Abstract
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.
Highlights
The Earth’s environment is undergoing rapid transformations and there is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed [1]
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
Applying Rapid Integrated Mapping and analysis System (RIMS) data and tools, we present an example of express analysis for this extreme climatic event
Summary
The Earth’s environment is undergoing rapid transformations and there is alarming evidence that important tipping points, leading to irreversible changes in major ecosystems and the planetary climate system, may already have been reached or passed [1]. Geological Survey; NCOF - National Centre for Ocean Forecasting; UM – University of Maryland; CIESIN- Center for International Earth Science Information Network; UW-Madison – University of Wisconsin, US CIA – Central Intelligence Agency; NCDC- National Climate Data Center It comprises over two thousand single layer (e.g. elevation) and time series (e.g. daily runoff) composite datasets as well as a number of climate and hydrology gridded and station/point network datasets. Several RIMS clones for different global, continental and regional applications (http://earthatlas.sr.unh.edu; http://NEESPI.sr.unh.edu; http://hydroepscor.sr.unh.edu) [16,17] have been developed at the Water Systems Analysis Group of the University of New Hampshire (WSAG UNH) to facilitate integrated analysis of multiple data sources including: gridded meteorological data from several re-analysis products, regional climate and global circulation models (GCM); gridded outputs from hydrological models; observational hydrometeorological in situ data, land cover information, vegetation indices from remote sensing, and census-based demographic and socio-economic data. These examples show RIMS capabilities for integrated analysis of various data sets
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