MMIA: Integrated Assessment of the Effects of Climate and Land Use Change on Ecosystem Dynamics, Stability and Resilience on the Mongolian Steppe

该项目旨在开发一个综合评估系统，以探索气候变化与中国北部内蒙古草原上的土地利用之间的相互作用。该方法将遥感植被指数与模拟建模和地面实况分析相结合。结果将从科学和政策两个角度进行解释。这项研究的目的是提供一种手段(综合评估系统)，以确定气候和土地利用的区域模式如何相互作用，影响生态系统动态和人类利用潜力。评估系统将以空间上明确的地理信息系统模拟模型(稀树草原)为基础。综合NDVI数据将产生生态系统稳定性和复原力指数，并将能够评估气候-土地利用的相互作用和影响。完成的评估系统将用于探索未来气候变化对生态系统属性和人类土地利用的可能影响。将评估应对气候变化的替代政策

The project aims at the development of an integrated assessment system for exploring interactions of climate change and land use on the steppes of Mongolia and Inner Mongolia, northern China. the methodology combines remote-sensed vegetation indices with simulation modeling and ground truth analysis. Results will be interpreted from both scientific and policy perspectives. The goal of the study is to provide a means (the integrated assessment system) for determining how regional patterns of climate and land use interact to influence ecosystem dynamics and human utilization potential. The assessment system will be based on a spatially explicit GIS simulation model (SAVANNA). Integration of NDVI data will provide for the generation of ecosystem stability and resilience indices, and will allow evaluation of climate-land use interactions and impacts. The completed assessment system will be used to explore probable effects of future climate changes on ecosystem properties and human land use. Alternative policies for responding to climate change will be assessed