Climate Impact Assessment

• forecasting change to natural / human systems without specific
  reference to location
  
  e.g., impact of climate change on the boreal forest
  
• evaluating models at point locations (i.e., climate stations or grid
  intersections) and interpolating among points; spatially discontinuous
  
• evaluating a models for each map unit (e.g., soil or vegetation polygons)
  spatially continuous
  
• spatial modeling of independent variables: spatially continuous
  and maintains spatial integrity of original data