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Integration of GCAM-USA into GLIMPSE: Update and demonstration
Citation:
Loughlin, Dan, Chris Nolte, T. Wu, W. Shi, Y. Ou, S. Smith, AND C. Ledna. Integration of GCAM-USA into GLIMPSE: Update and demonstration. Presented at GCAM Community Modeling Meeting, College Park, MD, October 13 - 14, 2016.
Impact/Purpose:
GLIMPSE is intended to provide insights into linkages and synergies among the goals of air quality management, climate change mitigation, and long-range energy planning. We have expanded GLIMPSE to also incorporate the open-source Global Change Assessment Model-USA (GCAM-USA), which has state-level representation of the U.S. energy system. With GCAM-USA, GLIMPSE can consider more aspects of the economy, linkages to the water and climate systems, and interactions with other regions of the world. A user-friendly graphical interface allows the system to be applied by analysts to explore a range of policies, such emission taxes or caps, efficiency standards, and renewable portfolio standards. We expect GLIMPSE to be used within research and planning activities, both within the EPA and beyond.
Description:
The purpose of this presentation is to (i) discuss changes made to the GCAM-USA model to more fully support long-term, coordinated environmental-climate-energy planning within the U.S., and (ii) demonstrate the graphical user interface that has been constructed to construct modeling scenarios, execute GCAM-USA, and visualize and compare model outputs.