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Climate Change Database Clearinghouse: Miscellaneous Data - Other
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Organization: George Mason University
Contact: Charles Grymes
Email: cgrymes@gmu.edu
Web address: http://www.virginiaplaces.org/boundaries/gisdata.html
Database name: GIS Data Layers - Virginia
Description: A list (with links) of a variety of locations with datasets (ESRI, Bureau of Census, FEMA, EPA, etc)
Organization: National Atlas
Contact: n/a
Email: n/a
Web address: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html#bbsrtsl
Database name: National Atlas
Description: Nearly all data available in the National Atlas Map Maker can be downloaded at no cost. This raw data and its most up-to-date documentation is accessible from the index. Raw data downloads: Agriculture (agriculture census); Biology (bat ranges, amphibian distributions, butterfly occurrence, invasive species, etc); Boundaries (public lands, wilderness preservation system areas, etc); Climate (average annual precip 1961-1990, hurricanes, seasonal sea surface temp average, etc); Environment (superfund national priorities list sites, water discharge permits, etc); Geology (earthquakes 1568-2004, geologic map, magnetic field, mining, surficial deposits & minerals, etc); People (west nile virus surveillance, census bureau, etc); Water (aquifers, dams, surface water sampling sites, stream flow stations, water use).
Organization: National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
Contact: n/a
Email: n/a
Web address: http://www.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Geographic_Perspectives/Mid-Atlantic/
Database name: National Biological Information Infrastructure Mid-Atlantic Information Node
Description: The Mid-Atlantic Information Node (MAIN) is a regional node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) encompassing Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Our primary mission is to facilitate access to and use of the biological resource information that is available for the region.
Organization: NatureServe
Contact: n/a
Email: n/a
Web address: http://www.natureserve.org/aboutUs/index.jsp
Database name: Conservation and ecological data available
Description: NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to provide the scientific basis for effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems. NatureServe represents an international network of biological inventories-known as natural heritage programs or conservation data centers-operating in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. Together we not only collect and manage detailed local information on plants, animals, and ecosystems, but develop information products, data management tools, and conservation services to help meet local, national, and global conservation needs. The objective scientific information about species and ecosystems developed by NatureServe is used by all sectors of society-conservation groups, government agencies, corporations, academia, and the public-to make informed decisions about managing our natural resources.
Organization: University of Virginia (UVA) - Center for Regional Environmental Studies (CRES)
Contact: Hank Shugart, Director
Email: hhs@virginia.edu
Web address: http://www.uvacres.org/
Database name: unknown
Description: Regional Environmental Studies differ from much of traditional science by their explicit consideration of people. CRES focuses on investigating global change issues on a regional scale from social and environmental perspectives in order to better inform international policy and development. Our science questions are focused on regional environmental systems at scales where the cultural, political and economic forces of human activity are inextricably linked to the environment.
Research includes: Biocomplexity Project – Eastern Shore and Vegetation Community Functioning on the Barrier Islands – Delmarva Peninsula
Organization: University of Virginia (UVA) – Mountain Lake Biological Station
Contact: n/a
Email: mlbs@virginia.edu
Web address: http://mlbs.org/
Database name: unknown
Description: The Mountain Lake Biological Station is a field research and teaching facility located in the deciduous hardwood forest of the Appalachian Mountains of southwestern Virginia. It is the field station of the Biology Department at the University of Virginia. Long-term data sets are primarily meteorological.
Organization: University of Virginia (UVA): Virginia Forest Research Facility
Contact: Jose Fuentes
Email: jf6s@virginia.edu
Web address: http://people.virginia.edu/~jf6s/pace/pace.html
Database name: unknown
Description: The Virginia Forest Research Facility serves the purposes to conduct field research in the general area of atmosphere-surface interactions and to support teaching activities in the subjects of atmospheric sciences, ecology and hydrology. Several short-term studies are being carried out at the Virginia Forest Research Facility. One of them is to investigate the actinic irradiance disposition inside the forest canopy.
Organization: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) – Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM)
Contact: Marcia Berman
Email: marcia@vims.edu
Web address: http://ccrm.vims.edu/gis_data_maps/interactive_maps/blueinfrastructure/bi_intro.html
Database name: Blue Infrastructure data
Description: The Blue Infrastructure online mapping tool integrates important aquatic resources that have been compiled for the coastal zone of Virginia using GIS technology.
These data represent archives from a variety of agencies and programs. Within the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, data from the Comprehensive Coastal Inventory Program (CCI), and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) survey program are included. Data contributions from the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Virginia Marine Resources Commission, and Virginia Commonwealth University were essential. Metadata records provided by the data developer can be accessed by clicking on data layers in the data layer menu. If metadata records are not available for a particular data theme, a brief description of the data has been prepared. The final project report can be downloaded.
Organization: Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) – Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM)
Contact: n/a
Email: n/a
Web address: http://www.vims.edu/ccrm/wetlands/newpermits.html
Database name: Wetland Permits Application Database
Description: Database contains permit application information from 1971 to present for tidal waters of Virginia.
Organization: Virginia Tech GIS
Contact: Ed Brooks
Email: ebrooks@vt.edu
Web address: http://www.ogis.org.vt.edu/
Database name: unknown databases at Office of Geographic Information Systems (OGIS)
Description: OGIS is an affiliation of teaching and research faculty from 5 colleges, 15 departments and the Virginia Tech Libraries who share an interest and expertise in Geospatial Information Technologies (GIT)
Organization: World Resource Institute
Contact: n/a
Email: n/a
Web address: http://earthtrends.wri.org/index.php
Database name: EarthTrends
Description: EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, which focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world.
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