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Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research Data and Information System
IAI/DIS
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research Data and Information System
IAI/DIS
Inter American Workshop on Environmental Data AccessInter American Workshop on Environmental Data Access3-6 March 2004, Campinas, Brazil3-6 March 2004, Campinas, Brazil
Global Change
“Changes in the global environment (including alterations in the climate, land productivity, oceans or other water resources, atmospheric chemistry, and ecological systems) that may alter the capacity of the earth to sustain life.”
Signatory and Ratifying Countries(Agreement entered into force: March 11, 1994)
1. Argentina 16. Perú 2. Bolivia 17. Estados Unidos3. Brasil 18. Uruguay 4. Canadá 19. Venezuela 5. Chile 6. Colombia 7. Costa Rica8. Cuba9. República Dominicana 10. Ecuador 11. Guatemala 12. Jamaica 13. México 14. Panamá 15. Paraguay
INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
IAI Main Goals
• Conduct and promote research on global change and their interaction with human activities [Agreement Art.II a) to e), g), h)]
• Improve public awareness and serve as an effective interface between science and the governmental policy process [Agreement Art II, f)]
Constituent bodies: CoP, EC, SAC, Directorate
Programmatic framework: Science agenda
Structure: Distributed network of national and international research and policy
institutionsActivities:
Science program and funded research, CRN, GrantsTraining and educationSupport to workshops, conferences and seminarsSurveys (HD of GC)Data and Information System (DIS)NewsletterListserver
IAI framework
1. Understanding Climate Change and Variability in the Americas
2. Comparative Studies of Ecosystem, Biodiversity, Land Use and Cover, and Water Resources in the Americas
3. Understanding Global Change Modulations of the Composition of the Atmosphere, Oceans and Fresh Waters
4. Understanding the Human Dimensions and Policy Implications of Global Change, Climate Variability and Land Use
IAI SCIENTIFIC AGENDA
GEC deals with the Earth system “in toto”: Ecosphere + the human factor
Ecosphere
Human factor
atmospherecryospherehydrospherelithospherebiosphere
anthropospherehuman decisions and actions
“Anthropocene” era
Involve a large and wide spectrum of issues
• Multifaceted
• Inter-, Intra- & trans-disciplinary (cross-cutting)
• Multi scales (time & space)
• Required interactions and dialogue between:
- Hard sciences (Earth System Science ESS) -- well established methodologies
- Soft sciences (HD, socio-economic) -- no standard methodologies
Global change
Global Environmental Change Data
Needed for
• SCIENCE
• MANAGEMENT, POLICY , DECISION MAKING
Establishment of open and on-going processes identifying data and information requirements from research scientists and managers and policy makers may be of great help
Sea-ice extent
Monthly anomalies (millions of km2) of Arctic and Antarctic sea-ice extent for the period 1973-2002, derived from satellite passive microwave sounder data
(Source: HadlSST1 data set, Hadley Centre, UK Met Office)
Trend : - 2.8 % per decade
Antarctic sea ice decline since the 50s (M.A.J. Curran et all., Science, Vol.302, 14 Nov. 2003)
MSA:Methanesulphonic acid
SIE:Sea ice extent for the80E to 180E sector(satellite derived)
Trend:20% decline in SIEsince about 1950
• an Internet based system dedicated to the dissemination of scientific information produced by the IAI projects, following a pre-defined standard (Z3950), as well as to ease the exchange of that information between institutions/organizations. It was developed by CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network) .
What is IAI-DIS ?
IAI-DIS main objectives
• Disseminate global change research information produced by the IAI, and other affiliated institutions, and
• Contribute for the standardization and exchange of scientific data between different institutions.
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IAI-DIS
PO: Participating organizations
Main features of the IAI-DIS system:
• WEB access and user-friendly interface;
• Integrated Search and Retrieval modules; and
• Two levels of METADATA ( “information about data” – a short, organized and searchable form of documentation used to find data).
What IS NOT IAI-DIS
• It is not a statistical system; and • It is not a tool to make automatic comparisons between actual data
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Drawbacks
• System up and running for 4 years – some components obsolete
• Present system is not easy for a layman user
Future actions
• “Aggiornamento” - update of the system - increase the “user-friendliness”
• Creation of a distributed network of GEC DIS in the Americas
www.iai.int
http://disbr1.iai.int
iaidis@ dir.iai.int 55-12-3945-6868