Potential predictability of malaria in Africa using ECMWF monthly and seasonal climate forecasts

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 521-540

  Tompkins, Adrian M ^a   di Giuseppe, Francesca ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Disease; Ecological models; Ensembles; Numerical weather prediction forecasting; Seasonal forecasting; Societal impacts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DISEASES; FORECASTING;

ECOLOGICAL MODELS; ENSEMBLES; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION/FORECASTING; SEASONAL FORECASTING; SOCIETAL IMPACTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; MALARIA; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA;

EID: 84943755825     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0156.1     Document Type: Article

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