Humans and Hydrology at High Latitudes: Community Information

This data set contains detailed community information for regions of Canada and Alaska. These data are utilized in the Arctic Rapid Integrated Monitoring System (ArcticRIMS) project to improve the development of the water stress model. This water stress model shows the effects of water resources, humans and climate change in the Arctic. Recent studies suggest that climate change will have a significant impact on Arctic hydrology. However, it is currently unknown which regions of the pan-Arctic are most vulnerable to future changes. In order to begin to address the future change to freshwater availability on a pan-Arctic scale, a system of Arctic typologies were used to enable the integration of biophysical data with socio-cultural data produced regionally, such as demographics and water values. Those mature data sets were used to study the strategic transformations of the high latitude water cycle. The overall objective of this research is to use a wide array of existing data sets in a synthesis effort to describe the vital role of freshwater in the lives of people in the pan-Arctic, how it has changed in the recent past, and how it is likely to change in the future.本数据集涵盖加拿大与阿拉斯加各区域的详细社区信息，其数据已应用于北极快速综合监测系统（Arctic Rapid Integrated Monitoring System，ArcticRIMS）项目，用于优化水分胁迫模型的开发。该水分胁迫模型可揭示水资源、人类活动与气候变化对北极地区的影响。近期研究显示，气候变化将对北极水文系统造成显著冲击，但目前仍不明确泛北极地区哪些区域最易受未来变化的影响。为探究泛北极尺度下未来淡水供给的变化情况，研究团队采用北极分类体系，实现了生物物理数据与区域生成的社会文化数据（如人口统计数据与水价值数据）的融合。上述成熟数据集被用于研究高纬度水循环的战略转型。本研究的总体目标为：整合多类现有数据集，阐明淡水在泛北极地区民众生活中的核心作用，梳理其近期变化历程，并预测其未来演变趋势。