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SEDAC Data Access and Tools
Data provided by NASA’s Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) enable users to identify critical relationships between humans and the environment. Explore the datasets and tools that you can use to transform Earth observations to actionable science.
SEDAC Data Tools
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| ACE2 | ACE2 is a map-based tool to download satellite altimeter corrected digital elevation data for environmental, socioeconomic, climate, and other related research. | |
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| Hazards Mapper | The Hazards Mapper enables users to rapidly get an idea of the population, land area, dams, and nuclear power plants that could be impacted by a wide range of natural events, including floods, earthquakes, fires, and volcanic eruptions. | |
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| NYS FIDSS Mapper | The New York State Flood Information Decision Support System Mapper is an easy-to-use mapping tool visualizes building footprint data for nearly all New York State’s infrastructure, except New York City. | |
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| POPGRID Viewer | POPGRID Viewer explores the intercomparison of population counts and settlement mapping from leading global data sources. | |
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| 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. | |
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| SEDAC Population Estimator | The Population Estimator developed by NASA’s Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) lets users visualize changes in total population over multiple decades together with basic demographic characteristics for the year 2010. | |
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Data at SEDAC
| Dataset Sort descending | Platform | Temporal Resolution | Spatial Resolution | Cloud Access |
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| 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | MODELS | |||
| 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | MODELS | |||
| 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | MODELS | |||
| 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | MODELS | |||
| 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) | MODELS | |||
| 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) | MODELS | |||
| 2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index | MODELS | |||
| 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) | MODELS | |||
| 2015 Urban Extents from VIIRS and MODIS for the Continental U.S. Using Machine Learning Methods | Suomi-NPP, TERRA | 0.00833° x 0.00833° | ||
| 2016 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) | MODELS |
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