A visualization tool to support decision making in environmental and biological planning

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-229

  Romañach, Stephanie S ^a   McKelvy, Mark ^a   Conzelmann, Craig ^b   Suir, Kevin ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data visualization; Decision support tool; Everglades; NetCDF

Indexed keywords

DATA VISUALIZATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; RESTORATION; VISUALIZATION;

CONTINUOUS INTERACTIONS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EVERGLADES; INFORMED DECISION; NETCDF; VISUALIZATION TOOLS;

DECISION MAKING;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; VISUALIZATION;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907567491     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.09.008     Document Type: Article

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