The potential value of seasonal forecasts in a changing climate in southern Africa

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1525-1538

  Winsemius, H C ^a   Dutra, E ^b   Engelbrecht, F A ^c,d   Archer Van Garderen, E ^c,d   Wetterhall, F ^b   Pappenberger, F ^b   Werner, M G F ^a,e  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; THERMAL STRESS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS; HEAT STRESS CONDITION; MITIGATION MEASURES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECASTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; DOWNSCALING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; LIVESTOCK; MORTALITY; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEASONALITY; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; VULNERABILITY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LIMPOPO BASIN;

EID: 84899475986     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-1525-2014     Document Type: Article

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