Climate forecasting to serve communities in West Africa

Date

2010

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Elsevier

Abstract

The recent Red Cross experience acting on forecasts in west Africa provides examples of how climate information can be linked to decisions and serve development in low-income regions, and how climate and weather forecasts may become useful to communities at risk from climatic events, provided that the obstacles thwarting these communities’ access to and use of forecasts are clearly identified and overcome.

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Keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY, SEASONAL FORECASTING, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, COMMUNITY, RED CROSS, WEST AFRICA, VULNERABILITY, DEVELOPMENT, AIR-SEA INTERACTIONS, AGROMETEOROLOGY, HYDROLOGY

Citation

Tall, A. (2010). Climate Forecasting to Serve Communities in West Africa. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 1, 421-431. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2010.09.030

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