Updates

Water Theme Adds Eight New Datasets

In a continued effort to provide key datasets that support the process of developing resilience to climate change, eight additional datasets are now available in the Water theme. Those include: NOAA Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) Products Severe Weather Data Inventory (SWDI) State of the Climate Monthly Overview – National Snow and Ice U.S. 15 Minute Precipitation Data U.S. Hourly Precipitation Data United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN) Processed Data GLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 0.25 x 0.25 degree Version 2.0 V020 GLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 monthly 0.25 x 0.25 degree Version 2.0 V020    

Ecosystem Vulnerability Launch

Today, the Ecosystem Vulnerability theme page was unveiled during the Plenary Session of the ACES (A Community on Ecosystem Services) conference near Washington, D.C. The Ecosystem Vulnerability theme was formally launched, along with the Water theme, and the Data.gov Ecosystems … Continued

Ecosystems.data.gov and EcoINFORMA

A new Data.gov community (Ecosystems.data.gov) has been launched to serve as an entry point for access to the U.S. Ecoinformatics-based Open Resources and Machine Accessibility (EcoINFORMA) initiative, including the EcoINFORMA data resource hubs (Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Land Cover Dynamics), … Continued

Food Resilience Theme Adds Seven Datasets

In a continued effort to provide key datasets that are aimed at developing resilience to climate change and fortifying food production, seven additional datasets are now available in the food resilience theme. Those include: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference Germplasm Resources Information Network Farm Program Atlas Climate Prediction Center (CPC) U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook (SDO) 2012 Census of Agriculture World Agricultural Production … Continued