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The Environmental Decision Making Cluster of the ESIP Federation

Chair: Ana Prados aprados@umbc.edu

Vice Chair: Chuck Hutchinson chuck@ag.arizona.edu

Get Involved: Monthly Telecons

The Decisions Cluster has regular telecons on the fourth Wednesday of every Month at 3 PM EST

Next telecon: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 3pm EST

Dial: 1-877-668-4493

Access Code: 23133897

Minutes of past telecons/meetings:

October 23, 2013 telecon
November 27, 2012 telecon
September 26, 2012 telecon
August 22 telecon
July 27 telecon
March 23 telecon
February 23 telecon
January 26 telecon
December 22 telecon
November 29 telecon
June 23 telecon
June 2 telecon
April 28 telecon
March 24 telecon
Feb 24 telecon
Dec 15 telecon
Dec 1 telecon
Oct 27 telecon
Sept 22 telecon
Aug 25 telecon
Aug 13 telecon
July 8-9 Santa Barbara Meeting

Join the Cluster E-mail List

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

Evaluation Resources and Workshops

ESIP 2014 Winter Meeting Decisions Workshop & Breakout Session

Evaluation Workshop (two half days) : Building on the successful full day workshop in January 2013, these two half-day sessions will help the attendees understand the concepts underlying proposal formation and evaluation.

Evaluation Breakout Session - Friday AM Building on newly acquired knowledge by Evaluation Workshop participants and others, this session will feature speakers who will share their experiences in project, program and organizational evaluation. Speakers are invited to contribute their Evaluation stories using the following format:

Slides 1-3 - Program/Project Description Including What Was Being Assessed
Slides 4-6 - Evaluation Approach/Methodology Used (can be more than 1 approach/methodology)
Slides 6-9 - Results & Impact of Evaluation

The Evaluation stories do not have to be the result of a formal evaluation, rather, they can be informally generated analyses. The results of this session will be captured and shared in the ESIP Commons for the community to consult. To share your project's evaluation story, please email it to aprados at umbc dot edu. Breakout Session Leaders: Ana Prados & Carol Meyer

Session Contributions

Ongoing Evaluation to Inform the Development of an Online Resource Center

Authors: Robert R. Downs and Robert S. Chen
Abstract: Evaluation activities can identify opportunities for improvement when developing systems, programs, and services to address the needs of diverse stakeholders. The results of evaluation efforts also can initiate organizational learning and enhance understanding to attain current and future objectives and goals. We describe how multiple evaluation efforts that employ different methods have been used to inform the development of a resource center to support the preservation of geospatial data and related resources.

Evaluating the NASA Applied REmote Sensing Training Program

Author: Ana Prados

Jonathan Blythe – a) Logic Modeling exercise b) how to do surveying
Bill Michener ?

ESIP 2013 Winter Meeting Decisions Workshop

ESIP 2012 Winter Meeting Decisions Workshop

ESIP 2011 Winter Meeting Decisions Workshop

Mid-Term Evaluation of GEOSS Implementation note: large pdf document, loads slowly

Environmental Evaluators Network

June 2011 Environmental Evaluators Network Forum in Washington D.C

June 2011 EEN Evaluation 101 Workshop

June 2011 EEN Evaluation 101 Workshop Exercises

Events and Activities

Upcoming Meetings

July 12-15, 2011 ESIP Summer Meeting, Santa Fe, NM

ESIP 2011 Winter Meeting

Past Meetings

Other Resources

Articles, Books, reports

The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics

The Emerging Science of Environmental Applications (Dozier and Gail)

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

GEO request for advisors to join Decision Support teams

End Users and Decision Makers

Use Cases and Success Stories

About the Cluster

Earth Science data and research can play an important role in informing decision making activities and applications in the commercial and public sectors. One of the main priorities of the Decisions cluster is to support ESIP member evaluation activities and assessments concerning the value of Earth Science data.

The Cluster also addresses topics such as:

The value of scientific models in predicting future states and scenarios, such as the IPCC
the economic value of Earth science data in decision settings;
data requirements for environmental decisions-making
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.

Chair- Ana Prados Vice-Chair- Chuck Hutchinson

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+Chair: Ana Prados aprados@umbc.edu
-==Telecons==
+Vice Chair: Chuck Hutchinson chuck@ag.arizona.edu
-:Next telecon: Tuesday Oct 27, 1pm EDT
-:Dial: 800-508-7631
-:Access Code: *1297219*
-:Agenda:
-:*Plan ESIP Winter Meeting with Decisions theme
-:Minutes of past telecons/meetings
+==Get Involved: Monthly Telecons==
+The Decisions Cluster has regular telecons on the fourth Wednesday of every Month at 3 PM EST
+:Next telecon: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 3pm EST
+:Dial: 1-877-668-4493
+:Access Code: 23133897
+:Minutes of past telecons/meetings:
+::*[[October 23, 2013]] telecon
+::*[[November 27, 2012]] telecon
+::*[[September 26, 2012]] telecon
+::*[[August 22]] telecon
+::*[[July 27]] telecon
+::*[[March 23]] telecon
+::*[[February 23]] telecon
+::*[[January 26]] telecon
+::*[[December 22]] telecon
+::*[[November 29]] telecon
+::*[[June 23]] telecon
+::*[[June 2]] telecon
+::*[[April 28]] telecon
+::*[[March 24]] telecon
+::*[[Feb 24]] telecon
+::*[[Dec 15]] telecon
+::*[[Dec 1]] telecon
+::*[[Oct 27]] telecon
 ::*[[Sept 22]] telecon
 ::*[[Aug 25]] telecon
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 ::*[[July 8-9 Santa Barbara]] Meeting
-== Cluster E-mail List ==
+== Join the 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".  [[January_5-7%2C_2010%2C_ESIP_Federation_Meeting%2C_Washington%2C_DC |Go to meeting logistics]].
-''Plenary 1 (Tues AM)''
+== Evaluation Resources and Workshops ==
-:1. Federal Panel: Invite NASA, NOAA, EPA, USGS Reps to speak about the challenge of doing science and supporting decision makers/end users.
-:2. Policy Panel: Pam Whitney (House Committee on Science); RISA rep; Molly Macauley (RFF), US Forest Service rep; NCAR RALS
+===[[ESIP 2014 Winter Meeting Decisions Workshop & Breakout Session]]===
+'''<big>Evaluation Workshop (two half days) </big>''':  Building on the successful full day workshop in January 2013, these two half-day sessions will help the attendees understand the concepts underlying proposal formation and evaluation.
+'''<big>Evaluation Breakout Session - Friday AM </big>'''
+Building on newly acquired knowledge by Evaluation Workshop participants and others, this session will feature speakers who
+will share their experiences in project, program and organizational evaluation. Speakers are invited to contribute their Evaluation stories using the following format:
+*Slides 1-3 - Program/Project Description Including What Was Being Assessed
+*Slides 4-6 - Evaluation Approach/Methodology Used (can be more than 1 approach/methodology)
+*Slides 6-9 - Results & Impact of Evaluation
+The Evaluation stories do not have to be the result of a formal evaluation, rather, they can be informally generated analyses. The results of this session will be captured and shared in the ESIP Commons for the community to consult. To share your project's evaluation story, please email it to aprados at umbc dot edu. Breakout Session Leaders: Ana Prados & Carol Meyer
-''Case Studies - what worked and what didn't (Tues PM) &nbsp; &nbsp; Session leader: Ana Prados''
+Session Contributions
-: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.
+#'''Ongoing Evaluation to Inform the Development of an Online Resource Center'''
-:1. E. Lucien Cox (NASA HQ)/Will Pozzi (WaterNet)
+Authors: Robert R. Downs and Robert S. Chen
-:2.
+<br />
-:3.
+Abstract: Evaluation activities can identify opportunities for improvement when developing systems, programs, and services to address the needs of diverse stakeholders. The results of evaluation efforts also can initiate organizational learning and enhance understanding to attain current and future objectives and goals. We describe how multiple evaluation efforts that employ different methods have been used to inform the development of a resource center to support the preservation of geospatial data and related resources.
-:4.
+#'''Evaluating the NASA Applied REmote Sensing Training Program'''
-:5.
+Author: Ana Prados
-:6.
+# Jonathan Blythe – a) Logic Modeling exercise b) how to do surveying
-:7.
+# Bill Michener ?
-:8.
-''Plenary 2 (Wed AM)''
+===[[ESIP 2013 Winter Meeting Decisions Workshop]]===
-:1. Sheril Kirshenbaum, co-author Unscientific America and researcher at Duke University (invited)
-:2.
-''Tools/Methods/Data integration (Wed PM) &nbsp; &nbsp; Session leader: Karl Benedict''
-:Eight 30-minute presentations from '''technologists and decision scientists''' describing decision tools, methods, services, and models, data integration, handling uncertainty, and how to make decision components more usable and interoperable. Co-organized with Information Technology and Interoperability Committee.
-:1.Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc.. Topic: Enabling Decision Makers Along the Gulf Coast
-:2.
-:3. Drew Pilant, US EPA. Topic: Decision Support for Ecosystem Services in the Coastal Carolinas
-:4.
-:5.
-:6.
-:7.
-:8.
-''Application needs (Thurs AM) &nbsp; &nbsp; Session leader: Will Pozzi''
+===[[ESIP 2012 Winter Meeting Decisions Workshop]]===
-:Eight 15-minute presentations from '''application areas''' describing application-specific needs.
-:1. Air Quality Working Group
-:2. Water Cluster
-:3. Disaster Management
-:4. Defense
-:5. Agriculture
-:6. Insurance (work with Tami Huston, NCDC to identify people)
-:7
-:8
-''Science data inputs (Thurs AM) &nbsp; &nbsp; Session leader: Menas Kafatos''
-:Two 15-minute presentations from '''scientists''' describing science data inputs for decision makers
-:1.
-:2.
-''Solutions - toward better informed decisions (Thurs entire afternoon) &nbsp; &nbsp; Session leader: Chuck Hutchinson''
-:1. Decision metrics
-:2. Open discussion on solutions
-:3. Where do we go from here?
-.
+=== [[ESIP 2011 Winter Meeting Decisions Workshop]] ===
-== End Users and Decision Makers ==
+[http://www.earthobservations.org/documents/geo_vii/06_Mid-Term%20Evaluation%20of%20GEOSS%20Implementation%20Rev1.pdf Mid-Term Evaluation of GEOSS Implementation]
-* EPA
+note: large pdf document, loads slowly
-* Regional (state and local) regulators
-* Environmental Justice Community
-* World Bank
-* Homeland Security
-== Resources of Interest ==
+[http://www.environmentalevaluators.net/ Environmental Evaluators Network]
+[http://www.environmentalevaluators.net/2011-een-forum/ June 2011 Environmental Evaluators Network Forum in Washington D.C]
+[[Media:EEN Evaluation 101 Workshop 6-20-11 - Student.pdf| June 2011 EEN Evaluation 101 Workshop]]
+[[Media:Eval 101 Exercises.pdf|June 2011 EEN Evaluation 101 Workshop Exercises ]]
+== Events and Activities ==
 Upcoming Meetings
-:- [http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/PGA_052920 Symposium on Scientific Data for Evidence Based Policy and Decision Making, Sept 24]
-:- [http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm09/program/scientific_session_search.php?show=detail&sessid=593 Fall 2009 AGU Environmental Decision Making session]
+:[[Summer 2011 Meeting|July 12-15, 2011 ESIP Summer Meeting, Santa Fe, NM]]
-Past Meetings
+:[[January_4-6,_2011_ESIP_Winter_Meeting,_Washington,_DC|ESIP 2011 Winter Meeting]]
-:[[Environmental_Decision_Making |Summer 2009 ESIP Environmental Decision Making Workshop]]
-Use Cases and Success Stories
+[[Past Meetings]]
-:coming soon
-Decision Support Tools:
+== Other Resources ==
-:coming soon
+Articles, Books, reports
-Funding Opportunities:
+:[http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/publications/special/honest_broker/ The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics]
-:[http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/cmdocumentid=206096/A%2040%20Gulf%20of%20Mexico.pdf NASA/ROSES Earth Science Decision Making: Gulf Coast Region]
+:[http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/fourthparadigm/4th_paradigm_book_part1_dozier_gail.pdf The Emerging Science of Environmental Applications (Dozier and Gail)]
-Web sites:
-:[http://www.ncar.ucar.edu/research/impacts NCAR Societal Impacts Program]
-:[http://www.climate.noaa.gov/cpo_pa/risa NOAA Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA)]
-:[http://www.economics.noaa.gov NOAA Economics Web Site]
-:[http://www.climateneeds.umd.edu/index.html CIRUN (Climate Information Responding to Users Needs - U. Maryland)]
-:[http://www.ipcc.ch IPCC]
-:[http://institute.redlands.edu/sds Spatial Decision Support Knowledge Portal]
-Books, reports:
 :[http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap5-1/final-report Uses and limitations of observations and data in decision support for selected sectors and regions]
 :[http://www.unscientificamerica.com/ Unscientific America] - a quick and interesting read about barriers to communicating and using science information
-== Cluster Objectives ==
+[[GEO request for advisors to join Decision Support teams]]
-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:
+[[End Users and Decision Makers]]
+[[Use Cases and Success Stories]]
+[[Other Useful Links]]
+== About the Cluster ==
+Earth Science data and research can play an important role in informing decision making activities and applications in the commercial and public sectors. One of the main priorities of the Decisions
+cluster is to support ESIP member evaluation activities and assessments concerning the value of Earth Science data.
+The Cluster also addresses topics such as:
+* The value of scientific models in predicting future states and scenarios, such as the IPCC
 * the economic value of Earth science data in decision settings;
-* data requirements for environmental decisions, policies, and IPCC;
+* data requirements for environmental decisions-making
 * decision making under deep environmental uncertainty;
 * collaborative environments for assessing scenarios and consequences of decisions involving multiple stakeholders;
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 * tools, services, models, and associated standards for data-driven decision support.
-== Cluster Governance ==
+'''Chair'''- Ana Prados &nbsp; &nbsp;
-:Interim Chair- Rob Raskin
+'''Vice-Chair'''- Chuck Hutchinson
+[[category:CollabArea]]