Decisions

From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)

The Environmental Decision Making Cluster of the ESIP Federation



Telecons

Next telecon: Tuesday Dec 15, 3pm EST
Dial: 800-508-7631
Access Code: *1297219*
Agenda:
  • Plan ESIP Winter Meeting with Decisions theme
Minutes of past telecons/meetings

Cluster E-mail List

http://rtpnet.org/mailman/listinfo/esip-decisions

Winter 2010 ESIP Meeting (Jan 5-7, Washington, DC)

Environmental decision making is the theme of this meeting. The meeting content has moved to the

Decisions Breakout page.

Please go there to view or edit breakout sessions.

Resources

Upcoming Meetings

Fall 2009 AGU Environmental Decision Making session - Two sessions on Wed Dec 16 (Posters: IN31A morning, Oral: IN34A 4-6pm)

Past Meetings

Summer 2009 ESIP Environmental Decision Making Workshop
Symposium on Scientific Data for Evidence Based Policy and Decision Making, Sept 24

End Users and Decision Makers

EPA
Regional (state and local) regulators
Environmental Justice Community
World Bank
Homeland Security

Use Cases and Success Stories

coming soon

Decision Support Tools:

coming soon

Funding Opportunities (current):

NASA/ROSES Earth Science Decision Making: Gulf Coast Region

Funding Awards (past):

2008 NASA/ROSES Decision Support
2008 NASA/ROSES Decision Making: Gulf of Mexico Region
2008 NOAA/RISA
2007 NASA/ROSES Decision Support
2005 NASA Decision Support
2004 NSF/CCRI Decision Making Under Uncertainty

Web sites:

NCAR Societal Impacts Program
NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA)
NOAA Economics Web Site
CIRUN (Climate Information Responding to Users Needs - U. Maryland)
IPCC
Spatial Decision Support Knowledge Portal

Books, reports:

Uses and limitations of observations and data in decision support for selected sectors and regions
Unscientific America - a quick and interesting read about barriers to communicating and using science information

About the Cluster

An important end use for Earth observational data is to support better informed decisions and policies in the commercial and public sectors. Observations (both real-time and historical) play an important role in reducing the uncertainty inherent in environmental-related decisions. Scientific models provide further value in predicting future states and scenarios, such as those associated with increased greenhouse gas emissions. This Cluster addresses topics such as:

  • the economic value of Earth science data in decision settings;
  • data requirements for environmental decisions, policies, and IPCC;
  • decision making under deep environmental uncertainty;
  • collaborative environments for assessing scenarios and consequences of decisions involving multiple stakeholders;
  • case studies in environmental decision-making;
  • integrated physical-economic models;
  • perceptions of long-term climatic uncertainty;
  • tools, services, models, and associated standards for data-driven decision support.

Interim Chair- Rob Raskin