Decisions

The ESIP Federation Decisions Cluster

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Telecons

Next telecon: Tuesday Sept 22, 1pm EDT

Dial: 800-508-7631

Access Code: *1297219*

Agenda:

• Plan ESIP Winter Meeting with Decisions theme

Minutes of past telecons/meetings

• Aug 25 telecon
• Aug 13 telecon
• July 8-9 Santa Barbara Meeting

Cluster E-mail List

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

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

All listed names are tentative, unless marked "confirmed".

Plenary 1

(Tues AM)

1. Policy Panel: Pam Whitney (House Committee on Science); RISA rep; US Forest Service rep; NCAR RALS

Case Studies - what worked and what didn't

(Tues PM) Eight 30-minute presentations from decision makers, spanning multiple applications. Each presentation should explicitly address: application area/context, data inputs, decision tools used, and decision-making process.

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Plenary 2

(Wed AM)

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Tools/Methods/Data integration

(Wed PM) Eight 30-minute presentations from technologists describing decision tools, services, models, data integration, handling uncertainty, and how to make decision components more interoperable. Co-organized with Information Technology and Interoperability Committee.

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3. Drew Pilant, US EPA. Topic: Decision Support for Ecosystem Services in the Coastal Carolinas

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Application needs

(Thurs AM) Six 15-minute presentations from application areas describing application-specific needs.

1. Air Quality Working Group

2. Water Cluster

3. Disaster Management

4. Defense

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Science data inputs

(Thurs AM) Four 15-minute presentations from scientists describing science data inputs for decision makers

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Metrics - toward better informed decisions

(Thurs PM)

Open discussion on decision metrics

Where do we go from here?

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Past Meetings

Fall 2009 AGU Meeting

• Environmental Decision Making session

Summer 2009 ESIP Meeting

• Environmental Decision Making Workshop

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Use Cases and Success Stories

coming soon

End Users and Decision Makers

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

Resources of Interest

Decision Support Tools:

coming soon

Funding Opportunities:

NASA/ROSES Earth Science Decision Making: Gulf Coast Region

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

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.

Cluster Governance

Interim Chair- Rob Raskin