Climate services: Lessons learned and future prospects

Earth's Future

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 79-89

  Brasseur, Guy P ^a,b   Gallardo, Laura ^c,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Climate Services; Evaluation; International collaboration

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DECISION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; PLANNING PROCESS; POLITICAL CHANGE; PUBLIC SERVICE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84982832958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015EF000338     Document Type: Review

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