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Human Dimensions Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
Population Exposure Estimates in Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants, Country-Level Aggregates MODELS Computer 1990-01-01, 2000-01-01, 2010-01-01 ANGOLA, CANADA, ARGENTINA, ARMENIA, FINLAND N: 83.63 S: -55.77 E: 180 W: -180 Excel
Population Exposure Estimates in Proximity to Nuclear Power Plants, Locations MODELS Computer 1956-01-01 to 2012-12-31 ANGOLA, CANADA, ARGENTINA, ARMENIA, BELGIUM N: 68.05 S: -34 E: 166.45 W: -124.21 CSV, Shapefile, WMS
Post-fire Recovery of Soil Organic Layer Carbon in Canadian Boreal Forests, 2015-2018 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CHN ANALYZERS, CORING DEVICES 2015-06-11 to 2018-08-24 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 68.3256 S: 59.7883 E: -104.194 W: -132.671 CSV
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: Datasets from a Major Crop Modeling Study MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2110-12-31 AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, EASTERN ASIA N: 90 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180 Excel
Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Infant Mortality Rates MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31 GLOBAL, CANADA, AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA N: 85 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 ASCII Grid, Excel, Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2002-12-31 AUSTRALIA, ANGOLA, BELIZE, GLOBAL, CANADA N: 85 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 ASCII Grid, Excel, Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
Poverty Mapping Project: Poverty and Food Security Case Studies MODELS Computer 1998-01-01 to 2002-12-31 BANGLADESH, ECUADOR, KENYA, MALAWI, MEXICO N: 90 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180 CSV, Shapefile
Poverty Mapping Project: Small Area Estimates of Poverty and Inequality MODELS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2002-12-31 ALBANIA, BANGLADESH, BULGARIA, CAMBODIA, CHINA N: 90 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180 CSV, Shapefile, PDF, PNG
Poverty Mapping Project: Unsatisfied Basic Needs MODELS Computer 1998-01-01 to 2001-12-31 N: 33 S: -60 E: -26 W: -119 CSV, Shapefile
Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) MODELS Computer 1940-01-01 to 1990-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 73 S: 18 E: -66 W: -180 BNA
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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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