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  1. SIMPLE-G-Water: Global Groundwater Conservation Scenarios

    24 Sep 2024 | Contributor(s): Iman Haqiqi

    DescriptionThis repository contains the outputs of the SIMPLE-G-global model at 15 arc-min resolution, focusing on various aspects of groundwater conservation. The data includes:Groundwater Withdrawal: Irrigation groundwater extraction across grid cells (pre-policy, post-policy, and...

  2. RZWQM Calibration and Decision Making Tool

    18 Apr 2023 | Contributor(s): Balaji Sesha Srikanth Pokuri, Anupam Bhar, Ratnesh Kumar

    RZWQM crop model simulator with a lightweight interface for calibrating the model to experimental data, optimizing irrigation and fertilization decisions using Coordinate Descent algorithm

  3. Magmatic Forcing of Cenozoic Climate?

    13 Aug 2019 | Contributor(s): Pietro Sternai

    This is the supporting models for the contribution "AGU Centennial Grand Challenge: Magmatic Forcing of Cenozoic Climate?" [Paper #2018JB016460R] submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth.

  4. 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...

  5. 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...

  6. Climate Scenario Aggregator

    09 Sep 2015 | Tools | Contributor(s): Nelson Benjamin Villoria, Joshua Elliott, Christoph Müller, Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao

    Climate Scenario Aggregator

  7. 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...

  8. AgMIP GEOSHARE Tool with iData Integration Demo

    06 Mar 2015 | Tools | Contributor(s): Nelson Benjamin Villoria, Joshua Elliott, Christoph Mí_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

  9. 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...

  10. Geospatial Targeting of Irrigation Investment in Tanzania

    11 Nov 2014 | Web Apps | Contributor(s): Jawoo Koo, Hua Xie, Liangzhi You, zhe guo, Jeffrey Dickinson, Cindy Cox

    This tool helps users to identify specific sites within the SAGCOT (Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania) area where new irrigation investments should target at 10 km spatial resolution. Users can interact with the map (showing the grid cells meeting the requirements, where the color...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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...

  14. AgMIP Tool: A GEOSHARE tool for aggregating outputs from the AgMIP's Global Gridded Crop Modeling Initiative (Ag-GRID)

    09 Jul 2014 | Tools | Contributor(s): Nelson Benjamin Villoria, joshua elliott, Christoph Müller, Jaewoo Shin, Lan Zhao

    Aggregate the yield shocks provided by the AgMIP project from their original 30x30 min resolution to any user specified level.

  15. National Initiatives Gauge Farmer Perceptions of Climate Change (press release)

    05 Mar 2013 | Publications | Contributor(s): John Kriva, Melissa Widhalm

  16. U2U Selected Research Highlights

    18 Feb 2013 | Publications | Contributor(s): Melissa Widhalm

    This short document overviews some of the recent research findings from the U2U project.

  17. U2U Poster - Oct 2012

    27 Nov 2012 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Melissa Widhalm

    This poster provides a general overview of the Useful to Usable (U2U) project. Anyone on the U2U team is welcome to present this poster at conferences or other venues. This hi-resolution pdf is ready for priting a 3 ft. (H) by 4 ft. (W) poster.

  18. U2U Progress Timeline (graphic)

    08 Nov 2012 | Downloads | Contributor(s): Melissa Widhalm, John Kriva

  19. 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.

  20. 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.