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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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PyMapLib for Rapid Development of Geospatial Data Analysis Tools
02 Aug 2016 | Publications | Contributor(s): Wei Wan, Lan Zhao, Jaewoo Shin, Shandian Zhe, Carol Song
This is the presentation at CyberGIS 2016 conference introducing pyMapLib, a generic Python mapping library developed as part of the NSF funded GABBS project.
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Web Leaflet Map Tool
07 May 2016 | Tools | Contributor(s): Wei Wan
Web Map Tool Using Leaflet and Python
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Remote Sensing Analysis on HUBzero
16 Sep 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Larry Biehl
MultiSpec is a remote sensing analysis tool being developed on MyGeoHub.org as part of the Geospatial Analysis Building Blocks (GABBs) NSF-funded and the IndianaView/AmericaView USGS-funded projects. The tool has been adapted from the desktop Macintosh and Windows versions...
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The GABBs Report - Building Geospatial Capability in HUBzero
15 Sep 2015 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Carol Song
Geospatial data are present everywhere today with the proliferation of location-aware computing devices. This is especially true in the scientific community where large amounts of data are driving research and education activities in many domains. Collaboration over geospatial data, for example,...
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Climate Scenario Aggregator
10 Nov 2014 | Tools | Contributor(s): Nelson Benjamin Villoria, Joshua Elliott, Christoph Müller, Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao
Climate Scenario Aggregator
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RHSeg
30 Jun 2015 | Tools | Contributor(s): Wei Wan (contributor), Lexie Yang (contributor)
The Recursive Hierarchical Image Segmentation (RHSEG) software package integrated with GeoHub release version 1.59
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Geospatial Modeler
08 Aug 2015 | Tools | Contributor(s): Wei Wan
A HUBzero Open Geospatial Modeler Tool for Remote Sensing and Geospatial Data Analysis
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Active Learning Modeler Tool
17 Mar 2015 | Tools | Contributor(s): Wei Wan, Lexie Yang (contributor), Rajesh Kalyanam (contributor), Christopher Panza (contributor)
Graphic modeling and view for active learning algorithms of remote sensing, integration with IData.
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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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MultiSpec
24 Oct 2014 | Tools | Contributor(s): Larry Biehl, Abdur Rahman Maud, Wei-Kang Hsu, Tsung Tai Yeh
Image processing application to display and analyze geospatial images
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Active Learning Tool
04 Feb 2015 | Tools | Contributor(s): Lexie Yang, wanwei
A Demo for "Advance Active Learning Algorithms for Robust Multi-Sensor Data Analysis"
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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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Presentation of GABBs at Brown Dog Workshop
09 Sep 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Carol Song
This is a presentation given at the first Brown Dog user workshop, Urbana, IL, July 2014.
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Climate change mitigation policies and poverty in developing countries
31 Jul 2014 | Publications | Contributor(s): Zekarias Hussein, Tom Hertel, Alla Golub
Mitigation of the potential impacts of climate change is one of the leading policy concerns of the 21st century. However, there continues to be heated debate about the nature, the content and, most importantly, the impact of the policy actions needed to limit greenhouse gas emissions. One...