Environmental science applications with Rapid Integrated Mapping and analysis System (RIMS)

[摘要] The Rapid Integrated Mapping and analysis System (RIMS) has been developed at the University of New Hampshire as an online instrument for multidisciplinary data visualization, analysis and manipulation with a focus on hydrological applications. Recently it was enriched with data and tools to allow more sophisticated analysis of interdisciplinary data. Three different examples of specific scientific applications with RIMS are demonstrated and discussed. Analysis of historical changes in major components of the Eurasian pan-Arctic water budget is based on historical discharge data, gridded observational meteorological fields, and remote sensing data for sea ice area. Express analysis of the extremely hot and dry summer of 2010 across European Russia is performed using a combination of near-real time and historical data to evaluate the intensity and spatial distribution of this event and its socioeconomic impacts. Integrative analysis of hydrological, water management, and population data for Central Asia over the last 30 years provides an assessment of regional water security due to changes in climate, water use and demography. The presented case studies demonstrate the capabilities of RIMS as a powerful instrument for hydrological and coupled human-natural systems research.

[发布机构] Earth Systems Research Center, UNH, Durham; NH, United States^1;P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia^2;Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia^3;Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia^4;Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia^5;Institute of Computational Technologies, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk Branch, Tomsk, Russia^6

[效力级别] 计算机科学

[关键词] Coupled human-natural systems;Environmental science;Integrative analysis;Meteorological fields;Remote sensing data;Scientific applications;Socio-economic impacts;University of New Hampshire