Abstracts
SEARCH Open Science Meeting
October 27, 2003
Seattle, Washington, USA
Shared Knowledge for Decision-Making on Environment and Health Issues in the Arctic
Nancy G. Maynard1, Boris S. Yurchak2
1Earth Sciences/Code 900, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA/GSFC/Code 900, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA, Phone 301-614-6572, Fax 301-614-5620, nancy.g.maynard@nasa.gov
2Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center (GEST), NASA GSFC/Code 900, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA, Phone 301-614-5898, Fax 301-614-5620, boris_yurchak@hotmail.com
This paper will describe a remote sensing and GIS-based system to bring indigenous traditional knowledge together with contemporary scientific knowledge to address impacts resulting from changes in climate, environment, weather and pollution in the Arctic. As scientists and policy-makers from both indigenous and non-indigenous communities continue to build closer partnerships to address common sustainability issues such as the health impacts of climate change and anthropogenic activities, it becomes increasingly important to create shared information management systems which integrate all relevant factors for optimal information sharing and decision-making. This system is being designed to bring together remotely sensed, indigenous and other data and observations for analysis, measuring, and monitoring parameters of interest (e.g., snow cover, rainfall, temperature, ice conditions, vegetation, infrastructure, fires) A description of the system and its components as well as a preliminary application of the system in the Arctic will be presented.
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