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Mapping multiple cropping and irrigation in India
03 Oct 2014 | Contributor(s): Gang Zhao, Stefan Siebert
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Market-mediated environmental impacts of biofuels
31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel, Wallace E. Tyner
This paper surveys the evidence on market-mediated environmental impacts of biofuels, with special attention to the indirect greenhouse gas emissions stemming from land cover change in the wake of increased demand for biofuel feedstocks. We find clear evidence that market mediated land use...
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National Initiatives Gauge Farmer Perceptions of Climate Change (press release)
05 Mar 2013 | Contributor(s): John Kriva, Melissa Widhalm
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New science of climate change impacts on agriculture implies higher social cost of carbon
22 Nov 2017 | Contributor(s): Frances C. Moore, Uris Lantz C Baldos, Tom Hertel, Delavane Diaz
Despite substantial advances in climate change impact research in recent years, the scientific basis for damage functions in economic models used to calculate the social cost of carbon (SCC) is either undocumented, difficult to trace, or based on a small number of dated studies. Here we present...
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PEGASUS (Predicting Ecosystem Goods And Services Using Scenarios)
14 Jul 2014 | Tools | Contributor(s): Delphine, Navin Ramankutty, I Luk Kim, Rajesh Kalyanam
A GEOSHARE tool for conducting live simulations using PEGASUS (Predicting Ecosystem Goods And Services Using Scenarios)
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POL 520/EAS 591 Great issues: climate and policy
14 Nov 2010 | Courses
The course POL 520/EAS 591, “Great issues: climate and policy”, is designed to better educate students in the use and misuse of modeling across disciplines, so that they will be better builders and consumers of integrated, complex models of coupled human/natural systems in their own careers. More...
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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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Proposed Institutional Design for GEOSHARE
03 Oct 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Tom Hertel
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Root Zone Water Quality Model
06 Jun 2022 | Tools | Contributor(s): Balaji Sesha Srikanth Pokuri, Anupam Bhar (contributor)
Whole-system model for studying crop production and environmental quality under current and changing climate conditions., developed by USDA-ARS
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Sigma Coefficient of Yield Volatility: A Global Dataset of Irrigated and Rainfed Corn Yield Volatility Based on NEX-GDDP-CMIP6
24 Sep 2024 | Publications | Contributor(s): Iman Haqiqi
DescriptionThis global dataset provides the estimated volatility of corn yields due to heat stress for 20 climate models in NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 data at 0.25-degree resolution. To quantify volatility in crop yields across different locations and climate scenarios, the standard deviation...
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Sigma Coefficient of Yield Volatility: A Global Dataset of Irrigated and Rainfed Corn Yield Volatility Based on NEX-GDDP-CMIP6
24 Sep 2024 | Publications | Contributor(s): Iman Haqiqi
DescriptionThis global dataset provides the estimated volatility of corn yields due to heat stress for 20 climate models in NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 data at 0.25-degree resolution. To quantify volatility in crop yields across different locations and climate scenarios, the standard deviation...
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SPAM in the Clouds
25 Jul 2014 | Tools | Contributor(s): Liangzhi You, Ulrike Wood-Sichra, Jingyu Song, Nelson Benjamin Villoria, Paul Preckel, Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao
Spatial Production Allocation Model (SPAM) 2005 Beta Version
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SPAM in the Clouds
03 Oct 2014 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Jingyu Song, Nelson Benjamin Villoria, Paul Preckel
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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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U2U Accomplishment Highlights (April 2011 - Sept 2012)
17 Oct 2012 | Publications | Contributor(s): Melissa Widhalm, John Kriva
This document provides a brief overview of the top accomplishments from the U2U project from April 2011 - Sept 2012.
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U2U Fact Sheet - October 2011
28 Oct 2011 | Publications | Contributor(s): Melissa Widhalm
The U2U fact sheet is a brief handout describing project objectives and participants.
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U2U Fact Sheet - October 2012
17 Oct 2012 | Publications | Contributor(s): Melissa Widhalm
The U2U fact sheet is a brief handout describing project objectives and participants.
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U2U Objective 1 Fact Sheet
24 Jan 2012 | Publications | Contributor(s): Melissa Widhalm
The U2U Objective 1 Fact Sheet briefly describes the planned and ongoing research activities, as well as participants, of the Objective 1 Working Group.
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U2U Objective 2 Fact Sheet
24 Jan 2012 | Publications | Contributor(s): Melissa Widhalm
The U2U Objective 2 Fact Sheet briefly describes the planned and ongoing research activities, as well as participants, of the Objective 2 Working Group.
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U2U Overview Presentation
03 Aug 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Melissa Widhalm, Linda Prokopy
This PowerPoint presentation provides an overview of the Useful to Usable (U2U) research project. Last updated Nov. 1, 2011.