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ESIP’s Network of Indicators for the Gulf of Maine

ESIP’s Network of Indicators for the Gulf of Maine. June 2013. What is ESIP?. Partnership of scientists, academics, individuals from nonprofits using indicators to look at change in the Gulf of Maine.

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ESIP’s Network of Indicators for the Gulf of Maine

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  1. ESIP’s Network of Indicators for the Gulf of Maine June 2013

  2. What is ESIP? • Partnership of scientists, academics, individuals from nonprofits using indicators to look at change in the Gulf of Maine.

  3. ESIP’s core goal of providing information on change in the Gulf of Maine keeps intersecting the needs of other initiatives in the region. NEERS ALSI CCN BoFEP ESIP ? NERACOOS

  4. How does ESIP intersect with Climate Change? • ESIP tackled priority indicators for Gulf of Maine by looking at seven theme areas – one of which was climate change. • Three* priority indicators were selected for climate change. 23 ESIP indicators in TOTAL. Sea level Air temperature, particularly trends in seasons Precipitation, particularly trends in extreme precipitation

  5. How are indicators selected? www2.gulfofmaine.org/esipplanning

  6. Web of indicators

  7. How does ESIP intersect with Climate Change? • Three priority indicators were selected for climate change. Sea level Air temperature, particularly trends in seasons Precipitation, particularly trends in extreme precipitation Indicators selected by other ESIP subcommittees that are affected by climate change: Eutrophication indicators (nitrogen/phosphorus loading, dissolved oxygen & water clarity), Aquatic Habitat (salt marsh distribution), Fisheries (fisheries structure), and Coastal Development (population density at the coast).

  8. Indicator Reporting Tool Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (http://www.pol.ac.uk/)

  9. Indicator Reporting Tool Precipitation Canadian: Adjusted Historical Canadian Climate Data Precipitation U.S.: Historical Climatology Network Data

  10. Indicator Reporting Tool Air Temperature Canadian: Adjusted Historical Canadian Climate Data Air Temperature U.S.: Historical Climatology Network Data

  11. Together, builds the network of monitoring that is currently available for ESIP indicators.

  12. Time Series: Indicator Reporting Tool www2.gulfofmaine.org/esip/reporting

  13. ESIP’s concerns: • Availability of these datasets as ESIP continues forward. • Availability of the next set of indicator datasets. • Advocates for monitoring in the future.

  14. Other delivery mechanism: • Climate Change Fact Sheet.

  15. Contact Information Christine Tilburg ctilburg@securespeed.us Credit: Nancy Griffin

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