To provide satellite altimeter corrected digital elevation data for environmental, socioeconomic, climate and other related research, such as flood risk assessment, land deformations, landslide modelling, urban planning, and sea level rise impacts.

To provide data on changes in freshwater availability in order to better understand impacts on regional food supplies, human and ecosystem health, energy generation, and social unrest.

To provide roads linking rural production to urban markets in the coastal zone of West Africa that represent an important exposed infrastructure asset.

To provide areas of higher richness of threatened species which may be at risk from climate stressors in the coastal zone of West Africa.

To provide high and low resolution elevation in forested ecosystems in the coastal zone of West Africa.

To provide a measure of social vulnerability and "defenselessness" in the face of climate stressors in the coastal zone of West Africa.

To provide market accessibility in the coastal zone of West Africa.

To provide mangrove forests in the coastal zone of West Africa that may be exposed to the threats of sea level rise and storm surge.

To provide areas in the coastal zone of West Africa that may be particularly exposed to climate stressors owing to high population growth rates.

To provide areas in West Africa that may be particularly exposed to climate stressors owing to future high population growth.

To provide areas in the coastal zone of West Africa that may be particularly exposed to climate stressors owing to high population density.

To provide maternal education levels and poverty in West Africa.

To provide poverty levels in the coastal zone of West Africa.

To provide areas of forest cover loss in the coastal zone of West Africa.

To provide a measure of economic activity in the coastal zone of West Africa based on nighttime lights.

To provide crop production for five higher-value export crops in West Africa to aid in estimating production value.

To assess relative levels of economic activity in the coastal zone of West Africa.

To measure human security and sensitivity of populations to climate stressors in the coastal zone of West Africa.

To provide quantitative metrics for evaluating a country's environmental performance in different policy categories relative to clearly defined targets.

To provide a database with observed responses to climate change for multidisciplinary studies.