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Creating More Useful Forecasts
Seasonal forecasts can be effective tools for agricultural planners, water resources managers and other decision makers. Despite major advances in capabilities, the use of seasonal forecasts is still fairly limited, especially in developing countries where climate scientists often lack the resources or expertise to customize forecasts for specific needs. To address this issue, the IRI and its partners have led training workshops for professionals around the world for the last eight years. One recently took place in Beijing. Read the full story here.
El Niño Begins to Dissipate
Though weak El Niño conditions still exist, it appears that the climatic phenomenon that developed over the course of last summer has finally begun to dissipate. As reported earlier, El Niño is the name given to sustained sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies greater than 0.5°C across the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon involving the tropical eastern and western Pacific Ocean. Read the rest on the Climate Matters @ Columbia blog.
Upcoming events and seminars...
April 23, 2010.Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Designing Sustainable Water Systems: Case Studies From Brazil. Francisco de Assis de Souza Filho, Professor, Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil. view
IRI in the News...
Western forecasts signal good monsoon in India (Reuters). view
El Niño is in Decline but impacts may continue until Mid-2010 (ThomasNet). view
Top heat returns to scorch central, north-west India (The Hindu Business Line). view
Monsoon may lack usual June fizz over west coast (The Hindu Business Line). view
Recent scientific publications...
Climate Risk Management for Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change. Baethgen, W. E., 2010. Crop Science.
Autocalibration of HSPF for Simulation of Streamflow Using a Genetic Algorithm. Sahoo, D., P. K. Smith, and A. V. M. Ines, 2010. Transactions of the ASABE.
Evaluation of Climate and Habitat Interactions Affecting the Conservation and Management of Asian Elephants in South-East Sri Lanka. Zubair, L., B. Blumenthal, O. Ndiaye, R. Perera, N. Ward, Z. Yahiya, J. Chandimala, V. Ralapanawe, U. Tennakoon, M.R.A. Siraj, H. Manthrithillake, and W.L. Hendawitharna, 2005. International Research Institute for Climate and Society, 38 pp.
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