Overview
- First unified reference ‘textbook’ in seasonal to interannual climate predictions and their practical uses
- Embraces prediction of El Niño and management of climate risks
- Covers a rapidly-developing science of prime social concern
- Offers a fascinating insight into links between science and policy/management
- Written by some of the world’s leading experts
Part of the book series: NATO Science Series: IV: (NAIV, volume 82)
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Table of contents (14 papers)
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Front Matter
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Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Context
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Calibration and Assessment of Seasonal Climate Forecasts
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Developing Successful Application Strategies
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The Future of Seasonal Climate Forecasting
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Back Matter
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About this book
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 covering both the science of seasonal to interannual predictions and real-world uses of the forecasts was the main driver for the effort placed into writing an amalgamated introductory book, each chapter of which has been thoroughly peer reviewed. Throughout, our objective has been to present a book accessible to people from diverse disciplines, both scientific and social, interested in this intriguing and fast emerging area.
The fascination of seasonal climate forecasting, for which El Niño forecasting provides the prime basis, derives from its multi-faceted character. Not only does it pose exciting new scientific challenges for the climate community, but it is linked naturally to a great variety of key practical concerns, from security related issues, such as water resource management, food security, and disaster prediction and prevention, to health planning, agriculture management, energy supply, and tourism, to name but a few. Seasonal to interannual climate forecasts are indeed becoming a most important element in certain policy/decision making systems, not least within the contexts of sustainable development and of climate change adaptation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Seasonal Climate: Forecasting and Managing Risk
Editors: Alberto Troccoli, Mike Harrison, David L. T. Anderson, Simon J. Mason
Series Title: NATO Science Series: IV:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6992-5
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6990-1Published: 22 February 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6991-8Published: 31 January 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6992-5Published: 29 January 2008
Series ISSN: 1568-1238
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 467
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Change Management and Policy, Environmental Economics, Tropical Medicine