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Urban Areas Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global High Resolution Daily Extreme Urban Heat Exposure (UHE-Daily), 1983-2016 | MODELS | Computer | 1983-01-01 to 2016-12-31 | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | Shapefile, CSV |
| Global Human Settlement Layer: Population and Built-Up Estimates, and Degree of Urbanization Settlement Model Grid | MODELS | Computer | 1975-01-01, 1990-01-01, 2000-01-01, 2014-01-01, 2015-01-01 | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS |
| NACP: Urban Greenhouse Gases across the CO2 Urban Synthesis and Analysis Network, V2 | Vaisala HydroMet AWS, AWOS | PICARRO G2401-mc CO2, CH4, CO, H2O INSTRUMENT, Picarro G2301-m | 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | UTAH, MARYLAND, OREGON, CALIFORNIA, INDIANA | N: 45.769 S: 32.865 E: -70.4972 W: -123.073 | multiple |
| Sources of Methane Emissions (Vista-CA), State of California, USA | MODELS | Computer | 2005-01-01 to 2019-08-20 | CALIFORNIA | N: 41.9263 S: 32.5378 E: -114.493 W: -124.364 | Shapefile |
| Sources of Methane Emissions (Vista-LA), South Coast Air Basin, California, USA | MODELS | Computer | 2005-01-01 to 2017-03-31 | N: 34.8177 S: 33.4334 E: -116.676 W: -118.913 | Shapefile | |
| Urban Biogenic CO2 fluxes: GPP, Reco and NEE Estimates from SMUrF, 2010-2019 | MODELS, SATELLITES | Computer, MODIS | 2010-01-01 to 2019-12-31 | CHINA, AUSTRALIA, CENTRAL AFRICA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WESTERN EUROPE | N: 60 S: -40 E: 155 W: -125 | netCDF-4 classic |
| Urban Landsat: Cities from Space | LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7 | TM, ETM+ | 1999-01-01 to 2003-12-31 | AFGHANISTAN, AUSTRIA, BRAZIL, CHINA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180 | PDF, PNG |
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