Decision Calendars
City departments are reliant on different climate and weather information throughout the year for their operations. Decision calendars is a visual framework that is a tool that is tailored to specifc department needs and their dependency on climate and weather data. Various operations and activities in the city municipal departments are weather and climate data sensitive. However, there is limited understanding and documentation of how and what datasets and products are required or will be useful for the various operations on the daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal, annual, and longer timescales. A signature project undertaken by the CoLab relates to creation of a Climate Data Decision Calendar (C2D2) that is creating a formal framework for the climate data and decision pairing.
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An example of work underway with the Austin Fire Department Wildfire Division in developing one such Climate Decision Calendar across the city of Austin, central Texas region. The operations are intense during the fire season, but are also actively underway year round and require a wide range of data at different temporal interval. Additional interactions with other departments such as Austin Parks, Austin Public Works, Austin Water, and Austin Energy are also underway.
The idea is that for each of these departments and activities a unique Climate Decision Calendar will be developed based off their specific needs and operations, and this information collectively will assist in helping broaden the understanding of climate data needs, customizing data products, and helping local decision making and planning.
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Contacts
Allysa Dallmann
Braniff Davis
Justice Jones
Dev Niyogi