Summary
The Baltic Environmental Atlas presents environmental factors that primarily
have an impact upon the loads of nutrients entering into the Baltic Sea, such
as land use and population distribution. The data represents that status
approximately at the end of the 1990's.

The service has been developed by GRID-Arendal, a UNEP affiliated environmental
data and ... information centre within two EU projects: Baltic on-line interactive
geographical and environmental information service (BOING) and BALANS. BOING is
a strategic demonstration project under the Information Society directorate of
the Commission of the European Communities to improve accessibility to
environmental information on nutrient pollution and eutrophication in the
Baltic Sea Region. The BALANS project has developed a seamless landcover
characteristics database for the Baltic Sea drainage basin.

The technical solution is based upon ESRI's ArcIMS (Internet Map Server). It is
also possible to access and manipulate this map using an ArcIMS client, such as
ArcExplorer (free download from ESRI).

Service Citation

Originators: UNEP/GRID-Arendal Title: Baltic Environmental Atlas Provider: UNEP/GRID-Arendal URL: http://maps.grida.no/baltic/

Service Keywords

DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS >WEB-BASED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION >GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Science Keywords

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >GROUND WATER >DRAINAGE BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >ESTUARINE WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >LACUSTRINE WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >MARINE BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >MARSHES BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >PALUSTRINE WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >RIPARIAN WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >SWAMPS BIOSPHERE >TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SURFACE WATER >WETLANDS TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SURFACE WATER >RIVERS/STREAMS TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SURFACE WATER >LAKES TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE >SURFACE WATER >WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS HUMAN DIMENSIONS >BOUNDARIES >ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS HUMAN DIMENSIONS >BOUNDARIES HUMAN DIMENSIONS >INFRASTRUCTURE >CULTURAL FEATURES HUMAN DIMENSIONS >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND MANAGEMENT HUMAN DIMENSIONS >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND USE CLASSES HUMAN DIMENSIONS >LAND USE/LAND COVER LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND COVER LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND RESOURCES LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER >LAND USE CLASSES LAND SURFACE >LAND USE/LAND COVER HUMAN DIMENSIONS >POPULATION >POPULATION DISTRIBUTION HUMAN DIMENSIONS >POPULATION >POPULATION SIZE HUMAN DIMENSIONS >POPULATION LAND SURFACE >TOPOGRAPHY >LANDFORMS LAND SURFACE >TOPOGRAPHY >TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF LAND SURFACE >TOPOGRAPHY >TERRAIN ELEVATION BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >ESTUARINE WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >LACUSTRINE WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >MARINE BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >MARSHES BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >PALUSTRINE WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >RIPARIAN WETLANDS BIOSPHERE >AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS >WETLANDS >SWAMPS

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA INLAND WATERS BOUNDARIES SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER PLANNING CADASTRE GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ELEVATION

Platform

MAPS

Project

BOING >Baltic On-line Interactive Geographical and Environmental Information Service BDBP >Baltic Drainage Basin Project BALANS >Land Cover Information for the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin

Access Constraints
It is possible to access this service using an ArcIMS compliant client,
such as ArcExplorer (free download). Then you type in http://maps.grida.no as
the server name, and either type in "grid_baltic" as the service name, or pick
it from the list. This map service was created using:

Arc/Info
ArcView
ArcIMS
ColdFusion Server
GIMP

Ancillary Keywords

GIS Sub-basins Open Land Digital Atlas of the World

Service Provider

UNEP/GRID-ARENDAL/BSR > Baltic Sea Region,Global Resource Information Database - Arendal, Norway, United Nations Environment Programme Service Organization URL: http://www.grida.no/baltic/index.htm Service Provider Personnel Name: GRID-ARENDAL USER SUPPORT Phone: +47 3703 5650 Fax: +47 3703 5050 Email: grid at grida.no Contact Address: UNEP/GRID-Arendal Longum Park Service Box 706 City: Arendal Postal Code: N-4808 Country: Norway

Distribution Media

Distribution_Media: Online Fees: No fees

Personnel

TYLER B. STEVENS Role: SERF AUTHOR Phone: (301) 614-6898 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA GRID-ARENDAL MAP MASTER Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: +47 3703 5650 Fax: +47 3703 5050 Email: mapmaster at grida.no Contact Address: UNEP/GRID-Arendal Longum Park Service Box 706 City: Arendal Postal Code: N-4808 Country: Norway

Related URL

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION Description: Additional information on the Baltic Environmental Atlas. Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: Homepage of the Baltic Drainage Basin Project (BDBP). Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: Homepage of the Baltic On-line Interactive Geographical and Environmental Information Service (BOING). Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE Description: Homepage of the Land Cover Information for the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin (BALANS).

Publications/References
Langaas, S. 1993. Some Georeferenced Data Sets for use within Sub-project 1;
Land Use and Ecological Carrying Capacity, of the Baltic Drainage Basin
Project. Technical Note. GRID-Arendal. 10 pages + apps.

Sweitzer, J., Langaas, S., and Folke, C. 1996. Land Cover and Population
Density in the Baltic Sea Drainage Basin: A GIS database. AMBIO,
... 25(3):191-198.

Stalnacke, P. 1994. Documentation of data sources and data quality in the
calculation of the land based loads of eutrophying substances to the Baltic
Sea, 1970 - 1990. Note, Dept. of Water and Environmental Studies, Linkoping
University. 15 pages (in Swedish/English).

HELCOM. 1986. Water balance of the Baltic Sea. Baltic Sea Environment
Proceedings No. 16., The Helsinki Commission, Finland. 174 pages.

Creation and Review Dates

SERF Creation Date: 2003-05-30 SERF Last Revision Date: 2005-03-09

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