Decisions
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The ESIP Federation Decisions Cluster
Next Telecon
- When: Tuesday Aug 25, 1pm EDT
 - Dial: 800-508-7631
 - Access Code: *1297219*
 - Agenda:
- Plan ESIP Winter Meeting with Decisions theme
 - Announcement: Fall AGU Environmental Decision Making session (IN17)
 
 
Minutes of Telecons/Meetings
- Aug 13 telecon
 - July 8-9 Santa Barbara Meeting
 
Cluster E-mail List
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
Winter 2010 ESIP Meeting
- Plenary speakers
 - Breakout sessions
 
Fall 2009 AGU Meeting
Summer 2009 ESIP Meeting
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
 
Decision Support Tools
- 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
 - Spatial Decision Support Knowledge Portal
 - 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 Governance
- Interim Chair- Rob Raskin