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

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

THEMES

Stewardship of the planet