seasonal climate forecasts
A pilot study for the collaborative development of new ways of visualising seasonal climate forecasts
... Seasonal climate forecasts are used by climate scientists, government departments, utility agencies, health agencies and in ...such forecasts inherently ...and climate scientists ...
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Assessing the value of seasonal climate forecasts for decision‐making
... Seasonal climate forecasts (SCF) can support decision-making and thus help society cope with and prepare for climate variability and ...
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Assessing the usability and potential value of seasonal climate forecasts in land management decisions in the southwest UK: challenges and reflections
... using seasonal climate forecasts (SCF) to help inform and support planning and decision- making is widely recognised across economic sectors (see ...these forecasts can add value to the ...
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Seasonal climate forecasts and decision support systems for drought prone agriculture: a case study based on the development and application of the Rainman climate analysis software
... to climate records and analyses of rainfall concerning the effects of ...improved seasonal forecast analyses and capacity for world-wide mapping of seasonal rainfall information at district and ...
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Exploring the use of seasonal climate forecasts in Europe through expert elicitation
... ahead. Climate models, devel- oped from NWP models, produce forecasts, predictions or projections at a range of temporal and spatial ...long-term climate change projections have received the most ...
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Predicting optimum crop designs using crop models and seasonal climate forecasts
... ACCESS-S1 seasonal climate forecast system early during 2018 is likely to increase further the value of climate information when linked with crop simulation models like ...BOM’s seasonal ...
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Theoretical framework for applied climate education: 2. Training development and delivery for building knowledge and skills to apply seasonal climate forecasts in agriculture
... Improvements in the communication component of this research project could be enhanced by a greater number of workshops with more key people in strategic locations. This methodology to improve knowledge and skills has ...
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Barriers and enablers to the use of seasonal climate forecasts amongst organisations in Europe
... Abstract Seasonal climate forecasts (SCF) provide information about future climate variabil- ity that has the potential to benefit organisations and their ...of climate services ...
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Valuing seasonal climate forecasts in Australian agriculture: northern grains case study
... forecast decision differs. Here, to determine the without-forecast decision, the economic model was optimised assuming average climate conditions. Other studies have defined farmer practices to compare with ...
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Tailoring seasonal climate forecasts for hydropower operations
... of seasonal precipitation forecasts into water resources operations and planning is practically nonex- istent, even in regions of ...poor forecasts, at the expense of unrealized ...actual ...
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Improving Seasonal Climate Forecasts over Various Regions of Africa Using the Multimodel Superensemble Approach
... is seasonal everywhere in the continent and for any given season, there are many periods when the seasonal precipitation amounts are too low to support agriculture and sometimes too ...Thus climate ...
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Improving Seasonal Climate Forecasts over Various Regions of Africa using the Multimodel Superensemble Approach
... Africa, seasonal forecasts of climate are usually done SSTs and ENSO derived statistical relationships with ...give forecasts that are physically consistent with the large-scale mechanisms ...
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An intercomparison of approaches for improving operational seasonal streamflow forecasts
... improve seasonal streamflow pre- diction skill ...and climate outcomes during the forecast ...the climate and on how effectively we can incorporate this information into streamflow forecasting ...
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Skilful seasonal forecasts of streamflow over Europe?
... using seasonal climate forecasts instead of histor- ical meteorological observations for forecasting streamflow on seasonal timescales over ...System) seasonal streamflow ...
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Climate variability and causes: from the perspective of the Tharaka people of eastern Kenya
... often seasonal climate forecasts by the Kenya Meteorological forecast have occasionally indicated ces- sation of the short rains extending into January (http:// ...
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Enabling Conditions for Improved Use of Seasonal Climate Forecast in Arid and Semi Arid Baringo County—Kenya
... that seasonal climate forecasts if accessed at the right time and used well, are a potential tool that can assist pastoralists in coping and adapting to variable climate conditions [1] [2] ...
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Seasonal climate forecasting for sugar cane: an economic investigation of harvest management
... of seasonal climate forecasts in the agricultural sector now comprises a relatively large corpus, and covers a wide range of climatic ...possible climate indicators (with ENSO being the most ...
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Utility of dynamical seasonal forecasts in predicting crop yield
... The Sirius wheat simulation model was used for quantify- ing the utility of seasonal forecasts for predicting grain yields (Jamieson et al. 1998b, Brooks et al. 2001, Lawless et al. 2005). Sirius calculates ...
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Evaluating post processing approaches for monthly and seasonal streamflow forecasts
... flow forecasts provide crucial information to water managers and users regarding the future availability of water, thus help- ing reduce uncertainty in decision ...of forecasts for more extreme drought ...
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Should seasonal rainfall forecasts be used for flood preparedness?
... use climate services for flood preparation, we ques- tion whether seasonal rainfall forecasts should indeed be used as indicators of the likelihood of ...the seasonal timescale across ...
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