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Land Use in the 21st Century: Contributing to the Global Public Good
08 Sep 2017 | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel
This paper focuses on the evolution of global public goods related to the world’s land resources over the course of the 21st century, their potential impacts on the world’s poorest households, as well as prospects for policy interventions aimed at enhancing these outcomes. It begins...
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The power and pain of market-based carbon policies: a global application to greenhouse gases from ruminant livestock production
08 Sep 2017 | Contributor(s): Benjamin Henderson, Alla A Golub, Daniel Djauhari Pambudi, Tom Hertel, Cecile Godde, Mario Herrero, Oscar Cacho, Pierre J. Gerber
The objectives of this research are to assess the greenhouse gas mitigation potential of carbon policies applied to the ruminant livestock sector [inclusive of the major ruminant species—cattle (Bos Taurus and Bos indicus), sheep (Ovis aries), and goats (Capra hircus)]— with...
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Economic impacts of climate change on agriculture: A comparison of process-based and statistical yield models
07 Sep 2017 | Contributor(s): Frances C Moore, Uris Lantz C Baldos, Tom Hertel
A large number of studies have been published examining the implications of climate change for agricultural productivity that, broadly speaking, can be divided into process-based modeling and statistical approaches. Despite a general perception that results from these methods differ...
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Cyberinfrastructure for the collaborative development of U2U decision support tools
10 Nov 2016 | Contributor(s): Larry Biehl, Lan Zhao, Carol Song, Christopher Panza
This paper describes the use of cyberinfrastructure to create interactive applications as part of the Useful to Usable (U2U) project. These applications transform historical climate data, knowledge, and models into decision support tools for end users such as crop farmers, uni- versity Extension...
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iData Tutorial
22 Jul 2016 | Contributor(s): Abilene Thiele Concepcion Perez
*Note that the number before each step is the time on the YouTube video below where it shows how each step is done. Click on "View Resource" on the top right to watch the video.Start iData [0:05] Go to http://mygeohub.org/idata to load the iData application. It starts with...
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Data-driven Collaboration Environments - Integrating HUBzero and iRODS
15 Sep 2015 | Publications | Contributor(s): Rajesh Kalyanam
As part of an effort to establish a community-based data sharing environment, we previously developed a HUBzero-based web component, iData. Using the open-source data management software, iRODS, iData provides hub users and tools with the ability to publish, manage, discover...
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Climate Scenario Aggregator
09 Sep 2015 | Tools | Contributor(s): Nelson Benjamin Villoria, Joshua Elliott, Christoph Müller, Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao
Climate Scenario Aggregator
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iData Cheat Sheet
19 Jun 2015 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Lan Zhao, Carol Song
This document is a quick note that guides new iData users through the steps of registering a hub account, creating a new dataset, uploading some files, and sharing with others.
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The role of international trade in managing food security risks from climate change
20 Mar 2015 | Publications | Contributor(s): Uris Lantz C Baldos, Tom Hertel
International trade plays an important role in facilitating global food security in the face of a changing climate. In considering this issue, it is useful to distinguish between two different time scales: inter-annual and inter-decadal. Inter-annual adjustments in international trade can play an...
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AgMIP GEOSHARE Tool with iData Integration Demo
06 Mar 2015 | Tools | Contributor(s): Nelson Benjamin Villoria, Joshua Elliott, Christoph MÃ_ller, Jaewoo Shin, Christopher Panza, Lan Zhao
Aggregate yield shocks provided by the AgMIP's Global Gridded Crop Modeling Initiative (Ag-GRID) from their original 30x30 min resolution to any user specified level
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Using Useful to Usable (U2U) Tools for an Introductory Agronomy Course (Purdue University) -- Lab Assignment
04 Dec 2014 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s): Trevor J. Frank, Bruce J. Erickson
This lab was constructed to provide introductory Agronomy students with a knowledge base of farming technology and available agricultural decision-making tools. Students will learn available technology for predicting climate variability, growing degree days, nitrogen fertilizer rates, cover crop...
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Developing A Collaborative Environment for Useful to Useable (U2U) Project
10 Nov 2014 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Larry Biehl, Carol Song, Lan Zhao, Christopher Panza, Brian Raub, Luke Policinski
HUBzero is being used as a collaborative environment for the Useful to Usable (U2U) project funded by the USDA. U2U is an integrated research and extension project working to improve farm resilience and profitability in the North Central U.S. by transforming existing climate data into usable...
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Developing A Collaborative Environment for the Useful to Usable (U2U) Project
10 Nov 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Larry Biehl, Carol Song, Lan Zhao, Christopher Panza, Brian Raub, Luke Policinski
HUBzero is being used as a collaborative environment for the Useful to Usable (U2U) project funded by the USDA. U2U is an integrated research and extension project working to improve farm resilience and profitability in the North Central U.S. by transforming existing climate data into usable...
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Proposed Institutional Design for GEOSHARE
03 Oct 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel
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IFPRI's Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM)
03 Oct 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Ulrike Wood-Sichra, Liangzhi You
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Mapping multiple cropping and irrigation in India
03 Oct 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gang Zhao, Stefan Siebert
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International trade buffers the impact of future irrigation shortfalls
03 Oct 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jing Liu, Tom Hertel, Farzad Taheripour, Tingju Zhu, Claudia Ringler
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Predicting the Spatial Patterns of Land Conversion
03 Oct 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nelson Benjamin Villoria, Jing Liu
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Enabling Scientific Collaboration Using HUBzero Platform
03 Oct 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Lan Zhao
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Connecting Communities Through HUBzero
03 Oct 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Nelson Benjamin Villoria, Joshua Elliott, Hongjun Choi, Lan Zhao