PRUVE PRUVE is an online validation tool created by NASA's Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project that compares surface satellite-based and assimilation data products to in-situ surface site measurements. Analysis, Visualization
RTC Stack Processor The radiometric terrain correction (RTC) stack processor tool facilitates time-series analysis of such phenomena as flooding events, deforestation, or glacier retreat. Analysis, Processing, Search and Discovery, Visualization
SEDAC Map Viewer With the SEDAC Map Viewer, users can view up to 4 SEDAC map layers, either as four separately synched maps or as overlays in a single map. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
SOTO State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
STREAM STREAM is a rapid water quality monitoring tool that processes satellite imagery to create maps showing chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Solids, and water clarity at 20-30 meter resolution. Processing
TESViS The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. Visualization, Subsetting
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
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