Final Report: Integrated Scenarios Tools: Improving Accessibility of the Integrated Scenarios Data
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Date Reported
2016-05-31
Citation
Final Project Report: Integrated Scenarios Tools: Improving Accessibility of the Integrated Scenarios Data: .
Summary
The Integrated Scenarios (IS) of the Future Northwest Environment project resulted in several datasets describing projected changes in climate, hydrology and vegetation for the 21st century over the Northwestern US. At the conclusion of the IS project in August 2014, it was recognized that many data users would be challenged to use the IS data due to 1) the sheer size of these datasets (~ 20 Terabytes of data), 2) the specific file format (netCDF) of the IS data, and 3) the unfamiliarity of appropriate methods for analyzing climate scenarios. To address these issues, the Integrated Scenarios Tools project was funded with the aim of creating a website for the IS project focusing on providing: 1) information on and guidance for using [...]
Summary
The Integrated Scenarios (IS) of the Future Northwest Environment project resulted in several datasets describing projected changes in climate, hydrology and vegetation for the 21st century over the Northwestern US. At the conclusion of the IS project in August 2014, it was recognized that many data users would be challenged to use the IS data due to 1) the sheer size of these datasets (~ 20 Terabytes of data), 2) the specific file format (netCDF) of the IS data, and 3) the unfamiliarity of appropriate methods for analyzing climate scenarios. To address these issues, the Integrated Scenarios Tools project was funded with the aim of creating a website for the IS project focusing on providing: 1) information on and guidance for using the data, 2) web tools for data extraction in more universally recognized file formats and 3) web tools for visualizing the data. The overarching goal was to increase the usage of the IS data. The culmination of this project is the new IS website located at http://climate.nkn.uidaho.edu/IntegratedScenarios/.
