The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP): project framework

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Mar 4;111(9):3228-32. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1312330110. Epub 2013 Dec 16.

Abstract

The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project offers a framework to compare climate impact projections in different sectors and at different scales. Consistent climate and socio-economic input data provide the basis for a cross-sectoral integration of impact projections. The project is designed to enable quantitative synthesis of climate change impacts at different levels of global warming. This report briefly outlines the objectives and framework of the first, fast-tracked phase of Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project, based on global impact models, and provides an overview of the participating models, input data, and scenario set-up.

Keywords: climate data; multi-sector.

MeSH terms

  • Agriculture / statistics & numerical data
  • Atmosphere / analysis*
  • Biota
  • Carbon Dioxide / analysis*
  • Climate Change / statistics & numerical data*
  • Environment*
  • Forecasting / methods*
  • Humans
  • Malaria / epidemiology
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Temperature
  • Water Supply / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide