Climate science and services: Providing climate information for adaptation, sustainable development and risk management

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-100

  Asrar, Ghassem R ^a   Ryabinin, Vladimir ^a   Detemmerman, Valery ^a  

^a WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY MARKET; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; FOOD PRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; UNESCO; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84857915976     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.01.003     Document Type: Review

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