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IRI Data Library

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International Research Institute for Climate and Society

The IRI Data Library is a vital global public good that serves as a springboard for users worldwide to incorporate science-based approaches for climate conscious planning and decision making.
The Data Library serves as a point of access and means of understanding vital climate and social science metrics for our continually changing world.

The Data Library offers free access to hundreds of high-value datasets and provides the tools and training to perform analysis and inform decisions. Gaining access to accurate and actionable data in planning, research, and governance empowers users to harness the information within data. It can revolutionize the way individuals and organizations approach their work.
The Data Library compiles raw climate, geophysical, health and agriculture data from numerous providers and formats into a common framework that makes powerful cross-disciplinary research and analysis possible.

The climate, socio-economic, and geophysical datasets from the Data Library represent a compilation of sources and scales, available at different resolutions. Climate data includes historical and projected precipitation levels, sea, surface and air temperatures, and models, forecasts and simulations. Physical datasets include information on ice, hydrology, topography and oceanography. Socio-economic datasets feature information on population, disease incidence, food security, crop yields and energy use. Map Room mapping tools allow users to select and manipulate certain variables to create custom spatial visualizations of regions, timeframes, and subjects of interes

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