Presentations at the First Meeting of The Task Force on Socio-Economic Applications of Public Weather (PWS), Geneva, Switzerland, 15 to 18 May 2006 |
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Paper |
Author(s) |
Affiliation |
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Bridging the Gap Between Providers and Users of Weather, Climate and water Information (pdf) |
Bruce Stewart |
Australia Bureau of Meteorology |
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Public Weather Services(pdf) |
Bruce Stewart |
Australia Bureau of Meteorology |
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The National Agricultural Monitoring System of Australia: An Overview (pdf) |
Bruce Stewart |
Australia Bureau of Meteorology |
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The Media and Weather: A User and a A Channel to End-Users (pdf) |
Gerald Fleming |
Met Aireann |
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| Meeting Background, Objectives and Expected Outcomes |
Haleh Kootval |
WMO |
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| Public Weather Services |
Haleh Kootval |
WMO |
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Requirements for and use of Weather, Climate, and Water Information: A users perspective from the IFRC (pdf) |
Antony Spalton |
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent s societies |
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Societal Impacts and Economic Benefits of Weather Information (Collaborative Program)(pdf) |
Jeffrey K. Lazo |
Societal Impacts Program,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA |
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| Overall US Sector Sensitivity Assessment Evaluation of the Sensitivity of U. S. Economic Sectors to Weather Variability |
(1) Jeffrey K. Lazo
(2) Mega Harrod
(3) Donald Waldma |
(1) Societal Impacts Program,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA
(2) Stratus Consulting / University of Colorado
(3) University of Colorado
University of New Mexico |
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Economic Value of Current and
Improved Weather Forecasts in the
U.S. Household Sector
(Executive Summary) (pdf)
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(1)Dr. Rodney Weiher,
(2)Jeffrey K. Lazo |
(1)Office of Policy and Strategic
Planning
(2)Societal Impacts Program,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, USA |
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Providers of Weather, Climate and Water Information (pdf) |
Kang Thean Shon |
Malaysian Meteorological Department |
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| Maximizing the Effectiveness and Socio-Economic Benefits of Weather Products and Services – the Hong Kong Experience(pdf) |
Queenie C.C. Lam
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Scientific Officer
Hong Kong Observatory
Hong Kong, China |
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Requirements for and Use of Weather, Climate, and Water Information
in the (french) Energy Sector (pdf) |
Laurent Dubus |
EDF R&D |
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Providers of Weather, Climate and Water Information (pdf) |
Mnikeli Ndabambi |
African Weather Service |
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Weather, Climate and Water Information in Agricultural Applications (pdf) |
Pai-Yei Whung, Ph.D. |
Office of International Research Programs Agricultural Research Service, USDA, U.S.A |
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Weather and Climate Information Use in Agriculture (pdf) |
Pai-Yei Whung, Ph.D. |
Office of International Research Programs Agricultural Research Service, USDA, U.S.A. |
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Climate Information for Health: managing climate sensitive diseases (pdf) |
Stephen Connor |
International Research Institute for Climate & Society (IRI), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York |
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Climate and Health: Using Climate to Predict Infectious Disease Epidemics (pdf) |
Stephen Connor |
International Research Institute for Climate & Society (IRI), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, New York |
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Discussion on Identification of Prototype of Education and Training Tools for NMHSs (pdf) |
TANG Xu |
Shanghai Regional Center China Meteorological Administration |
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Meteorological Services Practice and Consideration (pdf) |
TANG Xu |
Shanghai Regional Center China Meteorological Administration |
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Examples (pdf) |
Dr. Donald A. Wilhite |
National Drought Mitigation Center International Drought Information Center University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska U.S.A. |
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NHMS Development and World Bank (pdf) |
Vladimir Tsirkunov |
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Drought Monitoring, Mitigation and Preparedness in the U.S.: An End to End Approach (pdf) |
Dr. Donald A. Wilhite |
National Drought Mitigation Center International Drought Information Center University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska U.S.A. |
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| World Weather Watch Programme (pdf) |
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WMO |
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| SECURE AND SUSTAINABLE LIVING: Social and Economic Benefits of Weather, Climate and Water Services (pdf) |
Dr. R. A. de Guzman |
WMO |
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| The WMO World Climate Programme (WCP)(pdf) |
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WMO |
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