Seasonal Climate: Forecasting and Managing Risk

Originally formed around a set of lectures presented at a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI), this book has grown in scope and in aspiration to become organised and presented rather more as a textbook than as a standard "collection of proceedings". The lack of a unified reference textbook...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Troccoli, Alberto (Editor ), Harrison, Mike (Editor ), Anderson, David L.T (Editor ), Mason, Simon J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:NATO Science Series: IV:, Earth and Environmental Sciences ; 82
Temas:
Atmospheric science.
Climatology.
Environmental economics.
Tropical medicine.
Atmospheric Science.
Climate Sciences.
Environmental Economics.
Tropical Medicine.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Context
  • Seasonal Forecasts in Decision Making
  • The Production of Seasonal Climate Forecasts
  • Overview of Seasonal Forecasting
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Basis for Seasonal Climate Forecasting
  • Getting the Coupled Model Ready at the Starting Blocks
  • Modelling the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Coupled System
  • Statistical Modelling
  • Calibration and Assessment of Seasonal Climate Forecasts
  • From Dynamical Model Predictions to Seasonal Climate Forecasts
  • An Introduction to Probability Forecasting
  • How Do We Know Whether Seasonal Climate Forecasts are Any Good?
  • Developing Successful Application Strategies
  • Communicating Seasonal Forecasts
  • Building National and Specialised Climate Services
  • Water, Health and Early Warnings
  • The Future of Seasonal Climate Forecasting
  • A Way Forward for Seasonal Climate Services.

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