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    • Global Gridded Geographically Based Economic Data (G-Econ), Version 4

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The Global Gridded Geographically Based Economic Data (G-Econ), Version 4 contains derived one degree grid cells of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data in Grid and ASCII formats for both Market Exchange Rate (MER) and Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) for the years 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005. MER is the exchange rate between local and U.S. dollar currencies for a given time period established by the market. PPP is the exchange rate between a country's currency and U.S. dollars adjusted to reflect the actual cost in U.S. dollars of purchasing a standardized market basket of goods in that country using the country's currency. The original data from the G-Econ Project at Yale University is also available in tabular format and includes latitude and longitude geographic coordinates of the grid cells, area of grid cells, as well as country names, distance to coast, elevation, vegetation, population, precipitation and temperature.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1017031108

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    Maps Download Page

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1419865113-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2016-12-02
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2016-12-02
    Category SPATIALECON, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Nordhaus, W.D., and X. Chen. 2016-12-02. Global Gridded Geographically Based Economic Data (G-Econ), Version 4. Version 4.00. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H42V2D1C. http://doi.org/10.7927/H42V2D1C.
    Creator Nordhaus, W.D., and X. Chen
    Graphic Preview Description Maps Download Page
    Graphic Preview File https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/spatialecon-gecon-v4/maps
    Harvest Object Id 69f37d66-d666-4c48-bae5-065d31a86464
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H42V2D1C
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -180.0 -55.0 180.0 90.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1017031108
    Release Place Palisades, NY
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash b790cd6c6517f47e573df41f63e52ed8de22a5fbd43895034b8c522c91f676b0
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z/2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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