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Title The Application of Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts Based on El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Events: Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Peru, and Zimbabwe
Full text http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4b88q4mj
Date 1999
Author(s) Orlove, Benjamin S; Tosteson, Joshua L.
Abstract In this paper we present case studies of the efforts of five nations, Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Peru, and Zimbabwe, to use climate forecasts based on the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) system to plan in advance of anticipated anomalous climatic states. We treat the variable use of climate forecasts among these nations as a problem of "fit" between the nature of ENSO, a persistent variability in the ocean-atmosphere system of the tropical Pacific which produces climate variability at local and regional scales around the world, and the human institutions and actors that make and use the forecasts. Our examination of patterns of use of forecasts indicates constraints and suggests opportunities for the useful application of climate forecasts in the future.
Subject(s) el nino; southern oscillation; climate change; australia; brazil; ethiopia; peru; zimbabwe
Language english
Publisher eScholarship, University of California
Relation http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4b88q4mj
Type of publication article
Format application/pdf
Source Orlove, Benjamin S; & Tosteson, Joshua L.(1999). The Application of Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts Based on El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Events: Australia, Brazil, Ethiopia, Peru, and Zimbabwe. UC Berkeley: Institute of International Studies. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/4b88q4mj
Rights public
Identifier qt4b88q4mj
Repository Berkeley - University of California
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