The value of seasonal climate forecasts and why water managers don't use them

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008

Volumn 316, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Watkins, David W ^a   Wei, Wenge ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Forecasting; Water management

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; COMMONLY USED; FORECAST ACCURACY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HISTORICAL DATA; MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS; OPERATING POLICIES; OPERATING RULE; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECAST; SEASONAL FORECASTS; STATISTICAL MODELS; WATER MANAGERS;

CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

FORECASTING;

EID: 79251475589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40976(316)550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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