Geospace Environmental Datasets

GEOSPACE Geospatial Metadata Catalog v1.6.0

This archive documents a comprehensive catalog of geospatial datasets curated for environmental modeling, ecological analysis, and human impact assessment across the continental United States (CONUS). The catalog provides complete metadata and processing capabilities for 149 variables from several data sources:

MODIS Satellite Data (4 variables) Land surface temperature, vegetation indices (NDVI, EVI), and forest cover

ECMWF ERA5 Reanalysis (14 variables) Temperature, precipitation, pressure, humidity, wind components, and atmospheric parameters

GridMET Meteorological Data (17 variables) Climate variables, fire weather indices, drought indicators, and evapotranspiration

CAMS Air Pollution Data (6 variables) PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO, and ground-level ozone from Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service; high-resolution atmospheric composition data for air quality analysis

EPA AQS – US Environmental Protection Agency (7 variables) Air quality data for PM2.5, PM10, NO2, SO2, CO, O3, and Lead (Pb)

SVI – Social Vulnerability Index (27 variables) Overall vulnerability scores, theme-specific rankings (Socioeconomic, Household, Minority, Housing), and detailed demographic percentiles from CDC/ATSDR

COI – Child Opportunity Index (36 variables) Z-scores, quintiles, and ranks across Education, Health/Environment, and Social/Economic domains at National, State, and Metro norms

PLACES – CDC Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates (40 variables) ZCTA-level health data across 6 categories: Health Outcomes (12), Prevention (9), Health Risk Behaviors (4), Disabilities (7), Health Status (3), and Health-Related Social Needs (5); includes 95% confidence intervals for all measures

Enhanced Features in v1.6.0:

New PLACES Module: Full support for CDC PLACES ZCTA-level health data (2020–2025) with Socrata API download and automated processing.
Health-Related Social Needs: Five new social-determinant variables including food insecurity, housing insecurity, transportation barriers, utility service threats, and lack of social support.
Spatial Enrichment: GeoPackage output with ZCTA polygon geometries from 2020 Census, or tabular-only output with --no-geometry flag.

This catalog serves as both a reference document for researchers and a foundation for the GEOSPACE processing framework, enabling automated download and analysis-ready data preparation across multiple Earth observation, climate, atmospheric composition, health, and socioeconomic data sources.