At King's College London (KCL): Short URLs (all point to the same system, if one is offline for you, use another): On Amazon AWS (only used when KCL servers under maintenance) Developers: King's College London (models), AmbioTEK (software) Audience: Conservation and development NGOs, GO and NGO Policy analysts, agriculture and industry (e.g. extractives), education and academic research. Associated project(s): None Focus: a global version of the AguAAndes model which is a testbed for the development and implementation of land and water related policies globally, 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 World, 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. The model integrates with a range of geobrowsers for immersive visualisation of outcomes. 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 Versions: 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 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) Heavy users: Valuing the Arc project, Birdlife International (DEFRA), Conservation International, RSPB International |