Focus: a testbed for the development and implementation of land and water related policies in the Andes, enabling intended and unintended consequences to be tested in silico before they are tested in vivo . It incorporates detailed spatial datasets at 1-square km and 1 hectare resolution for the entire Andes, spatial models for biophysical and socioeconomic processes along with scenarios for climate, land use and economic change. A series of interventions (policy options) are available which can be implemented and their consequences traced through the socio-economic and biophysical systems. 

Geographical coverage: global

Spatial resolution: 10 degree tiles @ 1km resolution or 1 degree tiles @ 1-hectare resolution

Temporal resolution: Monthly for baseline (1950-2000) and scenario

Development status: 

Version 1: complete 

Version 2: ongoing - Let us know of new features you would find useful

The version 1 model has a basic water balance (wind driven rainfall+fog - actual ET accumulated downstream as runoff) with land use and climate scenarios, see here

Standard version 1 

Superuser version 1 (enables latest features but in development so liable to interface bugs)

Advanced users only:

Version 2 has all the components of version 1 but also incorporates soil erosion, transportation, deposition and a snow and ice model as well as policy options for land management, see here

Standard version 2 (model in development)

Superuser version 2 (model in development, superuser enables latest features but in development so liable to interface bugs)