Seamless forecasting of extreme events on a global scale

IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports

Volumn 359, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-10

  Pappenberger, Florian ^a   Wetterhall, Fredrik ^a   Dutra, Emanuel ^a   Di Giuseppe, Francesca ^a   Bogner, Konrad ^a   Alfieri, Lorenzo ^a   Cloke, Hannah L ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Droughts; ECMWF; Ensemble; Fire; Floods; Forecasting; Malaria

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DEFORESTATION; DISEASES; FIRES; FLOODS; FORECASTING; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; ECMWF; ENSEMBLE; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; MALARIA; MALARIA TRANSMISSION; SKILL ASSESSMENT; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE;

DROUGHT;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE VECTOR; DROUGHT STRESS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; EXTREME EVENT; FLOOD; MALARIA; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE;

DEFORESTATION; DISEASES; DROUGHT; FIRES; FLOODS; FORECASTS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84901355182     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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