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Inventory and access guide

Data Catalog

A working catalog of climate, environmental, health, infrastructure, and population datasets relevant to climate-health research.

This catalog separates three different ideas: datasets CGHI may eventually host as small samples or curated extracts, datasets that should be accessed from an external provider, and restricted health or survey data that require careful access workflows.

Records marked as needing review are leads rather than final recommendations. They remain visible so users can see the breadth of possible sources while CGHI improves provider links, access notes, licenses, and example workflows.

Catalog records

122

With source links

67

Sample candidates

8

Restricted/contact

20

Need review

95

includes 48 duplicate candidates

Start with the kind of data task

The catalog includes direct links, large external sources, restricted health datasets, and records that still need metadata review. Start with a task instead of scanning the whole list.

Current catalog status

This is now structured as a catalog, not just a list. Records with quality flags should be treated as leads until provider, access, license, and source links are reviewed.

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SatelliteExternal downloadNot hosted by CGHI

AfriGEO

Aggregated earth-observation layers (rainfall, NDVI, soil moisture, land-cover) plus national statistics.

Coverage
Africa
Resolution
Varies / ----
Variables
Rainfall
Review
Needs metadata review (3 flags)
Madagascar ContextExternal downloadNot hosted by CGHI

AfriGEO

Madagascar Context dataset relevant to varies work.

Coverage
varies
Resolution
Aggregated earth-observation layers (rainfall, NDVI, soil moisture, land-cover) plus national statistics.
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Needs metadata review (4 flags)
HealthRestricted / contactRestricted data

Birth Records

Health dataset relevant to US - North Carolina work.

Coverage
US - North Carolina
Resolution
Individual / -----
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Needs metadata review (5 flags)
HealthRestricted / contactRestricted data

CDC ESSENCE

CDC NSSP ESSENCE is a secure syndromic-surveillance analysis tool for emergency-department and related near-real-time public-health data streams.

Coverage
US
Resolution
N/A / -----
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Starter reviewed
HealthExternal downloadRestricted data

CDC WONDER

CDC's public query system for U.S. public-health datasets, including mortality, births, cancer, population, and other topic-specific databases.

Coverage
US
Resolution
N/A / -----
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Starter reviewed
PopulationExternal downloadNot hosted by CGHI

Census Data for Madagascar

Age, sex, race, education, housing, workforce (by sex/age), unemployment, economic indicators, etc.

Coverage
Madagascar
Resolution
City/district / Yearly
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Needs metadata review (2 flags)
PopulationExternal downloadNot hosted by CGHI

Census Data for Madagascar

CSV (API)

Coverage
1975-2023
Resolution
Age, sex, race, education, housing, workforce (by sex/age), unemployment, economic indicators, etc.
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Needs metadata review (2 flags)
PopulationCatalog onlyNot hosted by CGHI

Census Projections

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Coverage
Madagascar
Resolution
City/district / Yearly
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Needs metadata review (3 flags)
ClimateExternal downloadNot hosted by CGHI

CHELSA v2 Climatologies

High-resolution global climatologies designed for environmental and ecological applications, especially where topography matters.

Coverage
Global
Resolution
1 km / Monthly
Variables
Heat, Rainfall
Review
Starter reviewed
ClimateExternal downloadCandidate for sample file

CHIRPS Precipitation

Satellite-gauge blended rainfall estimates commonly used for rainfall exposure, drought, and climate-health screening in data-sparse settings.

Coverage
Global
Resolution
0.05° daily / Daily
Variables
Rainfall
Review
Starter reviewed
ClimateCatalog onlyNot hosted by CGHI

Climate Data Rescue (CliDaR-Africa)

digitising sub-daily data from across Africa taken from the ACMAD collection

Coverage
Africa
Resolution
varies / Sub-daily
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Needs metadata review (4 flags)
ClimateCatalog onlyNot hosted by CGHI

Climate Data Rescue (CliDaR-Africa)

Climate dataset relevant to varies work.

Coverage
varies
Resolution
digitising sub-daily data from across Africa taken from the ACMAD collection
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Needs metadata review (4 flags)
ClimateCatalog onlyNot hosted by CGHI

Climate Indices/Oscillations

Monthly or weekly numeric indices (ENSO ONI, NAO, AO, PDO, MJO, IOD, etc.).

Coverage
Global
Resolution
Gridded / Daily/Weekly/Monthly
Variables
Climate Variability
Review
Needs metadata review (4 flags)
Air QualityCatalog onlyNot hosted by CGHI

Community Multiscale Air Quality model

Hourly concentrations & deposition for dozens of species (PM₂.₅ chemical components, O₃, NOₓ, SO₂, CO, VOCs, NH₃, HNO₃, etc.).

Coverage
US
Resolution
Point / Hourly
Variables
Air Quality
Review
Needs metadata review (4 flags)
SatelliteCatalog onlyNot hosted by CGHI

Copernicus Global Land Cover

Categorical land-cover class (11 classes) at 10 m + per-pixel confidence.

Coverage
Global
Resolution
Gridded / Yearly
Variables
Land Cover / Built Environment
Review
Needs metadata review (4 flags)
Built Environment & PropertyCatalog onlyNot hosted by CGHI

Corelogic

Property location, land-use, structure type, year built, finished-sq-ft, replacement cost; hazard scores (wind, flood, wildfire).

Coverage
US
Resolution
Household / Yearly
Variables
Rainfall, Wind, Air Quality
Review
Needs metadata review (4 flags)
HealthExternal downloadNot hosted by CGHI

Death Records

Health dataset relevant to US - North Carolina work.

Coverage
US - North Carolina
Resolution
Individual / -----
Variables
Not tagged
Review
Needs metadata review (4 flags)

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