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Climate Information Helps Prepare for Disasters
Globally, climate events such as floods, droughts and cyclones contribute to tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds of thousands of injuries and billions of dollars in losses each year. We have learned that such losses can be greatly reduced when climate information is used for early warning and preparedness. A critical step is getting the climate and humanitarian communities together in the same room.
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Lisa Goddard named Chair of U.S. CLIVAR Scientific Steering
IRI research scientist, Lisa Goddard, is the new chair of the prestigious Scientific Steering Committee of the U.S. Climate Variability and Predictability Research Program. The project is the U.S.'s contribution to the International Climate Variability and Predictability Research Program, which works within the larger structure of the World Climate Research Programme to predict climate variations on a range of time scales and refinement of estimates of anthropogenic climate change. As a member of the steering committee, Lisa will work with three other panels to guide and implement the program in climate predictability and prediction, process and model improvement, phenomena, observations and synthesis.
Upcoming events and seminars...
May 20th: IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing. Our monthly meeting
during which we unveil the latest global and regional forecasts, as well as discuss
climate-related events around the world. view
June 15th: IRI Seminar Series: (1) An Ensemble Approach To Estimation Of Uncertainty On Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates; (2) Application Of Seasonal Rainfall Forecasting And Satellite Rainfall Observations To Crop Yield Forecasting For Africa. view
IRI in the News...
MacArthur Awards $5.6 Million to Support New Master's Programs to Train Sustainable Development Leaders Around the World (MacArthur Foundation). view
2010 Hurricane season outlooks: Tropical trouble (The Washington Post). view
El Niño Begins to Dissipate (Climate Matters@Columbia). view
African Meteorology Services Gear Up for Climate Change (America.gov). view
Recent scientific publications...
Verification of the First 11 Years of IRI's Seasonal Climate Forecasts. Barnston, A. G., S. Li, S. J. Mason, D. G. DeWitt, L. Goddard, and X. Gong, 2010. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
Introduction to Remote Sensing for Monitoring Rainfall, Temperature, Vegetation and Water Bodies. Ceccato, P., and T. Dinku, 2010. IRI Technical Report 10-04.
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