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10 minute mean monthly diurnal temperature ( deg C ) range 1961-1990
10 minute mean monthly precipitation 1961-1990
10 minute mean monthly precipitation 1961-1990_1
10 minute mean monthly temperature (Deg C) 1961-1990
2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
A Global Representative System of Marine Protected Areas
ATSR (Along Track Scanning Radiometer) World Fire Atlas
Actual land area net of ice and water (GLAREAG)
Africa Dissemination Service
African Elephant Database
African Mammals Databank
Annual Renewable Water Supply per Person by River Basin
Atlas of Water Resources and Irrigation in Africa
Carbon Flux to the Atmosphere from Land-Use Changes: 1850 to 1990
Carbon in Live Vegetation of Major World Ecosystems (Olson Vegetation Dataset)
Central Africa Programme for the Environment (CARPE)
Corine Biotopes
Density-dependent Fishing Pressure Index (fishing people x km2)
Digital Soil Map of the World (DSMW)
Endemic Bird Areas
GLC2000: The Land Cover of the World in the Year 2000
Global Agroecological Zones (GAEZ)
Global Assessment of the Status of Human_Induced Soil Degradation (GLASOD)
Global Burnt Area 2000 Statistics
Global Inland water system boundary from the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database-Level 3 (GLWD-3)
Global Land Cover 2000 v1.1from the VEGETATION sensor on-board SPOT-4
Global Land Cover Characteristics Database (GLCCD)
Global Map of Irrigated Areas
Global Regional Reporting Units for Condition WG (from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment)
Global Soil Data Products CD-ROM (IGBP-DIS)
Global coastal system boundary (-50:50m elevations) from 2001-ETOPO2 grid data (2-min grid)
Global cultivated system boundary (1km grid) from the Global Land Cover Characteristics Dataset (GLCCD v2.0, USGS/EDC 2000).
Global forest system boundary (1km grid) from tree cover classifications from the Global Land Cover 2000 (GLC2000v1.1)
Global island system boundary from ESRI ArcWorld database
Global marine system boundary from ETOPO2 2-min grid.
Global mountain system boundary from UNEP-WCMC Mountain Watch report (30 arc-sec grid, 2002)
Global population counts for the year 2000 adjusted to United Nations totals.
Global urban and rural mean administrative unit areas (ha): GLUMADMGR
Global urban and rural mean areas (ha): GLUAREARG
Global urban mask, delineating urban vs non-urban areas.
Global urban system boundary (1995), from the 30 arc-second grid of Urban Extents of the Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project (GRUMP)
Holdridge Life Zones (Global data sets collected and compiled by the Biosphere Project, Working Paper)
International protected areas previous to year 2000, point dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003)
International protected areas previous to year 2000, polygon dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003)
MA114 - 23 - MODIS Land Cover Database
Matthews Cultivation Intensity Dataset
Monthly average of terrestrial maximum temperature (Deg C) from CRU 0.5 Degree 1901-1995 Monthly Climate Time-Series
Monthly average of terrestrial mean temperature (Deg C) from CRU 0.5 Degree 1901-1995 Monthly Climate Time-Series
Monthly average of terrestrial minimum temperature (Deg C) from Climate Research Unit (CRU) 0.5 Degree 1901-1995 Monthly Climate Time-Series
Monthly average of terrestrial surface precipitation from CRU 0.5 Degree 1901-1995 Monthly Climate Time-Series
NCAR Northern Hemisphere Daily and Monthly Sea Level Pressure Grids
NPP Boreal Forest: Consistent Worldwide Site Estimates, 1977-1994
NPP Grassland: Consistent Worldwide Site Estimates, 1954-1990
NPP Tropical Forest: Consistent Worldwide Site Estimates, 1967-1999
National protected areas previous to year 2000, point dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003)
National protected areas previous to year 2000, polygon dataset from the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA-2003)
Population density for the year 2000, adjusted to UN totals (GLDSU00AGR)
Population-weighted mean administrative unit area (km2): GLMADMG
Prototype Nationally Designated Protected Areas Database
Regional Reporting Units for Scenarios WG (from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment)
Sewage Pollution Index based on coastline density of people without access to safe sanitation
Sub-global ME projects locations
Subset of the aridity zone map (hyperarid, arid, semiarid, and dry subhumid)
Tourist arrivals and tourism expenditure for selected islands (2001)
UNEP-WCMC Species Database
World Heritage Sites
World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB)
World population count adjusted to UN totals for the year 2000 (GLP00AG)
World population count adjusted to United Nations totals for the year 1990 (GLP90AG)
World population count adjusted to United Nations totals for the year 1995 (GLP95AG)
World population density for the year 1990 (GLDS90AG - 2.5-min grid)
World population density for the year 1995 (GLDS95AG - 2.5-min grid)
World population density for the year 1995 (GLDS95AG - 2.5-min grid)_1
Worlds biomes and realms rates of land cover change (source: HYDE Database of global land use 1950-1990)
polar system boundary based on artic and sub-artic vegetation cover (1993-2005)