Tall, Arame2012-04-122012-04-1220102010Tall, A. (2010). Climate Forecasting to Serve Communities in West Africa. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 1, 421-431. doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2010.09.0301878-0296http://hdl.handle.net/10625/48744The 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.application/pdfenCLIMATE VARIABILITYSEASONAL FORECASTINGEARLY WARNING SYSTEMSCOMMUNITYRED CROSSWEST AFRICAVULNERABILITYDEVELOPMENTAIR-SEA INTERACTIONSAGROMETEOROLOGYHYDROLOGYJournal Article (peer-reviewed)