Decisions

Decisions Cluster Monthly Teleconference

Initial telecon: Thursday Aug 14, 2pm EDT

Dial: 800-508-7631

Access Code: *1297219*

Agenda:

Plan ESIP Winter Meeting with Decisions theme

Cluster Meeting Minutes

July 8-9 Santa Barbara (see also Summer Workshop listed below under Events)

Cluster E-mail List

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

Cluster Objectives

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.

Events

Summer 2009 ESIP Environmental Decision Making Workshop

Fall 2009 AGU Meeting - Environmental Decision Making session (IN17)

Winter 2010 ESIP Federation Meeting (Washington, DC, Jan 5-8, 2010)

Use Cases and Success Stories

coming soon

Resources of Interest

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

Uses and limitations of observations and data in decision support for selected sectors and regions

Cluster Governance

Interim Chair- Rob Raskin