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

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

THEMES

Stewardship of the planet