Environmental Engineering, Pollution and Climate Data

Pollution and Air Quality

Environment Canada

National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) Databases

Greenhouse Gas Inventory

National Atmospheric Chemistry Database. Datasets include: air quality; atmospheric gases and particles; precipitation chemistry data 

Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicators

The National Air Pollution Surveillance (NAPS) Network

World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC) (Environment Canada)

Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Environmental Sustainability Index Population, Landscape, and Climate Estimates (PLACE)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Earth Systems Research Laboratory
Includes downloadable datasets such as the Greenhouse Gas Index, CarbonTracker, and the Ozone Depleting Gas Index National Geophysical Data Center Aircraft Sampling
Vertical profile of Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases over continental areas Volcanic Ash Forecast Transport and Dispersion Modeling HYSPLIT
Model for computing simple air parcel trajectories to complex dispersion and deposition simulations

NASA

Atmospheric Science Data Center. Data sets include: Ozone and Air Quality

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)

Air Quality System
Some sample detailed datasets for download; others may be requested AirData
Data, Reports, and visualizations National Emissions Inventories

Geoconnections - Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure
A searchable database of Canadian and international data sources. Not all sources in the database are available for download.

Air Quality Ontario

AIRNow Air Quality Maps

Canada United States

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)

Air Quality System
Some sample detailed datasets for download; others may be requested AirData
Data, Reports, and visualizations National Emissions Inventories AirTrends
Air quality data and statistics for cities and counties Ambient Monitoring Technology Information Center
Data from monitoring programs eGRID - Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database
A database on the environmental characteristics of electrical power generated in the U.S. EPA Air Models

NASA

Atmospheric Science Data Center. Data sets include: Ozone and Air Quality

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Earth Systems Research Laboratory
Includes downloadable datasets such as the Greenhouse Gas Index, CarbonTracker, and the Ozone Depleting Gas Index National Geophysical Data Center Aircraft Sampling
Vertical profile of Carbon Cycle Greenhouse Gases over continental areas Volcanic Ash Forecast Transport and Dispersion Modeling HYSPLIT
Model for computing simple air parcel trajectories to complex dispersion and deposition simulations

Center for International Earth Science Information Network

Environmental Sustainability Index Population, Landscape, and Climate Estimates (PLACE)

World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC) (Environment Canada)

Weather and Climate Data

Intergovernmental Organizations

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Data
Established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) United Nations Datasets See particularly: World Bank Climate Change
Environmental indicators by country, related population and development data

Academic Research Institutes

National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. See for example: Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium at the University of Victoria

United States

National Climatic Data Center under the Department of Commerce
Also hosts the World Data Center for Meteorology NASA Climate Science Environmental Protection Agency: Climate Change
See for example: Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Governments

Canada

Environment Canada: Natural Resources Canada Data and Maps
Includes data on Coastal Monitoring, Polar shelf, forecast scenarios, etc.
 
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