CliMAS
CliMAS was a suite of tools providing interactive maps and generating regional reports to examine the future of species distributions and biodiversity across Australia.
All data associated with the system has been retained and is now stored within JCU's High Performance and Research Computing environment and metadata records can be searched for via Research Data JCU, which includes download links for some original datasets.
If you have further questions or for access to the complete datasets, please send a request to the IT Helpdesk and mention that your question should be forwarded to Research Data.
CliMAS addressed a general lack of engagement and knowledge transfer between professional researchers and the end-users of research (general public, conservation managers, decision-makers) by delivering summarised mapped biodiversity of almost all Australian mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and freshwater fish and crayfish. Maps were created to display suitable climate space projections consisting of 18 different Global Climate Models (GCMs) and 2 potential emissions scenarios (RCPs) from 2015 to 2085. Detailed lists of climate space losses and gains for each species were provided and presented such that visual comparisons could be made by loading two maps and switching between them.
CliMAS and its associated tools were available at the URLs:
http://climas.hpc.jcu.edu.au/(mapping tool)http://climas.hpc.jcu.edu.au/reports/(report generator)http://tdh-tools-2.hpc.jcu.edu.au/tools/applications/http://tdh-tools-2.hpc.jcu.edu.au/bifocal/
Original content for the application can be accessed at the following URLs:
- Source code:
- https://github.com/jcu-eresearch/climas-ng (mapping tool)
- https://github.com/jcu-eresearch/CliMAS-Reports (report generator)
- https://github.com/jcu-eresearch/BCCVL_Visualiser (GeoServer for Maps and Features)
- https://github.com/jcu-eresearch/TDH-Tools (previous generation)
- https://github.com/jcu-eresearch/CliMAS-Modelling (previous generation)
- Documentation:
- About the tool; The Science; Credits
- https://github.com/jcu-eresearch/TDH-Tools/wiki (previous generation)
Please note that code and documentation are archived and no longer maintained.
CliMAS was supported by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Program and the Education Investment Fund (EIF) Super Science Initiative, as well as through the Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation (QCIF).