The role of the pacific ENSO applications climate center in reducing vulnerability to climate hazards: Experience from the U.S.-affiliated pacific islands

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1003-1015

  Schroeder, Thomas A ^a   Chowdhury, Md Rashed ^a   Lander, Mark A ^b   Guard, Charles Chip ^c   Felkley, Charlene ^c   Gifford, Duncan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; CLIMATE FORECASTING; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CURRENT MISSIONS; ENSO FORECAST; IMPACT SCENARIOS; IS PLANNING; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SEASONAL CHANGES; TROPICAL CYCLONE ACTIVITY; UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 84864199196     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00109.1     Document Type: Article

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