Professional development for providers of seasonal climate prediction

Climate Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 57-75

  Lamb, Peter J ^a   Timmer, Reed P ^a   Lélé, M Issa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Daily meteorological data; Impacts data; Interdisciplinary modeling; Professional development; Seasonal climate prediction

Indexed keywords

IMPACTS DATA; INTERDISCIPLINARY MODELING; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEASONAL CLIMATE PREDICTION;

CLIMATE CONTROL; CLIMATE MODELS; EMPLOYMENT; FORECASTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY; NATURAL GAS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH; WATER RESOURCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL PLANNING; SEASONALITY; SPECIALIST;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79957540514     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00949     Document Type: Article

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