Making climate forecasts matter
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Making climate forecasts matter
National Academy Press, c1999
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Making : climate forecasts : matter
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-159) and index(p. 165-175)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
El Nino has been with us for centuries, but now we can forcast it, and thus can prepare far in advance for the extreme climatic events it brings. The emerging ability to forecast climate may be of tremendous value to humanity if we learn how to use the information well.
How does society cope with seasonal-to-interannual climatic variations? How have climate forecasts been used?and how useful have they been? What kinds of forecast information are needed? Who is likely to benefit from forecasting skill? What are the benefits of better forecasting?
This book reviews what we know about these and other questions and identifies research directions toward more useful seasonal-to-interannual climate forecasts. In approaching their recommendations, the panel explores:
Vulnerability of human activities to climate.
State of the science of climate forecasting.
How societies coevolved with their climates and cope with variations in climate.
How climate information should be disseminated to achieve the best response.
How we can use forecasting to better manage the human consequences of climate change.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Summary
1 Climate Variability, Climate Forecasting, and Society
2 Climate Forecasting and Its Uses
3 Coping with Seasonal-to-Interannual Climatic Variations
4 Making Climate Forecast Information More Useful
5 Measuring the Consequences of Climate Variability and Forecasts
6 Scientific Priorities
References
About the Authors
Index
Table of Contents
- 1 Front Matter
- 2 Summary
- 3 1 Climate Variability, Climate Forecasting, and Society
- 4 2 Climate Forecasting and Its Uses
- 5 3 Coping with Seasonal-to-Interannual Climatic Variations
- 6 4 Making Climate Forecast Information More Useful
- 7 5 Measuring the Consequences of Climate Variability and Forecasts
- 8 6 Scientific Priorities
- 9 References
- 10 About the Authors
- 11 Index
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