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Climate variability has major impacts in many parts of the world,
including Australia. Developments in understanding of the El Nino -
Southern Oscillation Phenomenon have introduced some skill in
seasonal to inter-annual climate forecasting. Can this skill be
harnessed to advantage? Or do we just continue to observe these
impacts? How does a decision-maker managing an agricultural or
natural ecosystem modify decisions in response to a skillful, but
imprecise, seasonal climate forecast? Using Australian experience
as a basis, this book focuses on these questions in pursuing means
to better manage climate risks. The state of the science in climate
forecasting is reviewed before considering detailed examples of
applications to: farm scale agricultural decisions (such as
management of cropping and grazing systems); regional and national
scale agricultural decisions (such as commodity trading and
government policy); and natural systems (such as water resources,
pests and diseases, and natural fauna). Many of the examples
highlight the participatory and inter-disciplinary approach
required among decision-makers, resource systems
scientists/analysts, and climate scientists to bring about the
effective applications. The experiences discussed provide valuable
insights beyond the geographical and disciplinary focus of this
book. The book is ideally suited to professionals and postgraduate
students in ecology, agricultural climatology, environmental
planning, and climate science."
Climate variability has major impacts in many parts of the world,
including Australia. Developments in understanding of the El Nino -
Southern Oscillation Phenomenon have introduced some skill in
seasonal to inter-annual climate forecasting. Can this skill be
harnessed to advantage? Or do we just continue to observe these
impacts? How does a decision-maker managing an agricultural or
natural ecosystem modify decisions in response to a skillful, but
imprecise, seasonal climate forecast? Using Australian experience
as a basis, this book focuses on these questions in pursuing means
to better manage climate risks. The state of the science in climate
forecasting is reviewed before considering detailed examples of
applications to: farm scale agricultural decisions (such as
management of cropping and grazing systems); regional and national
scale agricultural decisions (such as commodity trading and
government policy); and natural systems (such as water resources,
pests and diseases, and natural fauna). Many of the examples
highlight the participatory and inter-disciplinary approach
required among decision-makers, resource systems
scientists/analysts, and climate scientists to bring about the
effective applications. The experiences discussed provide valuable
insights beyond the geographical and disciplinary focus of this
book. The book is ideally suited to professionals and postgraduate
students in ecology, agricultural climatology, environmental
planning, and climate science."
Are extreme weather events becoming more common? How do extreme
weather events impact society? These are critical questions that
must be examined as we confront the possibility that the world will
experience a change in climate over the next century. Much of the
research in climatology over the past decade has focused on
potential changes in long- term averages of temperature,
precipitation and other factors. However, it is becoming
increasingly clear that changes in average values will be
accompanied by changes in extreme events. Furthermore, extreme
weather events will impact society to a greater extent as people
around the world continue to locate in more hazard-prone areas such
as coastal zones. This book represents a major step forwards in
developing a comprehensive set of information about changes in
extreme events by providing a review of the problems in data
availability, quality and analysis that make deriving a clear
picture of world-wide changes in extreme events so difficult.
Audience: The book is intended for policy-makers, professionals,
graduate students and others interested in learning how extreme
weather events have changed, and how they impact society both now
and in the future.
Teleconnections is a central concept in the scientific search for
an improved understanding of potential linkages between weather and
climate anomalies that occur over relatively large distances. The
editors of this volume have brought together contributions from
experts in the field, which together provide a comprehensive review
of this important subject. This book will be of importance to all
professional scientists and researchers in climatology and
meteorology, particularly those concerned with air-sea interactions
and their environmental impacts and the physical basis for and
societal responses to forecasting. Graduate students in
environmental science, meteorology and climate-related impact
assessments will also find the book useful.
Teleconnections is a central concept in the scientific search for
an improved understanding of potential linkages between weather and
climate anomalies that occur over relatively large distances. The
editors of this volume have brought together contributions from
experts in the field, which together provide a comprehensive review
of this important subject. This book will be of importance to all
professional scientists and researchers in climatology and
meteorology, particularly those concerned with air-sea interactions
and their environmental impacts and the physical basis for and
societal responses to forecasting. Graduate students in
environmental science, meteorology and climate-related impact
assessments will also find the book useful.
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