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8 - When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2017

Robert L. Wilby
Robert L. Wilby
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Loughborough University
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Climate Change in Practice
Topics for Discussion with Group Exercises
 , pp. 124 - 140
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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8.4 Further Reading

Maskey, S., Toth, E., Opere, A., et al. (eds.) 2015. Drought forecasting and warning. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Special Issue. www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/special_issue186.html.Google Scholar
Mendler de Suarez, J., Suarez, P. and Bachofen, C. (eds.) 2012. Games for a New Climate: Experiencing the Complexity of Future Risks. Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University.Google Scholar

8.5 Other Resources

African Center of Meteorological Application for Development (ACMAD) www.acmad.net/new/ [accessed 13/07/16]

International Research Institute for Climate and Society Seasonal Climate Forecasts http://iri.columbia.edu/our-expertise/climate/forecasts/seasonal-climate-forecasts/ [accessed 13/07/16]

Met Office decadal climate forecast www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/seasonal-to-decadal/long-range/forecasts [accessed 13/07/16]

NOAA Operational SST Anomaly Charts www.ospo.noaa.gov/Products/ocean/sst/anomaly/ [accessed 13/07/16]

Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre www.climatecentre.org/ [accessed 13/07/16]

Regional Climate Outlook Forums http://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate/regional-climate-outlook-products [accessed 13/07/16]

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