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Climate ExChange
Climate ExChange is a fully illustrated 250-page book with over 100 authors relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local levels. The commentaries draw upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives. Climate ExChange reflects the progress and challenges in these fields, highlighting good practices in a wide variety of societies and disciplines.
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Event: Technical Conference on Climate Services (26-28 October 2012; Geneva, Switzerland) ; Event: World Meteorological Congress extraordinary session (29-31 October 2012; Geneva, Switzerland)
Published by: Tudor Rose ; 2012Climate ExChange is a fully illustrated 250-page book with over 100 authors relating their work in weather, climate and water services at international, regional, national and local levels. The commentaries draw upon experiences around the world reflecting how people are using climate information to improve their lives. Climate ExChange reflects the progress and challenges in these fields, highlighting good practices in a wide variety of societies and disciplines.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill., charts, maps)ISBN (or other code): 978-0-9568561-3-5
Tags: Climate ; Weather service ; Climate services ; Agroclimatology ; Human health ; Multi-hazard Early Warning Systems (MHEWS) ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Case/ Case study ; Kenya ; Senegal ; Sweden ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ; China ; Mozambique ; Australia ; Colombia ; Armenia ; Hong Kong, China ; New Zealand ; India ; Indonesia ; Guinea-Bissau ; Chile ; Central America ; Mongolia ; Bay of Bengal ; France ; Central Asia ; Region I - Africa ; United Republic of Tanzania ; North America ; Caribbean ; Uruguay ; Samoa ; Qatar
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The impact of climate change on global tropical storm damages
This paper constructs an integrated assessment model of tropical cyclones in order to quantify the impact that climate change may have on tropical cyclone damages in countries around the world. The paper relies on a tropical cyclone generator in each ocean and several climate models to predict tropical cyclones with and without climate change. A damage model is constructed to compute the resulting damage when a cyclone strikes each country. Economic development is expected to double global tropical cyclone damages because more will be in harm's way. Climate change is expected to double global ...
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Available online: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2011/11/0 [...]
Published by: World Bank ; 2011
This paper constructs an integrated assessment model of tropical cyclones in order to quantify the impact that climate change may have on tropical cyclone damages in countries around the world. The paper relies on a tropical cyclone generator in each ocean and several climate models to predict tropical cyclones with and without climate change. A damage model is constructed to compute the resulting damage when a cyclone strikes each country. Economic development is expected to double global tropical cyclone damages because more will be in harm's way. Climate change is expected to double global damage again, causing an additional $54 billion of damage per year. The damage is projected to be concentrated in North America and eastern Asia but many Caribbean islands will suffer the highest damages per unit of GDP. Most of the increased damage will be caused by rare but very powerful storms.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Natural hazards ; Tropical cyclone ; Climate projection ; Climate change ; Modelling ; Cyclone forecast ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean ; North America ; Region II - Asia ; Region V - South-West Pacific
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Possible Impact of the Boreal Spring Antarctic Oscillation on the North American Summer Monsoon
This study examined the relationship between the boreal spring (April-May) Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) and the North American summer monsoon (NASM) (July-September) for the period of 1979-2008. The results show that these two systems are closely related. When the spring AAO was stronger than normal, the NASM tended to be weaker, and there was less rainfall over the monsoon region. The opposite NASM situation corresponded to a weaker spring AAO. Further analysis explored the possible mechanism for the delayed impact of the boreal spring AAO on the NASM. It was found that the tropical Atlantic s ...
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Available online: http://www.iapjournals.ac.cn/aosl/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=AOSL10041
in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters > Volume 3 Number 4 (16 July 2010) . - p.232-236This study examined the relationship between the boreal spring (April-May) Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) and the North American summer monsoon (NASM) (July-September) for the period of 1979-2008. The results show that these two systems are closely related. When the spring AAO was stronger than normal, the NASM tended to be weaker, and there was less rainfall over the monsoon region. The opposite NASM situation corresponded to a weaker spring AAO. Further analysis explored the possible mechanism for the delayed impact of the boreal spring AAO on the NASM. It was found that the tropical Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) plays an important role in the connection between the two phenomena. The variability of the boreal spring AAO can produce anomalous SSTs over the tropical Atlantic. These SST anomalies can persist from spring to summer and can influence the Bermuda High, affecting water vapor transportation to the monsoon region. Through these processes, the boreal spring AAO exerts a significantly delayed impact on the amount of NASM precipitation. Thus, information about the boreal spring AAO is valuable for the prediction of the NASM.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copyTags: North America ; Region IV - North America, Central America and the Caribbean ; Aurora ; Monsoon ; Antarctic Oscillation (AAO)
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Available online: https://www.ipcc.ch/publication/climate-change-and-water-2/
Published by: GIEC ; 2008
Language(s): French; Other Languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Russian, Spanish
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill., maps)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; State of water resources ; Hydrology ; Melting Ice ; Sea level rising ; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ; Region I - Africa ; Region II - Asia ; Australia ; New Zealand ; Region VI - Europe ; Latin America ; North America ; Antarctica ; Arctic ; Region V - South-West Pacific
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Available online: https://www.ipcc.ch/publication/climate-change-and-water-2/
Published by: IPCC ; 2008
Language(s): English; Other Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Korean, Russian, Spanish
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill., maps)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; State of water resources ; Hydrology ; Melting Ice ; Sea level rising ; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ; Region I - Africa ; Region II - Asia ; Australia ; New Zealand ; Region VI - Europe ; Latin America ; North America ; Antarctica ; Arctic ; Region V - South-West Pacific
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AGM, 09. Strengthening Operational Agrometeorological Services at the National Level : proceedings
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Motha Raymond P.; Sivakumar Mannava V.K.; et al. - WMO, 2006 (WMO/TD-No. 1277)
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CAgM Report, 71. Definition of agrometeorological information required for pasture and livestock production in temperate regions
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IPCC Special Report. The Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability : summary for Policymakers
The Special Report explores the potential consequences of changes in climate for ten continental- or subcontinentalscale regions. Because of the uncertainties associated with
regional projections of climate change, the report necessarily takes the approach of assessing sensitivities and vulnerabilities of each region, rather than attempting to provide quantitative predictions of the impacts of climate change. As in the SAR, “vulnerability” is the extent to which climate change may damage or harm a system; it is a function of both sensitivity to climate and the ability to adapt to new co ...
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Rapport spécial du GIEC. Incidences de l'évolution du climat dans les régions: Evaluation de la vulnérabilité : résumé à l'intention des décideurs
Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM); Zinyowera Marufu C.; Moss Richard H.; et al. - GIEC, 1997Le présent rapport examine les conséquences éventuelles de l'évolution du climat dans dix régions continentales et sous-continentales. Les incertitudes entourant les prévisions régionales des changements climatiques ont contraint les auteurs à évaluer la sensibilité et
la vulnérabilité de chaque région, plutôt que de tenter de chiffrer les incidences prévues. Comme dans le SAR, la vulnérabilité définit la mesure dans laquelle l'évolution du climat risque d'endommager un système quelconque ou de lui nuire; elle est fonction de sa sensibilité au climat et de sa capacité à s'adapter à de n ...
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CAgM Report, 69. Definition of agroclimatological information required for pasture and livestock production in cold climate regions
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Gringof I.G.; Germogenov M.T. - WMO, 1996 (WMO/TD-No. 751)
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World Weather Watch - Regional Association IV (North and Central America) hurricane operational plan
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