Environmental data products accessed by the Env-DATA System
The following is a summary of datasets currently included in the Env-DATA System. Those datasets that are Active are currently running in the Track Annotation Service. If you have questions about accessing specific datasets or variables, please contact us at support@movebank.org.
| Datasets | Data description | Data provider | Temporal coverage | Geographic coverage | Temporal resolution | Spatial resolution | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASTER Global DEM V3 | Topography | US Geological Survey | — | 83°N–83°S 180°E–180°W |
— | 1 arc-second (30 meters) | Active |
| ECMWF Global Atmospheric Reanalysis (ERA5) | Weather, atmosphere, hydrology | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) | 1959–present | 89.463°N–89.463°S 180°E–180°W |
hourly | 0.1-0.5° | Active |
| ETOPO1 Global Relief Model | Topography and bathymetry | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | 1940–2008 | 90°N–90°S 180°E–180°W |
— | 1 arc-minute | Active |
| Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) | Precipitation | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | 2000–present | 90°N–90°S (partial coverage for latitudes 60-90°) 180°E–180°W |
3 hour | 0.25° | Not active |
| GlobCover | Land cover and land-use type | European Space Agency (ESA) | 2004–2006, 2009 | 90°N–65°S 180°E–180°W |
— | 20 arc-seconds | Active |
| MODIS Land | evapotranspiration, fire, land cover, primary productivity, surface temperature, vegetation | NASA LPDAAC | 2000–present | 90°N–90°S 180°E–180°W |
Daily, 4 day, 8 day, 16 day, monthly, yearly | 250 m, 500 m, 1 km, 5.6 km (0.05°) | Updates to V6.1 in progress |
| MODIS Ocean | Ocean chlorophyll, PIC, POC, sea surface temperature | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Ocean Biology Processing Group | 2002–present | 90°N–90°S 180°E–180°W |
Daily, 8 day, monthly, yearly | 4 km | Active |
| MODIS Snow | Snow albedo, snow cover | National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) | 2000–present | 90°N–90°S 180°E–180°W |
Daily, 8 day, monthly | 500 m, 1 km, 0.05° | Awaiting update to V6.1 |
| NASA Distance to the Nearest Coast | Distance to the nearest coast | NASA | — | 90°N–90°S 180°E–180°W |
— | 0.04° | Active |
| NCEP North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) | Weather, atmosphere, hydrology (North America only) | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Protection (NCEP) | 1979–present | 90°N–1°N0°–170°W | 3 hour | 32 km (at 40°N) | Active |
| NOAA Global Climate Indexes | Climate teleconnection patterns, indexes and anomalies | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | 1950–present | 90°N–90°S 180°E–180°W |
Daily, weekly, monthly | — | Active |
| Oregon State Ocean Productivity Reanalysis | Ocean net primary productivity (NPP) | Oregon State University | 2002–2015 | 90°N–90°S 180°E–180°W |
8 day, monthly | 1/6°, 1/12° | Active |
| OSCAR Ocean Surface Current Reanalysis | Ocean surface currents | NASA | 1993–present | 60°N–60°S 180°E–180°W |
5 day | 1/3° | Active |
| SEDAC Gridded Population of the World (GPW and GRUMP) | Human population density | NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) and Columbia University | 1990–2000 | 85°N–58°S 180°E–180°W |
5 year | 30 arc-second (1 km), 2.5 arc-minute | Active |
| Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) DEM | Topography | CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information | — | 60°N–60°S 180°E–180°W |
— | 3 arc-second (90 meters) | Active |
| Suomi-NPP VIIRS Land | evapotranspiration, fire, land cover, primary productivity, surface temperature, vegetation | NASA LPDAAC | 2012–present | 90°N–90°S 180°E–180°W |
Daily, 4 day, 8 day, 16 day, monthly, yearly | 250 m, 500 m, 1 km, 5.6 km (0.05°) | Not active |
| Suomi-NPP VIIRS Ocean | Ocean chlorophyll, PIC, POC, sea surface temperature | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Ocean Biology Processing Group | 2012–present | 90°N–90°S 180°E–180°W |
Daily, 8 day, monthly, yearly | 4 km | Active |
| Derived topographic variables | Slope and aspect, rugosity | Calculated derived variables, based on ASTER GDEM | — | 83°N–83°S 180°E–180°W |
— | 1 arc-second | Testing in progress |
| Derived wind variables for flight | Tail-wind support and cross wind, thermal and orographic uplift | Calculated derived variables, based on ECMWF or NCEP data | 1979–present | 89.463°N–89.463°S 180°E–180°W |
6-hour | 0.7° | Active |
Environmental data products