The SESAME Human-Earth Atlas

The Surface Earth System Analysis and Modeling Environment (SESAME) Human-Earth Atlas includes hundreds of variables capturing both human and non-human aspects of the Earth system on two common spatial grids of 1- and 0.25-degree resolution. The Atlas is structured by common spheres, and many variables resolve changes over time. Many of the national-level tabular human system variables are downscaled to spatial grids using dasymetric mapping, accounting for country boundary changes over time. An associated software toolbox allows users to add raster, point, line, polygon, and tabular datasets, transforming them onto a standardized spatial grid at the desired resolution as well as to work conveniently with jurisdictional (e.g. country) data.

File Description:
atlas: Contains netCDF files at 1-degree resolution in netCDF format.
atlas_p25: Contains selected netCDF files at 0.25-degree resolution.
genscripts: Original Jupyter notebook scripts used to generate the atlas.
SESAME_Atlas_Documentation_v1.pdf: Documentation file for the SESAME Human-Earth Atlas.
SESAME_Human-Earth_Atlas_v1.xlsx: Comprehensive summary and documentation for the SESAME Human-Earth Atlas, including details on pre- and post-processing steps.