The Advanced Computer Applications Project global data holdings

Agriculture

• FAO Agrostat Supply Utilization Accounts [ascii] 1961 to 1991 agriculture production by country in numerous commodities. Nutrition by country per capita.
• Selected Results from the Basic Linked System (BLS) model BLS links national agricultural policy models in order to assess the impacts of alternative policies locally, regionally, and internationally.
• Matthews' Cultivation Intensity Cultivation intensity is based on existing maps and satellite imagery, 1 degree resolution, lat/long; 180 x 360 grid
• CULT_INT Intensity of Agricultural Cultivation Rutgers CD-ROM 5 categories various percentages. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• FISH_CAT Fisheries Productivity in Km tons by Major Areas 7 categories Antarctic to Pacific. 4 min. 48 sec long/lat
• FISH_FAO Major World Fisheries Areas Rutger CD 18 categories various areas. 4 min. 48 sec long/lat
• Lerner, Matthews and Fung Methane Emission from Animals lat/long; 180x360 grid; 1 deg res.. GISS source. EPA CD Everything from water buffalo, pigs, and dairy cattle.

Climate

• ESS's Global Climate data base The records were interpolated onto a global grid with a resolution of one half degree.
  
  • mean daily temperature
    
  • average maximum and minimum temperature
    
  • absolute maximum and minimum temperature
    
  • mean relative humidity
    
  • mean precipitation (mm)
    
  • minimum and maximum monthly precipitation (mm)
    
  • maximum precipitation in 24 hrs (mm)
    
  • days with more then 0.1 mm precipitation
    
  • sunshine duration (hrs)
    
  • amount of radiation (ly/day)
    
  • potential evapotranspiration (Thornwaite and Mather, 1957) (mm)
    
  • mean wind velocity (m/s) and direction
    
• NASA Surface Temperature NIMBUS/HIRS-MSU Surface crustal temperatures, monthly mean daytime temperature from the NASA satellite NIMBUS/HIRS-MSU sensor, a resolution of one-eighth degree square pixels or 1340 by 2880 cells. Currently, only a sample set for January 1979 is available.
• General Circulation Models (GCM) indicators such as precipitation, temperature, or cloudiness. Data includes the equilibrium runs (1XCO2 and 2XCO2) from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), Geothermal Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), and the United Kingdom British Meteorological Office (UKMO).
• Global GIS database of Storm Occurrences and Other Climatic Data Phenomena Affecting Coastal Zones. Information on tropical storms, hurricanes, super typhoons, mean forward velocities of tropical cyclones, extratropical cyclones, polar air cloud vortices (polar lows), cyclonicity, winds in monsoon regions, and sea-ice concentrations. The spatial extent of the data variables varies considerably (regional to global).
• Osnabrueck Biosphere Model [ascii] Developed to investigate the carbon budget of the terrestrial biosphere. Geographically referenced to a global grid of 2.5 degrees longitude/latitude.
• Legates and Willmott Monthly Average Surface Air Temp and Precip. .5 degree, 361x721 grid; lat/long EPA CD
• O_BIOGG Ocean Bio-Geographic Zones Based on Surface Temp. 16 categories Marine Biogeo Regions artic to tropical atlantic. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• Grided Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TOMS measures ozone by measuring the ultraviolet sunlight scattered from the Earth's atmosphere. National Space Science Data Center
• World Monthly Surface Station Climatology World Weather Disk. [ascii] Time series of monthly mean temp., precipitation and sea-level and or station pressure for 3265 stations around the world. Some stations since 1700's.
• Worldwide Airfield Summaries. World Weather Disk. [ascii] Detailed climatological studies for 5717 airport locations around the world.
• COADS Ship Observation Data. World Weather Disk. [ascii] Subset of the Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set for 2 by 2 degree grid cell of sea surface temp., air temp., surface wind, sea level pressure.
• NCAR World Monthly Weather Weather Records-Upper Air. World Weather Disk. [ascii] Monthly mean heights, temperature, winds, and dew points.

Elevation

• ET0P05 Global Elevation bathymetry (0m to -10,000m) and topography (0m to 8,000m). Map resolution is of 5 x 5 minute latitude/longitude (approximately 9 km at nadir), and a one meter contour interval.
• TOPO World Topographic Elevation Ranges Rutger CD 210 categories 5 m increments. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• SHD_RELF Shaded Relief Map of the World Rutger CD 239 categories - Various Comb. of TOPO and ASPECT 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• ASPECT Aspect Map of the World (Direction of Slope) Rutger CD 25 categories east//northeast//north etc by 15 degrees 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• FNOC Global Elevation, Terrain, and Surface Characteristics. lat/long; 2160x1080 grid; .166 deg res. Source NCAR. includes urban/water cover. EPA CD
• Hypsography [VPF] Digital Chart of the World contours, spot elevations, 1000 foot intervals. 1:1,000,000
• LAND Land (Elevation greater than 0) Rutgers CD-ROM 1 category land. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• O_BIOZON Biological Ocean Zones Based on Bathymetry Rutgers CD-ROM 7 categories. trenches to terrestrial. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• CONT_SHF Continental Shelf Rutgers CD-ROM 3 categories. land shelf or sea. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• Major Mountain Ranges of the World. Rutgers U. CD ROM II. Identifies locations which fit a criteria, then correlates named locations with the regions. 1,179 categories. Resolution .08 degrees.
• Major Ridge Systems of the World. Rutgers U. CD ROM II. Ridge lines defined by watershed boundaries. 7 categories. Resolution .08 degrees.

Political, Administrative, Other

• Political World Map CIA Databank {now in CLIMEX} Scale 1:6,000,000.
• 1992 Political Boundaries of Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States Source: Eurostat.
• CONTINNT Continents (with nearby islands) Rutgers CD-ROM 9 categories. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• NATIONS Nations - World Political Boundaries Rutgers CD-ROM 199 categories no CIS. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• Political/Oceans [VPF] Digital Chart of the World international boundaries, administrative borders, date line, seawall, polar ice pack ice, shelf ice, oceans. 1:1,000,000
• Populated Places [VPF] Digital Chart of the World populated places, kampongs, populated places in city tints, villages. 1:1,000,000.
• UN Global Population Data Covering the period 1950 to 2025 in 5 year steps, on a country basis.
• ARC/WORLD [Arc/Info] political boundaries 1:25,000,000. Data from World Resource Institute's World Data Base attached. Source: CIESIN
• Areal Percent Urbanized Compared to the Area at the Equator. Rutgers U. CD ROM II. Global 10 minute Elevation Data from the US Navy April 1982 83 categories. Resolution .08 degrees.

Miscellaneous

• Railroads [VPF] Digital Chart of the World 6 classes. 1:1,000,000
• Roads [VPF] Digital Chart of the World 7 classes. 1:1,000,000
• Transportation Structure [VPF] Digital Chart of the World 14 classes from bridges to tunnels. 1:1,000,000
• Utilities [VPF] Digital Chart of the World 4 classes power, telephone and pipelines. 1:1,000,000
• Aeronautical [VPF] Digital Chart of the World 5 classes. 1:1,000,000
• Cultural Landmarks [VPF] Digital Chart of the World areas, lines, points. 1:1,000,000
• O_CONSRV Marine Conservation Projects Rutgers CD-ROM 29 categories. sperm whale to coral reefs to seals. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• O_OTTER General Range of Marine Otters Rutgers CD-ROM 1 category within range. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• GREENTUR Greenturtle Distribution & Characteristics Rutger CD 5 categories nesting and feeding grounds. 4 min. 48 sec long/lat
• CORAL Coral Reef Distribution Rutgers CD-ROM l category coral reef. 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
• High Relief Natural Color Earth Image. Rutgers U. CD ROM II. Image combines the colors of the Eye's on the Earth Project Inc. GeoSphere Image (Copyright) colors with the shading developed by CERL. Resolution .08 degrees.

Rivers

• WDB II CIA Databank Major Rivers Global
• Drainage. [Arc/Info] Digital Chart of the World lakes, rivers, canals, dams, snowfields, springs. 1:1,000,000
• Semi-Named Rivers/Canals of the World. Rutgers U. CD ROM II. Rivers identified by a combination of the watershed basins and the World Data Base II (WDBII) river types and locations. 2,073 categories. Resolution .08 degrees.
• Major Watershed Basins of the World. Rutgers U. CD ROM II. Generated from a series of runs in GRASS based on ETOPO5 data. Approximately 1,000 categories. Resolution .08 degrees.
• GRDC River Flows Monthly station flow/discharge data from 2,930 stations from 131 countries since 1930.
• World Water Resources and Regional Vulnerability Kulshreshtha, ESS Water availability in different regions, water use levels, and estimates of.

Soils

• FAO/UNESCO Global Soils This map contains 133 classes of soils grouped into 27 (great soils) categories. We digitized the FAO/UNESCO Soil Map of the World (scale of 1:5,000,000) in GRASS. Map resolution is of 2 x 2 minute latitude/longitude (roughly 4 km at nadir).
• FAO/UNESCO Global Soil Map [Arc/Info vector] Scale 1:5,000,000
• S1_MAP Soil Map of the World Rutger CD 107 categories FAO compiled by Zobler. 4 min 48 sec longitude/latitude.
• S1_SLP World Soil Slope Groups Rutger CD 9 categories 0 to 30 percent. 4 min 48 sec longitude/latitude.
• S1_TEXTR Soil Texture Groups Rutger CD 9 categories coarse to fine to organic. 4 min 48 sec longitude/latitude.
• S2_CLIM Soils for General Circulation Climate Models Rutger CD 22 categories color texture and drainage types. 4 min 48 sec longitude/latitude.
• S2_RELB Reliability of Soils Data Rutger CD 5 categories high to poor. 4 min 48 sec longitude/latitude.
• S3_TYPE Detailed Soils Types [GRASS] Rutger CD 131 categories. 4 min 48 sec longitude/latitude.
• Wilson and Henderson-Sellers Global Land Cover and soils data for GCMs. lat/long; 180x360 grid; 1 degree res. Source NCAR. EPA CD
• Staub and Rosenweig Zobler Soil Type, Soil Texture, Surface Slope, and Other Properties. lat/long; 180x360 grid; 1 deg res. Source NCAR. EPA CD
• Webb, Rosenweig, and Levine Global Soil Particle Size Properties. lat/long; 180x360 grid; 1 degree res. Source NASA. EPA CD

Vegetation

• Holdridge map 14 classes of plant formations determined from simple climate data using the Holdridge classification (L.A. Holdridge, 1947). Map resolution is of one half degree latitude/longitude resolution.
• Matthews' Predominant Vegetation Type Vegetation types compiled from up to 100 existing map sources at the Goddard Institute of Space Studies, represented at a one degree longitude/latitude raster or 180 lines by 360 elements, showing the predominant vegetation in 32 vegetation classes for each grid cell;
• Matthews' Wetlands Types A total of 12 wetland categories derived from the UNESCO classification scheme, same resolution as above;
• Vegetation Complexes 47 classes of vegetation and land cover compiled by Olson et al. 1982. Resolution is of a one half degree longitude/latitude.
• Rutgers CD-ROM Resolution is of 4 min 48 sec long/lat.
  • ALB_JAN Surface Albedo for January Season 20 categories of percent reflectance
  • ALB_APR Surface Albedo for April Season
  • ALB_JUL Surface Albedo for July Season
  • ALB_OCT Surface Albedo for October Season
  • COV_RELB Reliability of Land Cover Data 5 categories high to low reliability
  • COV_SEC Secondary Cover/Vegetation Types 52 categories forest to crops to urban land use
  • ECOS_HI Highest Biomass Productivity in Kg C / sq m 14 categories from water to forest
  • ECOS_LO Lowest Biomass Productivity in Kg C/ sq m 7 categories from towns to forest
  • ECOS_MED Medium Biomass Productivity in Kg C/ sq m 11 categories ditto
  • O_BOTBIO Ocean Floor Biomass Production 8 categories very low to very high g/m2/yr
  • O_PRODT Ocean Productivity in mg/m3 (CZCS data) 220 categories .04 to 34 mg.m3
  • PHYTOPLN Phytoplankton Productivity 5 categories> 500 to <100 mgC/m2/d
  • ZOOPLNTN Abundance of Zooplankton 4 categories very high to low
  • COV_PRIM Primary Cover/Vegetation Types 51 categories water to forest crops and urban
  • ECOSYS Major World Ecosystem Complexes 71 categories woods nonwoods
  • VEG_JAN Normal Veg. Production for the Month of January 42 categories very low to very high to normal
  • VEG_FEB Normal Veg. Production for the Month of February
  • VEG_MAR Normal Veg. Production for the Month of March
  • VEG_APR Normal Veg. Production for the Month of April
  • VEG_MAY Normal Veg. Production for the Month of May
  • VEG_JUN Normal Veg. Production for the Month of June
  • VEG_JUL Normal Veg. Production for the Month of July
  • VEG_AUG Normal Veg. Production for the Month of August
  • VEG_SEP Normal Veg. Production for the Month of September
  • VEG_OCT Normal Veg. Production for the Month of October
  • VEG_NOV Normal Veg. Production for the Month of November
  • VEG_DEC Normal Veg. Production for the Month of December
  • VEG_TYPE Natural Vegetation (Pre-agriculture) 31 categories
• Matthews & Fung Global Distribution, Characteristics and Methane Emission of Natural Wetlands. lat/long; 180 x 360 grid; 1 deg res. EPA CD
• EDC-NESDIS Monthly Experimental Calibrated Global Veg Index from NOAA-9 and 11 4/85 to 12/90. from Gallo Bi-weekly calculations. Mercator 1038x2048 grid; res .166 deg. EPA CD
• NGDC Monthly and Biweekly Generalized Global Veg Index from NOAA-9 4/85 to 12/88 AVHRR; lat/long; 904x2500 grid; .166 deg res. [Arc/Info] EPA CD
• Land Cover. [VPF] Digital Chart of the World cultivated, quarry, oil/gas, salt pans, wetlands. 1:1,000,000
• Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) [raster] NSSDC All full resolution (1km) Level-1 CZCS scenes (67,789) [available via ftp] All reduced resolution (4km) Level-1 and Level-2 [available via ftp] All Level-3 data (global earth-gridded parameters, 20km) [Arc/Info] Monthly and seasonal composites (39km x 78km at equator)(.176 deg)