GISCafe Voice Susan Smith
Susan Smith has worked as an editor and writer in the technology industry for over 16 years. As an editor she has been responsible for the launch of a number of technology trade publications, both in print and online. Currently, Susan is the Editor of GISCafe and AECCafe, as well as those sites’ … More » Climate Desk’s short video explains climate modelingFebruary 11th, 2013 by Susan Smith
Here in 90 seconds is Climate Desk’s attempt to explain something we interact with every day, in all sorts of ways, from flying in a plane, to getting a loan, to betting on a horse: computer modeling.
“Our video features Drew Purves, from Microsoft in Cambridge, UK, a statistics whiz specializing in modeling the climate and ecosystems. Think of him as the Nate Silver of carbon. You can read about his latest research project, a rallying cry to model the entire world’s ecology—that’s right, the entire world—in the latest edition of Nature.”– Climate Desk, Mother Jones Tags: climate, climate change, climate modeling, ecology, ecosystems, geospatial, geospatial analysis, GIS, global warming Category: climate change |