IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library
Data Library Maproom
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IRI Climate and Society Map Room

The climate and society maproom is a collection of maps and other figures that monitor climate and societal conditions at present and in the recent past. The maps and figures can be manipulated and are linked to the original data. Even if you are primarily interested in data rather than figures, this is a good place to see which datasets are particularly useful for monitoring current conditions.

    Climate Monitoring and Analysis
    Current and historical climate conditions around the globe.
    International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: Forecasts in Context
    This collection of maps provides information that can be used for humanitarian decision-making around the world, developed by the IRI and the IFRC. It also provides information on the types of early action that can be taken based on these maps.
    El Niño, La Niña and the Southern Oscillation
    "ENSO" refers to the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, the interaction between the atmosphere and ocean in the tropical Pacific that results in a somewhat periodic variation between between below-normal and above-normal sea surface temperatures and dry and wet conditions over the course of a few years.
    Climate and Health
    Climate affects health in a number of ways. These effects may be direct, as with heat stress, or indirect, as with infectious diseases such as malaria and meningitis.
    Food Security
    Climate may affect food security directly or indirectly.
    Climate and Agriculture
    Climate and Agriculture
    Climate and Fire
    IRI has worked with CARE Indonesia and Bogor Agriculture University (BAU) in Indonesia to support the development of early warning and response for fires in peatland areas of Indonesia.