ABSTRACT ATM -9712057 Dirmeyer, Paul A. Institute of Global Environment & Society, Inc. TITLE: Integrating Climate, Hydrologic, and Decision Support Models for Regional Assessment. The idea of the proposal is to develop an integrated assessment capability based on component models. For this it is proposed to improve current climate, hydrologic and assessment models and to develop effective mechanisms for coupling these models in order to produce increasingly detailed projections of regional climate changes in climate and hydrological conditions which in turn are used to provide more realistic assessment of the consequences of resulting changes in water availability for key sectors. This system will be tested over the Ganges-Brahmaputra valley. This research fits into the goals of MMIA very well and if successful will help mitigating the detrimental effects of climate change.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS)
Application #
9712057
Program Officer
Jay S. Fein
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1997-10-01
Budget End
2002-09-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
$555,000
Indirect Cost
Name
Institute of Global Environment and Society
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Rockville
State
MD
Country
United States
Zip Code
20852