4/8/2014 Climate Change Informatics:Climate and Health

Wiki Page DemoSam, Trevor, Omar, Maura, Xiaotong

Motivation

• Many climate data tools availableo Well designed interfaceso Multiple variables and modelso Provide access to datasets

• Novice users need guidanceo Terminologyo Modelso Metadatao Sources

Motivation

Formative Study

• Studied existing data resourceso Focus on technical solutionso Tools to smooth data format issues in workflow

• Interviewed CDC scientistso Focus on county level health officials

• Interview with BRACE granteeo Focus on documentation

• Interview with Michigan Department of community Health

• Most feasible solution

• Other ideas faced technical barriers

• Documentation is urgent need

• Encourage connection withclimate scientists

• Encourage collaboration

• Familiar interface

Climate Data Wiki & Forum

Key Features, High Level Components• Climate models: common models and their simulations

• Climate variables: plain-English descriptions of climate model variables

• Resources: a compilation of resources for climate data

• Glossary: translation of jargon encountered in climate data

• Forum: ask and answer questions regarding climate data and analyses

Value Proposition

Who is the target market, and what is their motivation for using the system?o County level health officials

Have accessible, concise explanations of climate data to inform and defend decisions → context

o Climate Scientists Have an opportunity to explain their research findings, answer

questions related to their data to a thoughtful audience making decisions based on their work

o CDC Provides a venue for facilitating discussion, potentially shifts burden of

answering questions from staff members to an engaged usership

What does this all mean? Is it even available at my county level?

Questions?