The Virtual Catchment Laboratory: An intuitive online tool to access data and run models at catchment level

The Virtual Catchment Laboratory (VCL) is a new tool under development that will give non-academic professionals and the general public access to state-of-the-art environmental data and models. Initially focusing on the Loddon catchment, the VCL’s first task is to provide an interactive platform for access to the results of a NERC Impact Accelerator project that mapped Ecosystem Goods and Services. Over the internet, users can view, localise the results, adjust colour schemes and scaling, and modify weightings