Transcript Facilitating Interdisciplinary Education and Research

CSES Vision & Strategies
by
Edward L. Miles
Bloedel Professor of Marine Studies and Public Affairs
Adjunct Professor of Fisheries
Senior Fellow & Co-Director CSES/JISAO
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
CSES Review, 2004
The Principals Group
Edward L. Miles,
UW Schools of Marine Affairs,
Public Affairs, Fisheries; JISAO
Policy, Human Dimensions,
Integration & Synthesis
Ed Sarachik,
Director of CDG
UW Dept of Atmospheric
Sciences; JISAO
Climate Dynamics
Douglas Canning
WA Dept of Ecology
Coastal Zone
Robert C. Francis
UW School of Fisheries
Marine Ecosystems
Richard Hoskins
WA Dept of Health; UW School
of Public Health
Human Health
Adrienne Karpov
JISAO
Manager, Program Ops.
Ann Marie Kimball
UW School of Public Health
Human Health
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
UW Dept of Civil Engineering;
JISAO
Hydrology
Nathan Mantua,
Asst. Director CSES
UW School of Marine Affairs,
Dept of Atmospheric Sciences
Climate Dynamics, Marine
Ecosystems
Philip Mote
WA State Climatologist; UW
Dept of Atmospheric Sciences
Regional Climate, Outreach
Richard Palmer
UW Dept of Civil Engineering
Hydrology
David Peterson
US Forest Service; UW College
of Forest Resources
Forest Ecosystems
Amy K. Snover
JISAO
Integration & Synthesis
Director of CIG
The Climate Impacts Group
Columbia
River Basin
Areas of study:
Water resources
Forests
Salmon
Coasts
Motivation:
• Increase regional resilience to climate
variability and change
• Produce science useful to (and used by!) the
decision making community; requires close
and sustained stakeholder interactions
An understanding of the patterns and consequences of past climate
variability, policy responses and their impacts is essential for preparing for
future changes in climate.
Climate Impacts Science:
Design Concept 1
The study of how climate,
natural resources, and human
socio-economic systems
affect each other
 Requires integration of
physical and social science
research (UW+) and incorporation
of stakeholders’ perspective
(federal, tribal, state, local)
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Climate dynamics
Impacts on natural systems
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Impacts on human systems
Human response capabilities
Regional Climate
Impacts Assessment
Climate Research
Community
- Seasonal/interannual
climate forecasting
Climate
Impacts
Group
- Anthropogenic climate
change projections
- Diagnostic analysis and
interpretation
External
Stresses
Institutional
Barriers
Managed Natural
Resource Systems
climate
Nature
Institutions
CLIMATE
IMPACTS
SCIENCE
humans
Climate Impacts Research is
retrospective, contextual,
interdisciplinary & integrated
nature
- Resource Managers
- Policymakers
- User Communities
Adaptation &
Change
Design Concept 2:
Integrated Watershed Analysis
Climate change
(altered water cycle)
Human activities
(resource & land use)
Climate change
Human activities
(aquaculture,
development)
Climate change
(sea level rise & ocean mixing)
Freshwater habitat
Human activities
(fishing)
(water quality, quantity &
timing)
Health & Viability of
PNW salmon
Estuarine habitat
(water quality, mixing
processes)
Ocean habitat