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.

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

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

THEMES

Stewardship of the planet