Needs assessment for climate information on decadal timescales and longer

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 275-286

  Vera, C ^a   Barange, M ^b   Dube, O P ^c   Goddard, L ^d   Griggs, D ^e   Kobysheva, N ^f   Odada, E ^g   Parey, S ^h   Polovina, J ⁱ   Poveda, G ^j   Seguin, B ^k   Trenberth, K ^l  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^d Earth Institute   (United States)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f VOEIKOV MAIN GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^h EDF R AND D   (France)

ⁱ PACIFIC ISLANDS FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^k CEMAGREF   (France)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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Author keywords

Agriculture and food production; Energy; Health; Land degradation and fire management; Marine fisheries and ecosystems; Water management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; DEGRADATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FISHERIES; INVESTMENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE INFORMATION; DATA SETS; DECADAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ENERGY; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEMS; GLOBAL OCEAN OBSERVING SYSTEMS; LAND DEGRADATION; LOCAL SCALE; MARINE FISHERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL VALUES; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TIME-SCALES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 78650827626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2010.09.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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