iemhub.org

Developing and sharing knowledge and tools for environmental systems analysis

Site: http://iemhub.org

The iemHUB is an online community resource that supports the development, evaluation, and application of environmental models. As a consequence of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental modeling, the iemHUB is designed to facilitate knowledge sharing, discussion and collaboration on models and tools that support multimedia and multidisciplinary analysis. The iemHUB provides a unique environment for model access, simulation, and teaching and learning about environmental modeling.

The iemHUB is the state of the art web-based platform for the Community of Practice for Integrated Environmental Modeling (CIEM). The mission of the CIEM is to stimulate interactions among its members to foster learning and knowledge sharing and spark innovation in the field of integrated environmental modeling. The CIEM serves as an umbrella community that facilitates collaboration across domain-specific communities (e.g. hydrologic modeling, air quality modeling, ecosystem modeling, etc.) and promotes integrated modeling as a means of achieving better management decisions, so that resources are more sustainably exploited and impacts are better understood. Convergence toward a community approach to integrated environmental modeling has led the US EPA to catalyze and support the development of a Community of Practice for Integrated Environmental Modeling (CIEM). Other groups that are also participating in this effort include the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), the OpenMI Association, the Interagency Steering Committee on Multimedia Environmental Modeling (ISCMEM), the Open Geospatial Consortium and the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI).