Ecological and Spatial Data Sources
Data Sources: Remote Sensing, Digital Mapping, Climatological
Scientific Computing Services encourages contributions to this page.
Please send your suggestions to: reeves
nceas [dot] ucsb [dot] edu (Scientific Computing Services)
Request an Earth Systems Data Set from NCEAS Scientific Computing
NCEAS Scientific Computing Earth Systems Data Request Form (PDF - 2 pages)
Comprehensive Listings/Clearinghouses: Environmental Datasets
EDEN Data Archive: Emerging Diseases in a Changing European Environment
Biogeochemical Data: Observations and Models
Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Distributed Active Archive Center (ORNL-DAAC)
A NASA-sponsored source for biogeochemical and ecological data and models useful in
ecological analysis
United States Geological Survey - National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program
Geochemical analyses of sediment samples throughout the United States, collected by
the hydrogeochemical and stream sediment reconnaissance (HSSR) phase of the
National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program
Climate Data: Observations and Models
WORLDCLIM: Global-scale Bioclimatic Data Layer Database
This database covers most of Earth surface at 1 KM**2 spatial resolution.
Includes 19 climate measurements well-suited for use in ecological modeling.
Climate Research Unit (CRU) Global Climatology Data Set (10 minute Resolution)
Paper Describing the CRU Climate Data Set (PDF format)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
IPCC Data Distribution Centre Climate Model Data Portal
NASA Global Change Master Data Set Directory
National Climactic Data Center (NCDC) Archives
NCAR Climate and Global Dynamics Division
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory /Physical Sciences Division (ESRL/PSD)
World Climate Research Program/ Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (WCRP / CMIP3)
(Registration required to download CMIP3 data sets)
ACACIA Regional Climate Data Access System
Digital Terrain, Digital Mapping, and Land Use Data
World Borders Dataset from thematicmapping.org
A vector dataset containing boundaries for all world countries.
Named NCEAS Geospatial Web Site of the Month for January 2009
NOAA / National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Marine Geology and Geophysics
Scientific stewardship, products, and services for sea floor and lakebed data
EOS-WEBSTER (University of New Hampshire): Digital Library for Earth Science Data
Free, customized earth science data. Holdings can be searched spatially, temporally,
or using keywords
SpatialReference.Org: Map Projection Utility
Find a spatial reference for most map projections.
Alternate PROJ4 information: remotesensing.org Geo Tiff Projection Web Site
Terrainmap.com: Online Digital Elevation Data Journal
Comprehensive clearinghouse for digital terrain and land cover data.
Includes informative articles.
Digest of open source and public geospatial data products
Free GIS data depot
Open source digital chart of the world (VMAP0) data archive
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Digital Chart of the World (DCW) Information Site
USGS Seamless Data Distribution System
Global geospatial data archive
National Land Cover Dataset (NCLD) 1992
Economic Data
Eurostat Portal - European Union (EU) Statistical Information Service
Forest Resource Data
US Department of Agriculture: Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program (FIA)
Hydrologic / Water Resources Data
USGS Marine Realms Information Bank (USGS-MRIB)
National Hydrography Dataset-PLUS
Enhanced stream network dataset covers the continental United States
Remote Sensing Data
University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility
Earth Science data for policymakers and scientists
MODIS and SeaWiFS satellite data and software tools
National Resources Canada Earth Sciences Sector
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Remote Sensing Data and Information
USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data Center
Soils Data
ISRIC World Soil Information: Global soil research and data archive
