LCDS: the LEAP Cloud Data Server (v3.0.0.0)

Open-source data for use in energy/environment models using REST web services and JSON format data.

The server responds to these queries with (required|optional) parameters:

• DataSets (|PRETTY): a list of available data sets including required parameters and date last updated.

• List (|PRETTY): a simple list of available data sets without any additional info.

• Info (SET|PRETTY): information about the dimensions of a particular data set.

• Countries (|PRETTY): information about the list of supported countries (ISO3 codes and names).

• Data: (SET, ISO3|SERIES, DIM1, DIM2, PRETTY) data for a particular data set, some data sets may also take SERIES, DIM1 or DIM2 parameters. Use "Info" to find out about these extra dimensions of data.

Some examples:

• https://leap.sei.org/dataserver/dataserver.dll/Datasets?Pretty - Get human-readable list of the data sets.

• https://leap.sei.org/dataserver/dataserver.dll/Countries?Pretty - Get a list of ISO3 codes, short names, and long names of the all countries with data in the LCDS database.

• https://leap.sei.org/dataserver/dataserver.dll/Info?SET=UNPopulation&Pretty - Get information on the parameters and options required for the "Population" data set (the U.N. Population Prospects).

• https://leap.sei.org/dataserver/dataserver.dll/Data?SET=UNPopulation&ISO3=GHA&DIM1=Medium&Pretty - Get time series data from the U.N. Population Prospects data set (medium variant) for Ghana (ISO3 Code=GHA)

• https://leap.sei.org/dataserver/dataserver.dll/Data?SET=WDI&ISO3=USA&SERIES=EN.CO2.TRAN.ZS&Pretty - Get data series EN.CO2.TRAN.ZS (% of fossil CO2 emissions from transport) for the USA from the World Development Indicators database.

• https://leap.sei.org/dataserver/dataserver.dll/Data?SET=IDEES&ISO3=FRA&Series=Activity.Mpkm.Tr.Road.Passenger.Car&pretty&Pretty - Get passenger road transport in cars for France from the IDEES dataset.

• https://leap.sei.org/dataserver/dataserver.dll/Data?SET=GDP&Dim1=SSP2&ISO3=CHN&Pretty - Get GDP projections from 1990-2100 for China based on the the "SSP2 - Middle of the Road" scenario from the IPCC's Shared Socioeconomic Pathway database.

Queries and parameters are not case sensitive. By default, responses are in the form of JSON formatted data. Optional parameter "Pretty" shows data in a human-readable format. 

LCDS developed by Charlie Heaps of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).

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