Dear Luis, You can access to FGDC metadata and dataset information by typing Millennium Ecosystem Assessment at http://mercury.ornl.gov/nbii/ or globalchange.nasa.gov
1 World's biomes and realms rates of land cover change (source: HYDE Database of global land use 1950-1990) 2 Monthly average of terrestrial surface precipitation from CRU 0.5 Degree 1901-1995 Monthly Climate Time-Series 3 Monthly average of terrestrial mean temperature (Deg C) from CRU 0.5 Degree 1901-1995 Monthly Climate Time-Series 4 Monthly average of terrestrial minimum temperature (Deg C) from Climate Research Unit (CRU) 0.5Degree 1901-1995 Monthly Climate Time-Series 5 10 minute mean monthly covariance of precipitation 1961-1990 6 10 minute mean monthly precipitation 1961-1990 7 10 minute mean monthly temperature (Deg C) 1961-1990 8 10 minute mean monthly diurnal temperature ( deg C ) range 1961-1990 9 Actual land area net of ice and water (GLAREAG) 10 World population density for the year 2000 (GLDS00AG) 11 World population density for the year 1990 (GLDS90AG - 2.5-min grid) 12 World population density for the year 1995 (GLDS95AG - 2.5-min grid) 13 Population density for the year 2000, adjusted to UN totals (GLDSU00AGR) 14 Population-weighted mean administrative unit area (km2): GLMADMG 15 World population count adjusted to United Nations totals for the year 1990 (GLP90AG) 16 World population count adjusted to United Nations totals for the year 1995 (GLP95AG) 17 Global urban and rural mean areas (ha): GLUAREARG 18 Global urban and rural mean administrative unit areas (ha): GLUMADMGR 19 Global population counts for the year 2000 adjusted to United Nations totals. 20 Global urban mask, delineating urban vs non-urban areas. 21 International protected areas previous to year 2000, point dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003) 22 Density-dependent Fishing Pressure Index (fishing people x km2) 23 Sewage Pollution Index based on coastline density of people without acces to safe sanitation 24 Tourist arrivals and tourism expenditure for selected islands (2001) 25 Global Land Cover 2000 v1.1fromthe VEGETATION sensor on-board SPOT-4 26 National protected areas previous to year 2000, point dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003) 27 National protected areas previous to year 2000, polygon dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003) 28 Global coastal system boundary (-50:50m elevations) from 2001-ETOPO2 grid data (2-min grid) 29 Global cultivated system boundary (1km grid) from the Global Land Cover Characteristics Dataset (GLCCD v2.0, USGS/EDC 2000). 30 Subset of the aridity zone map (hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid) 31 Global forest system boundary (1km grid) from tree cover classifications from the Global Land Cover 2000 ( GLC2000v1.1) 32 Global Inland water system boundary from the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database-Level 3 (GLWD-3) 33 Global island system boundary from ESRI ArcWorld database 34 Global marine system boundary from ETOPO2 2-min grid. 35 Global mountain system boundary from UNEP-WCMC Mountain Watch report (30 arc-sec grid, 2002) 36 Polar system boundary based on artic and sub-artic vegetation cover (1993-2005) 37 Global urban system boundary (1995), from the 30 arc-second grid of Urban Extents of the Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP) Arturo Restrepo Ecological Informatics Coordinator Global Change Data Center, NASA-GSFC Office email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 11/1/07, Luis Gutierrez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am looking for good reviews of two UN publications: > > General Environmental Outlook 4 (GEO4), UNEP, October 2007 > http://www.unep.org/geo/geo4/media/index.asp > > Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, UNEP, 2005 > http://www.maweb.org/en/index.aspx > > Can anyone let me know where to find them? > > Thanks, > Luis > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Luis T. Gutierrez, Ph.D., P.E. > The Pelican Web http://pelicanweb.org/ > SSNV Newsletter http://pelicanweb.org/solisust.html > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------- >
