Management of diverse environmental data with SAS. [ORNL-based data base for Southeastern USA]
Environmental assessment and planning for energy development require rapid access to data at appropriate spatial and temporal scales. In the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, we have developed a spatial data base at the county-subcounty level of resolution. The data base contains information on terrain, water resources, forestry, agriculture, land use, wildlife, air quality, climate, critical natural areas, human population, health, and energy. Each of these subject sectors is stored as a SAS data set. The SAS directory is used extensively to describe the 800 variables contained in the present 30 data sets. The file currently occupies 10 million bytes of storage for a 16 state area in the southeastern United States. The data base is unique in that it was compiled from many existing data sources into a single, standardized file for a large geographic area. The data base is being used, for example, to study habitat relations and population dynamics of wildlife, potential changes in vegetation patterns related to predicted climate shifts from increased atmospheric CO/sub 2/, and regional energy facility impact assessment and siting.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 6621607
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-780147-1
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 3. conference of the SAS users group, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 30 Jan 1978
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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LAND USE
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WILD ANIMALS
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