- Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) Group
- SDI Inventory, Organized by Sponsoring Organization
- Sustainable Development Indicator (SDI) Group
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration SDI
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provided the following to the SDI group for inclusion in the SDI Inventory. Clicking on the issue or the SDI Framework element name will allow you to view all related indicators.
- Algal Blooms (171)
- Definition: Algal blooms & ecosystem functioning
- Issue: Environment Quality/Eutrophication
- SDI Framework Element: Biota Population
- Biota Population Characteristic: Number of Algae Blooms
- Arctic Optical Depth (192)
- Definition: Arctic haze/ optical depth
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Air Clarity
- Carbon Dioxide (185)
- Definition: CO2
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Amount of Greenhouse Gases
- Climate Extremes Index (213)
- Definition: Climate Extremes Index
- Issue: Climate/Drought
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Amount of Precipitation
- ClorFloroCarbons (190)
- Definition: CFCs, HFCs
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Amount of Greenhouse Gases
- Coastal Area Population (183)
- Definition: Population increases in coastal areas
- Issue: Land Use/Urbanization
- SDI Framework Element: Human Habitat Capacity
- Human Habitat Capacity Characteristic: Human Population
- Coastal Housing (184)
- Definition: Housing trends in coastal areas
- Issue: Land Use/Urbanization
- SDI Framework Element: Human Habitat Capacity
- Human Habitat Capacity Characteristic: Area of Land
- Coastal Resource Oil Spill (180)
- Definition: Coastal resources at risk from spilled oil
- Issue: Environment Quality/Toxic Chemical Releases
- SDI Framework Element: Ecosystems, Estuarine
- Ecosystems, Estuarine Characteristic: Length of Shoreline
- Coastal Water Biodiversity (179)
- Definition: Diversity & distribution of fishes & invertebrates in coastal waters
- Issue: Biodiversity/Changing Biodiversity
- SDI Framework Element: Species Diversity
- Species Diversity Characteristic: Number of Species
- Coastal Water Fish Kills (176)
- Definition: Fish kills in coastal waters
- Issue: Environment Quality/Contamination of Water
- SDI Framework Element: Productive Capacity
- Productive Capacity Characteristic: Number of Fish kills
- Coastal Water Heavy Metals (172)
- Definition: Heavy metal discharges to coastal waters
- Issue: Environment Quality/Contamination of Water
- SDI Framework Element: Discharges into Water
- Discharges into Water Characteristic: Mass of Releases
- Coastal Water Nutrients (170)
- Definition: Biochemical Oxygen Demand, Nitrogen, & Phosphorus loadings into coastal waters (point & nonpoint sources)
- Issue: Environment Quality/Eutrophication
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Nutrients
- Coastal Water Oil Discharge (173)
- Definition: Oil & grease discharges to coastal waters
- Issue: Environment Quality/Toxic Chemical Releases
- SDI Framework Element: Discharges into Water
- Discharges into Water Characteristic: Mass of Releases
- Coastal Water Oil Spills (175)
- Definition: Oil spills in coastal waters
- Issue: Environment Quality/Toxic Chemical Releases
- SDI Framework Element: Discharges into Water
- Discharges into Water Characteristic: Number of Releases
- Coastal Water Pesticides (174)
- Definition: Agricultural pesticide use in coastal areas coastal waters
- Issue: Production/Pesticide Use
- SDI Framework Element: Releases into Soils
- Releases into Soils Characteristic: Mass of Pesticides
- Drought (195)
- Definition: Drought
- Issue: Climate/Drought
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Water
- Endangered Species (169)
- Definition: Status of species listed under the ESA
- Issue: Biodiversity/Species Extinction
- SDI Framework Element: Species Diversity
- Species Diversity Characteristic: Number of Species
- ENSO (203)
- Definition: ENSO, NAO
- Issue: Resource/Water Resources
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Water
- Estuarine Biota Impact (178)
- Definition: Impacts on estuarine & marine biota
- Issue: Environment Quality/Contamination of Biota
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Pollutants
- Fish Catch (167)
- Definition: Fish landings/amount & value
- Issue: Resource/Declining Fisheries
- SDI Framework Element: Crude Foods and Feeds
- Crude Foods and Feeds Characteristic: Amount of Fish
- Fish Stock Use (166)
- Definition: Fish stocks/percent fully utilized
- Issue: Resource/Declining Fisheries
- SDI Framework Element: Productive Capacity
- Productive Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Fish
- Greenhouse Climate Response Index (215)
- Definition: Arithmatic average of 1) percent of U.S. with much above normal minimum temperatures, 2) percent of U.S. with much above normal precipitation during the months of October through April, 3) percent of U.S. in extreme or severe drought during the months of May through September and 4) the percent of the U.S. with a much greater than normal proportion of precipitation derrived from extreme one day precipitation events (exceeding 2 inches).
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Temperature
- Marine Biota Contaminants (177)
- Definition: Chemical contaminants in estuarine & marine biota
- Issue: Environment Quality/Contamination of Biota
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Pollutants
- Maximum Temperature (197)
- Definition: Maximum temperature
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Temperature
- McKee Drought Index (209)
- Definition: McKee index, % area in short/long- term drought
- Issue: Climate/Drought
- SDI Framework Element: Ecosystems, Land
- Ecosystems, Land Characteristic: Area of Drought Land
- Methane (186)
- Definition: CH4
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Amount of Greenhouse Gases
- Methane Isotopes (193)
- Definition: CH4 Isotope
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Air Clarity
- Minimum Temperature (198)
- Definition: Minimum temperature
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Temperature
- Nitrous Oxides (191)
- Definition: N2O
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Amount of Greenhouse Gases
- Ocean Surface Temperature (196)
- Definition: Ocean Surface temperature
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Oceans
- Oceans Characteristic: Temperature
- Optical Depth (194)
- Definition: Optical Depth
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Air Clarity
- Palmer Drought Severity Index (210)
- Definition: PDSI
- Issue: Climate/Drought
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Area of Drought Land
- Palmer Drought Severity Index (211)
- Definition: PDSI % area in severe/ext. wet spell
- Issue: Climate/Drought
- SDI Framework Element: Ecosystems, Land
- Ecosystems, Land Characteristic: Area of Drought Land
- Precipitation Extremes (199)
- Definition: Precipitation extremes
- Issue: Climate/Drought
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Amount of Precipitation
- Rainfall Frequency (218)
- Definition: Rainfall frequency
- Issue: Climate/Drought
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Amount of Precipitation
- Sea Ice Volume (201)
- Definition: Sea Ice
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Oceans
- Oceans Characteristic: Volume of Sea Ice
- Sea Mammal Population Change (168)
- Definition: Marine mammals & sea turtles/percent that are stable or increasing
- Issue: Biodiversity/Species Extinction
- SDI Framework Element: Biota Population
- Biota Population Characteristic: Number of Species
- Sea Surface Temperature (222)
- Definition: Sea surface temperature (from AVHRR)
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Oceans
- Oceans Characteristic: Temperature
- Shellfish Quality (182)
- Definition: Quality of shellfish harvesting areas
- Issue: Environment Quality/Contamination of Biota
- SDI Framework Element: Productive Capacity
- Productive Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Pollutants
- Snow Cover (200)
- Definition: Snow cover
- Issue: Climate/Drought
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Area of Snow Cover
- Snow cover (214)
- Definition: Snow cover
- Issue: Resource/Water Resources
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Area of Snow Cover
- Snow Survey (219)
- Definition: Snow survey
- Issue: Resource/Water Resources
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Precipitation
- Snow Water Equivalent (216)
- Definition: Snow H2O equiv.
- Issue: Resource/Water Resources
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Amount of Precipitation
- Stratospheric Ozone Concentration (187)
- Definition: O3 total
- Issue: Climate/Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- SDI Framework Element: Stratosphere
- Stratosphere Characteristic: Amount of Ozone
- Stratospheric Temperature (204)
- Definition: Stratospheric temp.
- Issue: Climate/Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- SDI Framework Element: Stratosphere
- Stratosphere Characteristic: Temperature
- Stratospheric Water Vapor (189)
- Definition: H2O stratospheric
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Stratosphere
- Stratosphere Characteristic: Amount of Water Vapor
- Streamflow Forecasts (217)
- Definition: Streamflow forecasts
- Issue: Resource/Water Resources
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Amount of Precipitation
- Temperature Gradients (207)
- Definition: Temp. gradients -- NH-SH, land-ocean, pole-equator
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Oceans
- Oceans Characteristic: Temperature
- Tornado Frequency (208)
- Definition: Tornado frequency
- Issue: Environment Quality/Natural Disasters
- SDI Framework Element: Extreme Weather Events
- Extreme Weather Events Characteristic: Number of Storms
- Total Precipitation (212)
- Definition: Total precip.
- Issue: Climate/Drought
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Precipitation
- Total Water Discharges (181)
- Definition: Pollutant discharges from industrial, municipal, & power generating facilities
- Issue: Environment Quality/Toxic Chemical Releases
- SDI Framework Element: Discharges into Water
- Discharges into Water Characteristic: Mass of Releases
- Tropical Cyclones (205)
- Definition: Tropical cyclones (frequency & intensity)
- Issue: Environment Quality/Natural Disasters
- SDI Framework Element: Extreme Weather Events
- Extreme Weather Events Characteristic: Number of Storms
- Tropospheric Ozone (188)
- Definition: O3 tropospheric
- Issue: Environment Quality/Air Quality
- SDI Framework Element: Air Capacity
- Air Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Ozone
- Ultraviolet-B Radiation (221)
- Definition: Ultraviolet-B radiation
- Issue: Climate/Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- SDI Framework Element: Atmosphere
- Atmosphere Characteristic: Radiation Flux
- Vegetation Index (223)
- Definition: Vegetation Index (from AVHRR)
- Issue: Climate/Global Climate Change
- SDI Framework Element: Ecosystems, Land
- Ecosystems, Land Characteristic: Area of Land
- Water Consumption by Use (354)
- Definition: Total water consumed organized by use (agriculture, industrial, municipal, etc.)
- Issue: Resource/Water Resources
- SDI Framework Element: Economic Processes
- Economic Processes Characteristic: Amount of Water
- Water Resource Availability (220)
- Definition: Total water available organized by major watersheds
- Issue: Resource/Water Resources
- SDI Framework Element: Water Capacity
- Water Capacity Characteristic: Amount of Water
- XtraCyclone (206)
- Definition: XtraCyclone
- Issue: Environment Quality/Natural Disasters
- SDI Framework Element: Extreme Weather Events
- Extreme Weather Events Characteristic: Number of Storms