Research Guides: Data Sources for Physical and Earth Sciences: Home

Getting started

If you're just getting started with a project involving physical or earth sciences data, here are some questions to consider:

What geographic area are you looking for? e.g., North America, New York State?
What geographic scale are you looking for? e.g., global, national, regional, local?
What time period are you interested in? e.g., current? historical? prehistoric?
What time scale is sufficient? e.g., decadal? annual? monthly? weekly? hourly?
What kind of data would be good? e.g., satellite imagery, ground-based measurements, demographic information

SEDAC Map Viewer
Allows integration and mapping of social sciences and earth science data related to agriculture, population, economy, climate, land use, poverty, water, governance, etc.

If all you want is a quick map or visualization of physical or earth sciences data, try these sites:

Climate.gov Maps & Data
Allows easy mapping of climate change data. Choose your scale of interest (global, U.S., regional) then browse a variety of data mapping tools.

Contact:

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