Early warning systems: The "last mile" of adaptation

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Volumn 93, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 209-210

  Huggel, Christian ^a   Rohrer, Mario ^b   Calanca, Pierluigi ^c   Salzmann, Nadine ^a   Vergara, Walter ^d   Quispe, Nelson ^e   Ceballos, Jorge Luis ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b METEODAT GMBH   (Switzerland)

^c AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^d INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^e Servicio Nacional de Meteorologa e Hidrologa del Peru   (Peru)

^f Instituto de Hidrología   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHOZOA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861888819     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012EO220001     Document Type: Article

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