Request for Environmental Datasets in CSV Format for D3.js Visualizations

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Request for Environmental Datasets in CSV Format for D3.js Visualizations

by ramkry » Sun Feb 16, 2025 1:43 am America/New_York

Hello, As an environmental advocate, I have recently created Treemaps and Barcharts using D3.js to visualize CO₂ emissions by country, based on UN data. Now, I am looking for similar and other useful environmental datasets in CSV format to expand my visualizations.

Could you please guide me on where I can find high-quality NASA Earth data in CSV format, covering topics such as:

Global CO₂ and greenhouse gas emissions
Deforestation and land use changes
Air quality and pollution levels
Climate change indicators (temperature, sea level, etc.)
Renewable energy adoption and trends
If direct CSV downloads are unavailable, I’d appreciate any advice on how to extract or convert relevant datasets into CSV. Your insights would be invaluable in enhancing public awareness through interactive data visualizations.

Thanks in advance!

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Re: Request for Environmental Datasets in CSV Format for D3.js Visualizations

by hyoklee » Wed Feb 19, 2025 11:39 am America/New_York

Hi,

I think OPeNDAP service is probably the best solution:

https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/opendap

Please search for "ascii" in the above document.
It's equivalent to CSV.

After playing with the demo server in the above document, you can try NASA OPeNDAP services:

https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/engage/open-data-services-software/earthdata-developer-portal/opendap/servers

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Re: Request for Environmental Datasets in CSV Format for D3.js Visualizations

by ORNL - yaxingwei » Wed Feb 19, 2025 1:02 pm America/New_York

Hi,

NASA's VEDA (Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis) Dashboard provides data visualization and analysis capabilities on many datasets on the topics of your interest. I could recommend you check it out at https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/. It may help you to get what you need.

Best,
Yaxing
Dr. Yaxing Wei (weiy@ornl.gov)
Lead Scientist, ORNL DAAC
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
https://daac.ornl.gov

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Re: Request for Environmental Datasets in CSV Format for D3.js Visualizations

by ramkry » Sat Feb 22, 2025 12:47 am America/New_York

Ok thank you. I tried through the given URLs. I couldn't find it in ASCII format. It's ok. I will try somewhere else. The visualisations on the VEDA dashboard was good though. I will come back to it later.

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