inter-american institute for global change research an intergovernmental organization for global...
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Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
an intergovernmental organization for
global change research
socio-economic implications
international cooperation
open exchange of information
to augment the science capacity and
guide policy
issues:
climate change and variability
ecosystems, biodiversity, landuse/cover, water resources
human dimensions and policy implications
risk - exposure - vulnerability
regional analyses
science - communication - decisions
some program goals
use conservation biology, ecology, biogeochemistry, remote sensing, sociology, anthropology, policy analysis, agriculture, forestry to develop comprehensive understanding….
understand and predict the behaviour of ecosystems and the displacement of their boundaries under environmental change
establish links between biodiversity, ecosystem function ecosystem services
characterize patterns and drivers of land use change
climate gradients - observations, models, scenarios
ecosystems - maps, properties, function
landuse - maps, drivers and impacts
trends, risks, opportunities
the need for links in time and space
Beyond GIS:
tiling and addressing:
ISEA3H cell division with PYXIS ordering and tiling
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from point data to area data
unique handles forarea data and informationat any scale
PYXIS
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spatially explicit decision support
PYXIS
from decision support to decision (SENSOR)
SENSOR scenario game
facilitate the path from data to enduser interface
research data models information synthesis knowledge judgment decision action monitoringfeed-back