Journal article

Building an ecoinformatics platform to support climate change adaptation in Victoria

Christopher Pettit, Steve Williams, Ian Bishop, Jean-Philippe Aurambout, ABM Russel, Anthony Michael, Subhash Sharma, David Hunter, Pang Choung Chan, Colin Enticott, Ann Borda, David Abramson

FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GRID COMPUTING AND ESCIENCE | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2013

Abstract

Our research is focused on developing an ecoinformatics platform to support climate change adaptation in Victoria. A multi-disciplinary, cross-organisational approach was taken in developing a platform of collaboration to support the understanding of climate change impact and the formulation of adaptation strategies. The platform comprises a number of components including: (i) a metadata discovery tool to support modelling, (ii) a workflow framework for connecting climate change models, (iii) geographical visualisation tools for communicating landscape and farm impacts, (iv) a landscape object library for storing and sharing digital objects, (v) a landscape constructor tool to support partic..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This project has been primarily funded through the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, and the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative (VeRSI). For this funding and support the project team is most thankful.