Socioeconomic Data and Applications Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) for the EOS Data and Information System

Lead PI: Robert Chen , Dr. Alexander de Sherbinin , Sri Vinay

Unit Affiliation: Center for Integrated Earth System Information (CIESIN)

August 2018 - July 2022
Inactive
Global
Project Type: Research Outreach

DESCRIPTION: SEDAC, the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, is one of the Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Focusing on human interactions in the environment, SEDAC has as its mission to develop and operate applications that support the integration of socioeconomic and earth science data and to serve as an "Information Gateway" between earth sciences and social sciences. NASA has funded 2 years of a 5.5-year contract through July 2023.

Previous grant: https://people.climate.columbia.edu/projects/view/1546

OUTCOMES: SEDAC provides access to hundreds of interdisciplinary data sets and associated tools and services for research and applications related to human-environment interactions and the use of remote sensing. SEDAC data have been cited in more than 4,500 scientific articles and are widely used in other data sets, decision support tools, and applications.

SPONSOR:

NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center

WEBSITE:

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/

KEYWORDS

remote sensing data urban risk management land use air quality geoinformatics earthquake risk management landslides mortality rate satellite imagery sustainable development goals malnutrition nasa water pollution disease monitoring disaster risk management coastal vulnerability electricity use disasters earthquake hazards urbanization seismic hazard maps sustainable development earth science data flood risk estimation anthropogenic emissions global climate change indicators ecological change geographic location energy infrastructure volcanic hazard climate data mapping tool environmental change emergency management climate and security disaster studies fertilizer flood hazards mapping demography information sharing satellite remote sensing pollutants disaster risk reservoirs data management gender ecosystem health environment soil datasets environmental health geographic information system (gis) vegetation cover drought risk flood mapping climate information environmental security poverty disaster mitigation building footprints informatics systems extreme poverty agricultural production food insecurity climate change projections remote sensing energy climate risk hurricane risk environmental hazard water availability data-driven decision making environmental sustainability hazard mitigation population natural hazards urban areas social vulnerability population distribution earth observation migration satellite data development united nations human migration ecosystem vulnerability child mortality socioeconomic scenarios spatial analysis global sea level change urban poverty natural disaster renewable energy economic development land cover risk mapping hazardous waste global warming urban populations geospatial data displacement conflict human development food security rural populations vulnerability assessment demographic data sea level rise interdisciplinary research crop yields emissions data integration global footprint global database rural development nuclear energy exposure assessment freshwater pollution disaster risk reduction disease incidence future climate mangroves water resources climate adaptation environmental stress observed climate impacts climate impacts hazard risk open data hazards vector-borne disease decision support ecological assessment map-based discovery food systems

THEMES

Stewardship of the planet