Myron King Presents at the Climate Change Workshop

Grenfell Campus, Memorial University and The Gros Morne Cooperating Association

Presents:  Coastal communities in a changing climate:

IMPACT, CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS FOR GROS MORNE

May 16-18, 2018

Corner Brook and Rocky Harbour, NL

Mr. Myron King, of the Environmental Policy Institute delivered a presentation titled:

Climate change modeling data:  global model designs that carry local implications in climate change scenarios

In this data-enriched session, Myron first presented global climate change models.  For these models, Myron outlined their purpose, explained why a global scale was chosen, and commented on the variables which play a role in climate change projections.  Through the session Myron also commented on the methods that have been used to do this, and indicate how elements from the global scale can be downsized to local settings.  The main part of the presentation will be an overview of how this local modeling is done, especially how design factors and variables can be translated to a more regional/locally meaningful way.  Data review will involve some GIS methodology, and an explanation of how climate change data measures can be visualized for a public audience.  The focus is on making modeling techniques accessible to non-GIS experts