Ecological Forecasting

In this module, students will explore real ecological forecast visualizations, identify ways to represent uncertainty, make management decisions using forecast visualizations and learn decision support techniques. Lastly, students will then customize a forecast visualization for a specific forecast user’s decision needs.

Create open-source software for flexible, scalable, robust, and near-real time iterative ecological forecasts in lakes and reservoirs.

Develop stand-alone, modular classroom activities for undergraduate students that use publicly-available, long-term, and high-frequency datasets to explore the core concepts of macrosystems ecology and ecological forecasting while developing quantitative literacy.

Integrate state-of-the-art seasonal climate predictions and water quality simulations in an advanced solution that ensures efficient decision making and adaptation of water resources management to an increasing frequency of climate extreme events.