Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-22T08:18:56Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 443 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_1100 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.5033 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-20T04:00:00Z

Annual gross quantity of water produced and used for agricultural, industrial and domestic purposes. It does not include other in situ-uses :energy, mining, recreation, navigation, fisheries and the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_1004 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.5033 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-05-15T04:00:00Z

Total Internal renewable water resources (IRWR): long-term average annual flow of rivers and recharge of aquifers generated from endogenous precipitation. Double counting of surface water and groundwater ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_EARTHSHOTS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2013-05-10T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NAWQAHIS -127.88,22.87,-65.35,48.25 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NAWQA_TE -127.88,22.97,-65.35,48.25 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NAWQA -127.88,22.87,-65.35,48.25 2013-04-22T04:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0262 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.5033 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-03-14T04:00:00Z

Groundwater recharge is the average annual amount of water that is estimated to infiltrate soils, including water from rivers and streams that lose it to underlying strata. In general, this figure ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]geodata_0261 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-60.5033 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-03-08T05:00:00Z

Groundwater produced internally: Long-term annual average groundwater recharge, generated from precipitation within the boundaries of the country. Renewable groundwater resources of the country are ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

The 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_2005 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-12T05:00:00Z

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 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ESRI_Arc_Atlas -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

ArcAtlas: Our Earth brings to your computer a large collection of maps and information about the earth--its people, plants, animals, and their various environments and economies. Whether you're a ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_CESIC_COMPLETE_V11 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2013-02-11T05:00:00Z

The Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections contains 426 indicators for 239 countries from five major environmental sustainability indicator efforts: the 2006 Environmental ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uk_nc_eddi_african -6.5,31.0,10.5,37.07 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z

The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]uk_nc_eddi_spain -6.08,36.5,-1.27,39.5 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z

The European Diatom Database (EDDI) is a web-based information system designed to enhance the application of diatom analysis to problems of surface water acidification, eutrophication and climate ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]UTC_hydrography -177.1,17.0,-64.0,72.0 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z

The data set portrays the polygon and line water features of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The file was produced by joining the individual State hydrographic layers ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MD_DNR_BSS -79.71,37.69,-74.82,39.95 2012-12-21T05:00:00Z

The Maryland Biological Stream Survey developed as a response to questions raised by the Maryland Synoptic Stream Survey of 1987 (see "Acid Deposition" pages for full discussion) and the MBSS Pilot ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRIR_98_4205 -123.5,43.5,-121.9,46.0 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

The spatial distribution of arsenic concentrations in ground water of the Willamette Basin was assessed by analyzing data from 728 historical and project sites. Concentrations of arsenic ranged from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]epa_maia -85.0,35.0,-75.0,42.0 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

The Mid-Atlantic Integrated Assessment (MAIA) is a research, monitoring, and assessment initiative. Its main goal is to develop high-quality scientific information on the condition of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]coa_oceanpolygon -67.5,42.5,-67.5,42.5 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

Ocean polygon from Mount Desert Island shoreline out to the extent of the MDI municipal jurisdoction. The data set was created to define the salt water bodies of Mount Desert ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRIR_99_4036 -123.5,43.5,-121.9,46.0 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 1998-04-01T00:00:00Z 2012-12-12T05:00:00Z

This report presents ground-water data collected and compiled as part of a study of the ground-water resources of the Willamette River Basin, Oregon. The report includes tabulated information and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001 -180.0,-55.0,180.0,90.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

The 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]USGS_OFR_aqbound -97.4976,33.7288,-94.4684,34.3644 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 1992-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

This data set was created for a project to develop data sets to support ground-water vulnerability analysis. The objective was to create and document a digital geospatial data set from a published ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPCC_nonclimate_Australasia 90.0,45.0,150.0,70.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Australasia: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPCC_nonclimate_Europe -10.0,30.0,60.0,70.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Europe: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPCC_nonclimate_LatinAmerica -80.0,-55.0,-30.0,10.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Latin America: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPCC_nonclimate_MiddleEast 25.0,15.0,75.0,40.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Middle East and Arid Asia: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPCC_nonclimate_TemperateAsia -180.0,10.0,0.0,80.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Temperate Asia: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPCC_nonclimate_TropicalAsia -180.0,10.0,0.0,80.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 1995-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

Baseline information is available for the following sectors for Temperate Asia: Population and Human Development, Economic conditions, Land cover / Land use, Water, Agriculture / Food, Energy, Biodiversity. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR01-318 87.6347,21.6875,131.238,49.3578 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-10-23T04:00:00Z

The purpose of this dataset is to give geologists and other scientists a spatial database of major coal mines and their production in China. This data set will be utilized in energy research ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EARTH_CRUST_WDCD_GEOTHERMAL 73.0,17.0,136.0,54.0 2012-10-19T04:00:00Z

Geothermal data available from WDC includes : a) Map of hot spring distribution in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong. b) Well temperatures and heat flow data from Zhejiang and Fujiang. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_2005_1201 -67.08,17.88,-65.45,18.64 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-10-19T04:00:00Z

Water-use data were compiled for the 78 municipios of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for 2000. Five offstream categories were considered: public-supply water withdrawals, domestic self-supplied water ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_NATIONALATLAS -130.0,22.0,-70.0,50.0 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

The 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]EPA0136 -125.0,23.0,-65.0,50.0 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

"Records of Decision System (RODS)" was developed to track site clean-ups under the Superfund program and to justify the type of treatment chosen at each site. Additionally, RODS stores information ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EPA0169 -125.0,23.0,-65.0,50.0 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

The "Resource Conservation and Recovery Information System (RCRIS)" database has been compiled by state and federal environmental agencies under the direction of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]EPA0164 -125.0,23.0,-65.0,50.0 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-17T04:00:00Z

"The Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)" database contains data on annual estimated releases of over 300 toxic chemicals to air, water and land by the manufacturing industry. TRI's main purpose is to encourage ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]WRI_EarthTrends -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z

EarthTrends is an online collection of information regarding the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world. Committed to the principle that accurate information drives ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_OFR_2010_1223 -130.0,24.0,-60.0,51.0 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z

The National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S. Geological Survey has groundwater studies that focus on water-quality conditions in principal aquifers of the United States. The Program specifically ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]Right_to_Know -170.0,18.0,-65.0,72.0 2012-10-15T04:00:00Z

The Right-to-Know GIS Atlas of the United States CD is a comprehensive collection of public knowledge GIS data. The maps work with the free ArcExplorer GIS viewer, ArcView GIS, and many other GIS ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ND03_STREAMS_SOILWATER -62.811,-10.156,-62.811,-10.156 1994-04-24T00:00:00Z 2001-09-12T00:00:00Z 2012-09-27T04:00:00Z

This data set provides the results of (1) the physical and chemical characterization of streams and (2) comparable chemical analyses of extracted soil water in the Aldeia River basin at Fazenda Nova ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_gw-sw_wq_everglades -80.87469,25.094265,-80.03598,26.577616 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-08-29T04:00:00Z

At present there are few reliable estimates of hydrologic fluxes between groundwater and surface water in the Everglades. This gap in hydrological investigations not only leaves the water budget of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USGS_SOFIA_bswc_nuts -80.469,25.071,-80.469,25.071 1996-02-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 1997-09-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2000-12-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-08-29T04:00:00Z

The dataset contains the nutrient results from the collection of both ground and surface water samples at the Bayside Well Cluster study site. Treated sewage is injected into the limestone ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]creyts_0636584 2007-05-01T00:00:00Z 2012-04-30T00:00:00Z 2012-08-10T04:00:00Z

This award supports a project to estimate the salinity of subglacial Lake Vostok, Lake Concordia and the 90 deg.E lake using existing airborne ice-penetrating radar and laser altimeter data. A change ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]AAD_Publications -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-30.0 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-06-19T04:00:00Z

This database is a catalogue for the list of publications held by the Australian Antarctic Division. The database is available online at the URL given below. In some cases, pdf downloads are available, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NBId0203_101 -20.0,-35.0,55.0,40.0 2012-05-31T04:00:00Z

The Africa Water Balance data set which is prepared by watershed and by country, belongs to the group of "Irrigation and Water Resources Potential" study. It covers 55 countries and 25 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ARCSS015 -150.0,69.0,-150.0,69.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-05-11T04:00:00Z

The data files in this data set contain climate and hydrographic information from sites on the North Slope of Alaska from 1985 to 2001. The variables collected were temperature, humidity, wind speed ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NURE -180.0,24.0,-60.0,72.0 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 1980-12-31T00:00:00Z 2012-04-23T04:00:00Z

From 1974 to 1980, the Federal Government systematically evaluated the uranium resources of the conterminous United States and Alaska. Earth science research in the National Uranium Resource Evaluation ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ND02_SOIL_HYDRAULIC_CONDUCT -55.0,-2.75,-55.0,-2.75 2001-06-12T00:00:00Z 2001-06-20T00:00:00Z 2012-04-20T04:00:00Z

This data set reports field estimated saturated hydraulic conductivity measurements from June 12 through June 20, 2001. This study was part of a rainfall exclusion experiment that was conducted from ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ND03_FLOWPATH_CHEMISTRY -62.8811,-10.3231,-62.8583,-10.2886 2004-08-22T00:00:00Z 2005-03-08T00:00:00Z 2012-04-20T04:00:00Z

This data set consists of water chemistry data from streams, wells, rainwater, and canopy throughfall samples. The field measurements were carried out at Rancho Grande in the Brazilian state of Rondonia, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GES_DISC_MST1NXMLD_V5.2.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-03-21T04:00:00Z

The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) is a state-of-the-art reanalysis data product that provides, in addition to atmospheric fields, global estimates of soil ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GES_DISC_MSTUNXMLD_V5.2.0 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-03-21T04:00:00Z

The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) is a state-of-the-art reanalysis data product that provides, in addition to atmospheric fields, global estimates of soil ...