Status

The systems are operating normally

WaterWorld

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) 


Documentation: see here or view powerpoint demo

Subpages (1): Example applications