To provide raster representations of global summer daytime maximum and nighttime minimum surface temperature for studies related to human health and climate change.

To provide a gridded version of existing SeaWiFS data in GIS-compatible formats in order to determine concentrations of chlorophyll-a in the coastal water column and to facilitate the integration with other data.

To provide data that can assist in the extraction and analysis of chlorophyll-a concentration and trends from global grids.

To preserve access to the original population data used by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) and other related research.

To provide a global subnational map of the prevalence of underweight children that can be used by a wide user community in interdisciplinary studies of health, poverty and the environment.

To provide a global subnational map of infant mortality rate estimates that can be used by a wide user community in interdisciplinary studies of health, poverty and the environment.

To provide gridded demographic data, including characteristics of income, poverty, education, and housing age, for New Orleans.