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Environmental Governance/Management Data Access and Tools
Access a range of datasets and data tools to further your environmental governance/management research.
Environmental Governance/Management Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) | MODELS | Computer | 1950-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | GLOBAL, AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, ANDORRA | N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180 | CSV, Excel, PDF, PNG |
| Aboveground Biomass, Landcover, and Degradation, Kalimantan Forests, Indonesia, 2014 | FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane, MODELS | STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LIDAR, Computer | 2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30 | SOUTHEASTERN ASIA, INDONESIA | N: 8 S: -5 E: 120 W: 108 | multiple |
| Annual Land Use and Urban Land Cover: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa, 2016-2020 | LANDSAT, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A | ETM+, OLI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI | 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31 | NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA, ETHIOPIA | N: 16.2061 S: -35.3369 E: 49.6875 W: 2.5725 | COG |
| ATSDR Hazardous Waste Site Polygon Data with CIESIN Modifications, Version 2 | MODELS | Computer | 2010-05-26 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | N: 64.835175 S: 17.958101 E: -65.764755 W: -176.631973 | Shapefile, WMS, PDF, PNG |
| ATSDR Hazardous Waste Site Polygon Data, Version 2 | MODELS | Computer | 2010-05-26 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | N: 68.36338 S: 13.433567 E: 144.763215 W: -176.631973 | Shapefile, WMS, PDF, PNG |
| Baseline Wetland Type and Land Cover Map of the Great Lakes Basin, 2010 | ALOS, COMPUTERS, LANDSAT-5 | PALSAR, Computer, TM | 2007-04-01 to 2011-04-15 | NEW YORK, ONTARIO, QUEBEC, OHIO, INDIANA | N: 52.5534 S: 38.712 E: -71.5681 W: -97.2815 | multiple |
| China Dimensions Data Collection: Priority Programme for China's Agenda 21 | MODELS | Computer | 1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31 | CHINA | N: 54 S: 18 E: 135 W: 73 | NBJ |
| Compendium of Environmental Sustainability Indicator Collections: Complete Collection, Version 1.1 | MODELS | Computer | 1973-01-01 to 2005-12-31 | GLOBAL, AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, AMERICAN SAMOA | N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180 | CSV, PDF |
| Environmental Treaty Status Data Set, 2012 Release | MODELS | Computer | 1940-10-12 to 2012-08-30 | AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, AMAZONIA | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | HTML |
| ENVISAT MERIS Regional Inland Waters (ILW) Data, version 5.0 | ENVISAT | MERIS | 2002-03-21 to 2012-05-09 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALASKA | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | netCDF-4 |
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Environmental Governance/Management Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AppEEARS | The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. | Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization | |
| FIRMS | The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. | Access, Visualization | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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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