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Human Dimensions Datasets

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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
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
Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Ancillary Data 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2005-12-31

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

CSV, PDF
Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 1.01 MODELS Computer 1973-01-01 to 2005-12-31

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

CSV, PDF
Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Rio to Johannesburg Dashboard of Sustainable Indicators 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2000-12-31

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

CSV, PDF
Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: The Wellbeing of Nations 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2000-12-31

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

CSV, PDF, PDF, PNG
Country-Level GDP and Downscaled Projections Based on the SRES A1, A2, B1, and B2 Marker Scenarios, 1990-2100 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31

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

Excel
Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on the SRES A1, B1, and A2 Scenarios, 1990-2100 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31

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

Excel
Country-Level Population and Downscaled Projections Based on the SRES B2 Scenario, 1990-2100 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2100-12-31

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

Excel
Dar es Salaam Land Use and Informal Settlement Data Set 1.0 MODELS Computer 1982-01-01, 1992-01-01, 1998-01-01, 2002-01-01

N: 6.568272 S: -39.073198 E: 39.365646 W: -7.000879

Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
DARTE Annual On-road CO2 Emissions on a 1-km Grid, Conterminous USA, V2, 1980-2017 2 MODELS Computer 1980-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 53.3863 S: 22.0928 E: -62.0377 W: -137.257

GeoTIFF
Development and Evolution of NASA Satellite Remote Sensing for Ecology 1 Publications Computer 1972-01-01 to 2014-12-31

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

PDF
Development Threat Index 1.0 MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 90 S: -65.25 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF, PNG, PDF, WMS
Distribution of Estimated Stand Age Across Siberian Larch Forests, 1989-2012 1 LANDSAT, MODELS, Terra ETM+, TM, Computer, MODIS 1989-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 67 S: 49 E: 143 W: 90

GeoTIFF
Ecosys Model-Estimated Cropland Carbon Fluxes, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa, 2001-2018 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 43.5012 S: 36.9703 E: -84.7846 W: -96.6397

Shapefile
Effects of Climate Change on Global Food Production from SRES Emissions and Socioeconomic Scenarios 1.0 MODELS Computer 1970-01-01 to 2080-12-31

N: 90 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

Excel, PNG, PDF, WMS
Environmental Treaty Status Data Set, 2012 Release 2012.00 MODELS Computer 1940-10-12 to 2012-08-30

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

HTML
Export and Leaching of Carbon and Nitrogen from Mississippi River Basin, 1901-2099 1 MODELS Computer 1901-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 53 S: 24.5 E: -62 W: -126

multiple
Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 1 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31

N: 80 S: 40 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
Fire Particulate Emissions from Combined VIIRS and AHI Data for Indonesia, 2015-2020 1 Himawari-8, COMPUTERS, Suomi-NPP AHI, Computer, VIIRS 2015-07-04 to 2020-12-31

N: 10.1 S: -11 E: 153 W: 89

CSV
FIREX-AQ Satellite And Related Ancillary Data 2 Suomi-NPP, GOES-17, GOES-16 VIIRS, CCD IMAGER, GOES-16 Imager 2019-07-01 to 2019-09-06 netCDF-3, PNG
Food Insecurity Hotspots Data Set 1.00 MODELS Computer 2009-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 38.5 S: -26.87 E: 75.69 W: -105.27

0.08333 Decimal Degrees x 0.08333 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, PNG, PDF, Shapefile
Forest Inventories and DBH at Burned and Unburned Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2017-10-07 to 2017-12-13

N: -9.75418 S: -10.0833 E: -67.2818 W: -68.1477

multiple
Forest Inventories at Burned and Unburned Tropical Forest Sites, Acre, Brazil, 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2014-07-01 to 2014-08-31

N: -9.73446 S: -9.89909 E: -67.0199 W: -67.637

CSV
Forest Preservation Ranking and Vertebrate Species Richness, Western USA, 2020-2099 1 CLM-LSM Computer 2001-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 52.015 S: 27.71 E: -100.502 W: -132.503

multiple

Human Dimensions Data Tools

Tool Sort descending 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
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
Vertex Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting
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