Demonstration of successful malaria forecasts for Botswana using an operational seasonal climate model

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  MacLeod, Dave A ^a   Jones, Anne ^b   Di Giuseppe, Francesca ^c   Caminade, Cyril ^b   Morse, Andrew P ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d NIHR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change adaptation; malaria; seasonal climate forecasting

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASES; FORECASTING; HEALTH RISKS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE FORECASTING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; FORECAST SYSTEMS; MALARIA; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; STATE OF THE ART;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HINDCASTING; MALARIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BOTSWANA;

EID: 84928724160     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/4/044005     Document Type: Article

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