Select International Projects Supported by NOAA/OGP/CSI and USAID-OFDA
Helping Society Adapt to Climate Through the Use of Science and Technology 1997-2004
2004
Capacity Building and Adaptation of Coastal Communities to Climate and Marine Environmental Conditions in South Africa, Namibia and Mozambique: Regional Capacity Building & Coastal Adaptation Seminar & Public Education Expo July 5-9, 2004 - Professor Vlad Kaczynski, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Downscaling of climate information for agricultural applications in the Greater Horn of Africa - Professor Laban Ogallo et al, Drought Monitoring Center Nairobi. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Increasing application of modern seasonal forecasts by rural people through understanding the traditional methods of rainfall forecasts in Uganda - Milton Waiswa, Ugandan Department of Meteorology. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Factoring climate information into the management of livestock industry in the Southern African region, Harare, Zimbabwe, August 30 to 31, 2004 - Dr. bradwel Garanganga, Drought Monitoring center Harare, Zimbabwe. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Generation and verification of the eight Climate Outlook Forum for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, for October to December and January to March rainfall seasons for Southern African region: September 1-2, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2004 - Dr, Brawel Garanganga, Drought Monitoring center Harare, CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Generation, verification and communication of the fourteenth Climate Outlook Forum for the Greater Horn of Africa, commonly known as Eastern Africa, and production of Food Security Outlooks for the different climatological zones of the region. Nairobi, Kenya August 23-27, 2004 - Professor Laban Ogallo, drought Monitoring Center Nairobi
Generation and verification of consensus seasonal forecast for the Western African 2004 rainfall season and workshop on Climate, Food security, health and water resource management in Western Africa, Banjul, Gambia, July 8 to 11, 2004 - Dr. Kignyaman Soro, African Center of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD) CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
2003
Improve long-range forecasts of rainfall over Africa, using a new ensemble canonical correlation (ECC) prediction and to build the capacity of African National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) to use the technology - Wasilla Thiaw, NCEP/CPC/African Desk, CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Production of intra-seasonal (short term) climate outlook for West Africa for enhancing the operational utility of seasonal forecast for the agriculture and livestock sector - Andre Fomahoe, ACMAD, West Africa
Capacity Building Workshop Of The
media for enhancing the Dissemination Of Seasonal Climate Forecasts
(SCFs) CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Ms. Marie Goretti, media expert. Burundi Met. Service
Use of seasonal climate prediction in strengthening the monitoring and early warning Of The Locust Outbreaks - Mr. Kidane Ghebrekidan, Plant Protection and Quarantine Unit. Ministry of Agriculture CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Seasonal Climate Forecast Management For The Alleviation Of Food Insecurity – Kwale District - Josephine M. Mwinamo. Wada High School, MOMBASA. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Enhancing The Dissemination And Effective Use Of Climate Forecasts At Local Levels In Kenya - Dr. J.R. Mukabana (KMD) and Media Director, Kenya Met. Department. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Museum Exhibitions On Seasonal Climate Forecasts, The Potential Impacts And Adaptations For Key Development Sectors In the Country - Mr. Simon Gatheru. National Museums of Kenya. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Capacity building and development of tools for enhanced utilization of climate information and prediction products in the planning and management of hydropower resource in Kenya - Dr. Christopher Oludhe. University of Nairobi. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
New Seasonal Climate Prediction Tools Through Analysis Of Onset And Cessation Of Seasonal Rains Associated with El-Niño/La-Niña Years - Dr. M. S. Mhita. Tanzania Meteorological Agency. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Dissemination And Interpretation of climate Information and prediction products to Farmers In Tanzania - D.A. Kashasha and TMA, Mr. Mike Mboya Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) Ministry of Water Resources. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Workshop For Editors On “The Role Of Media In Disseminating Daily And Seasonal Weather Forecast Reports In Tanzania” - Mbaraka Islam, Senior Journalist, Habari Corporation Dar es Salaam. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Increasing Application Of Modern Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts By Rural People Through Understanding The Traditional Methods Of Rainfall Forecasts - Milton Michael Waiswa, Agro meteorologist Department of Meteorology. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Strengthening Agro meteorological Information Application In The Plan For Modernization Of Agriculture - Senkunda Samuel Edward. Department of Agriculture CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Assessment Of Impacts Of Climate Outlooks On Public Human Health Management In Kenya - Dr. Muthama. University of Nairobi . CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Capacity Building Of The Media In Uganda. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA - Patrick Luganda New Vision News paper Kampala
2002
Testing the Ability of Subsistence Farmers to Use Seasonal Climate Forecasts: A Participatory Approach In Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) - Anthony Patt, Boston University
An Assessment of the Impact of Climate Variability and Climate Change on Human Health in Three Island Countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Fiji (Pacific Islands) - Nancy Lewis, East-West Center
Asian Climate Training (ACT) (Bangkok) - Kamal Kishore, ADPC
Fourth Workshop on Regional Climate Prediction and Applications – Tropical Pacific Islands and Rim (Tropical Pacific Islands and Rim) - Peter Lamb, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)/University of Oklahoma
Latin America and the Caribbean Project Ecosystem Dynamics and Essential Human Needs: Developing an Interdisciplinary Research Agenda in the Plata Basin of South America (La Plata Basin, South America) - Marina Ratchford, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Training and Dissemination of Information on Impacts Related to Climate Variability in the Altiplano, Chaco, and transition region from the Chaco into the Amazonian forests in northern Bolivia (Bolivia) - Michael Douglas, NOAA/OAR/NSSL
Fourth Workshop on Regional Climate Prediction and Applications – Latin America, Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia - Peter Lamb, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)/ University of Oklahoma
RANET Digital Satellite Broadcast Development and Management (Africa) - Climate Information Project. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
RANET Digital Satellite Broadcast Development and Management (Asia) - Climate Information Project. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
RANET Internet Presence Initiative Training Workshop (Africa) - Climate Information Project. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA, African Center of Meteorological Applications for Development (ACMAD)
Pilot Studies to Evaluate Interpretation Methods, Intermediary Effectiveness, and Appropriate Levels of Intervention in Provision of Climate Forecasts in the Sahel-Sudan: Climate Forecasting for Agricultural Resources (CFAR) Project – Phase 2 - Paul Kirshen, Tuffs University
Capacity building, Indochina Network (Vietnam) - Mick Kelly, University of East Anglia
Climate Flashpoints Informal Planning Meeting (Global) - Climate Information Project. CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA, Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG) NCAR
Climate and Weather Impact Summaries (Global) - Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA.
International Disaster Loss Database Management and Visualization (EM-DAT) (Global) - Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disaster (CRED), Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA.
Workshop on Climate Variability and Change and their Health Effects in the Caribbean: Information for Climate Variability and Change Adaptation Planning in the Health Sector, May 2002, Barbados (Caribbean) - World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, NOAA and EPA.
An Assessment of the Impact of Climate Variability and Climate Change on Human Health in the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Fiji (South Pacific) - Nancy Davis-Lewis, Ph.D., East-West Center, University of Hawaii
2001
Training Workshop on Climate and Health (Niamey, Niger) - PRESAO Process
Assessment of Communication and Use of Climate Outlooks and Development of Scenarios to Promote Food Security in the Free State Province of South Africa (South Africa) - S. Walker, University of the Free State Department of Agrometeorology
Creating Awareness on the Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts Among the User Communities in Djibouti (Djibouti) - Mohamed Ismail Nour, Department of Meteorology, Djibouti
To Sensitize and to Create Awareness of the Use of Climate Forecasts to the User Community (Rwanda) - Antoine Twahirwa, Rwanda Meteorological Services
Climate Forecast Applications in Uganda: Packaging and Dissemination of Climate Forecast Information in Uganda (Uganda) - Paul Isabirye, Uganda Meteorological Department
Predicting malaria epidemics in the Kenyan Highlands using climate data: A tool for decision makers (Kenya) - Andrew Githeko, Kenyan Medical Research Institute
An Assessment of the Potential Benefits of Seasonal Rainfall Prediction in Relation to Hydro-Electric Power Generation in Kenya: A Case Study of the Impacts of the 1999/2000 droughts and the accompanied power rationing (Kenya) - Christopher Oludhe, Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Development of methodologies for the utilization of seasonal climate prediction for forecasting hydropower generation (Tanzania) - M. S. Mhita, Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA)
Factoring climate information and prediction products inthe planning and management of hydropower resources in the greater Horn of Africa (Kenya) - Professor Ogallo, Drought Monitoring Center, Nairobi
The evaluation of economic contributions of seasonal climate outlooks for power industry in Ethiopia (Ethiopia) - Amare Babu, National Meteorological Services Agency, Ethiopia
Pacific ENSO Update - Michael Hamnett, Pacific ENSO Applications Center
Extreme Climate Events Project (Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines) - Asia Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC)
Workshop on Regional Climate Forecast Methodologies (Singapore) - Woon Shih Lai, ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Center
IRI Workshop on Interannual Climate Variability and Pelagic Fisheries (New Caledonia), Global Environmental Change and Food Systems (GECaFS) (India, Caribbean) - John Ingram, International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP)
Forecasting and Water Management in China (China) - Michael Glantz, NCAR
Cropping in Southern India (India) - Holger Meinke, APSRU
Assessing Climate Applications Research & Implementation Projects (Global) - Kenny Broad, University of Miami
Use and Usefulness: A Comparative Study of Seasonal Climate Forecasting Systems in Drought-Affected Regions of Latin America (Brazil, Chile) - Tim Finan, University of Arizona
The Use of Climate Prediction to Support Decision Making in Argentine Agriculture (Argentina) - Guillermo Podesta, University of Miami
Climate Outlook Forum: Production and Dissemination of Summer 2001 Climate Perspective for the Central American Region (Honduras, Central America) - NOAA/OGP, IRI, CRRH, USAID/OFDA
Third Workshop on Regional Climate Prediction and Applications - Tropical Pacific Islands and Rim (Pacific Islands and Rim) - Peter Lamb, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)/ University of Oklahoma
Climate and Policy in Latin America (Latin America) - Susan Bergerman, Columbia University
Areal Flash Flood Guidance and Warning System for Central America as part of the USG Reconstruction Effort (Nicaragua and Honduras) - Konstantine Georgakakos, Hydrologic Research Center
Development of a Regional Climate Model System for Central America as part of the USG Reconstruction Effort (Costa Rica/Central America) - Jorge Amador, University of Costa Rica
International Workshop on Climate, Hydrology, Georisks and Natural Disasters in the Andes. IV International Symposium on Sustainable Development in the Andes (Venezuela) - Rigoberto Andressen, Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela
Central America Regional Soil Moisture Analysis as part of the USG Reconstruction Effort (Central America) - Konstantine Georgakakos, Hydrologic Research Center
RANET Digital Satellite Broadcast Development and Management (Africa) -Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Climate and Weather Impact Summaries (Global) - Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
The Potential for the Emergence of Dengue Fever Along the United States/Mexico Border in the Southwestern United States (U.S.-Mexico Border Region) - Principal Investigator: Craig R. Janes, Ph.D., and University of Colorado Department of Anthropology
2000
Reducing the Negative Consequences of Climate Variability through the use of Forecasts and Vulnerability Analysis in Cities: The Case of Tijuana, Mexico (Mexico) - Principal Investigator: Roberto Sanchez-Rodriguez, University of California, Santa Cruz
Human Strategies for Coping with ENSO and the Growing Flammability of Forest in Amazônia (Amazon Region) - Emilio Moran, Indiana University
Improving Climate Forecast Communications For Farm Management in Uganda (Uganda) - Jennifer Phillips, Associate Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia University
The Effect of Climate Change on an Important Vector-Borne, Public Health Disease (Epidemic Bartonellosis) ( Peru) - Principal Investigator: Larry W. Laughlin, M.D., Ph.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
Effects of Weather Variability on Childhood Infectious Diseases in Peruvian Children (Peru) - Principal Investigator: Jonathan A. Patz and Robert H. Gilman, M.D., M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
International Conference and Regional Workshop on Climate Variability and Change in the Western Pacific Region (Western Pacific) -
World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, NOAA and EPA
Extended weather forecasts as a management tool for the enhancement of cereal crop productivity in Sub Saharan West Africa (Nigeria) - J. Oladipo Adejuwon, International START Secretariat
An Exploratory Workshop to Determine the Regional Requirements for Integrated Modeling of the Economic Impacts of Climate Variability in Southern Africa (South Africa) - Chris Justice, Global Environmental Change Program-Africa (GECP-Africa) University of Virginia
Frost Prediction and Protection in Tea Producing Areas of Kenya (Kenya) - Stanslaus M. Gachara , Kenya Meteorological Department
Investigation on Utility of Weather and Climate Forecasts on Farming Activities in Kwale district, Kenya (Kenya) - Josephine M. Mwinamo, Kwale High School, Kwale, Kenya
Economic benefits of applying seasonal climate forecasts in smallholder farm management: case study for Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) - L.S. Unganai, Zimbabwe Meteorological Department
Awareness Raising and Planning Workshop for a National Strategy of Communication and Utilization of Climate Information in Rural Areas, Mauritania (Mauritania) - Mohamed El Moctar Ould Mohamed Ahmed, ODZASAM
Museum exhibitions of the drought monitoring centre-Nairobi and forum climate outlook products and the potential impacts on key development sectors in the country (Kenya) - Simon Gatheru, National Museums of Kenya
Capacity building workshop on the role of media in the dissemination of daily and Seasonal weather forecasts in Tanzania (Tanzania) - Jerome Ng’itu, Tanzania School of Journalism
Chlorea Dynamics and Climate Variability: Towards Prediction of Disease Incidence (Bangladesh) - Mercedes Pascual, University of Michigan
International Conference and Regional Workshop on Climate Variability and Change in the Western Pacific Region (Samoa) - World Health Organization, World Meteorological Organization, United Nations
Environment Programme, NOAA and EPADengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Early Warning and Mitigation System for Vietnam (Vietnam) - Dana Focks
APN Training Institute on Climate and Society in the Asia-Pacific Region (Hawaii) - Eileen Shea, East-West Center
A Preliminary Study of El Nino and La Nina Related Climate Impacts on Sugar Production in Fiji (Fiji) - Janita Pahalad, Fiji Meteorological Service
Enhancement of the Application and Effectiveness of Climatic Information and Prediction Services in the Promotion of Agricultural Production and Food Security in Quang Tri Province (Vietnam) - Van Viet, Vietnam Hydrometeorological Service
A multi-stakeholder review of Regional Climate Outlook Forums (South Africa) - South African Weather Bureau, NOAA, IRI, World Bank, WMO
Regional Training Course on Climate Variability and Extreme Events in Mesoamerica (Costa Rica/Central America) - NOAA/OGP, IAI and CRRH
Reducing the Impacts of Environmental Emergencies through Early Warning and Preparedness (Paraguay) - Benjamin Grassi, Univ. of Asuncion, Paraguay
Second Workshop on Regional Climate Prediction and Applications – Tropical Atlantic Basin (Tropical Atlantic Basin) - Peter Lamb, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS)/ University of Oklahoma
Workshop on Enhancing Climate Data Collection, Processing and Dissemination in the Caribbean (Jamaica/Caribbean) - Michael Taylor, University of the West Indies
Development of a Collaborative Research Network for the Study of Regional Climate Variability and Changes, their Prediction and Impact in the MERCOSUR Area (Southeast South America) - Mario Nuñez, University of Buenos Aires
ENSO Disaster Risk Management in Latin America: the Consolidation of a Regional Network for Comparative Research, Information and Training from a Social Perspective (Peru) - Eduardo Franco, LARED
Multi-Objective Study of Climate Variability for Impact Mitigation in Trade Convergence Climate Complex Region (Tropics, Western Hemispheres) - Pilar Cornejo, Escuela Superior del Litoral, Ecuador
Diagnostics and Prediction of Climate Variability and Human Health Impacts in the Tropical Americas (Brazil) - Ulisses Confalonieri, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil
Climate Variability and its Impacts in Mexico, Central American and the Caribbean (Mexico/Central America and Caribbean) - Victor Magana, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Workshop on Climate and Transboundary Water in Latin America (Latin America) Henry Diaz, NOAA/CDC and Dr. Barbara Morehouse, University of Arizona
Climate Outlook Forum, Climate Forecasts and Applications for Central America: Moving into the Next Century (Belize) - NOAA/OGP, USAID/OFDA, CRRH
RANET Digital Satellite Broadcast Development and Management (Africa) - Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Climate and Weather Impact Summaries (Global) - Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Mozambique, Southern Africa Floods Web Page and Product Coordination - Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
1999
Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes: Farmer Adaptation
and Use of Weather Forecasts in Decision Making (Andean Region, South
America)
Principal Investigator: Corinne Valdivia, University of Missouri-Columbia
Mitigating the Impact of Meningitis Epidemics in Africa: Assessing the
Scope for Regional Forecasting Systems (Africa)
Stephen J. Conner, Ph.D., Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Dengue & El Niño-Southern Oscillation Events in Yogyakarta Indonesia:
Historical Correlations, Mechanisms, and Recommendations for Control
using Source Reduction (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Dana A. Focks, Ph.D., John W. Hock Company
Effects of El Niño Events on Peruvian Social Economies & Legal
Systems (Peru)
Principal Investigator: Sarah Meltzoff, RSMAS, and University of Miami
Climate and Weather Impact Summaries
Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Improved Climate Forecasts and Pacific Rim Grain Supply and Markets (Pacific
Rim)
Dan Sumner, University of California - Davis
Economic evaluation of the seasonal forecast in the agricultural sector
of Mali, West Africa (Mali)
Omar Bard our, ACMAD - Climate variability and income distribution in
Mozambique – A computable
general equilibrium approach (Mozambique)
Channing Arndt, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
- Improving the Applicability of Climate Forecasts to Emergency Preparedness
and Relief in Mozambique (Mozambique)
Filipe Lucio, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia de Mozambique
Differential effects of ENSO over South African region, physical and
socioeconomic manifestation (South Africa)
Ron Eastman, Clark University
Disease, Mortality and Climate: A Pilot Study Relating to the Contribution
of Malaria to Annual Mortality in India for the Period 1866-1910 (India)
Elizabeth Whitcombe, The Royal Hospital for Neuro-Disability
The GCTE Focus 3 Conference (Global)
John Ingram, UK NERC, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Studying Indonesian
Forest-Fire Situations for Identifying Potential Uses of Seasonal-to-Interannual
Climate Forecasts (Indonesia)
Andrew Vayda, Rutgers University
The Development of a Protype Synoptic Climatology: The Southwest Pacific
Ocean (SW Pacific)
Chip Guard, University of Guam
Pacific Regional Workshop for Water Managers, Disaster Managers, and
National Meteorological Services Managers on ENSO Response and Mitigation
(Pacific Islands)
Russell Howorth, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC)
Workshop on a Seasonal Climate Forecasting in Southeast Asia (Singapore)
ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Center
Conference on Climate in the Inter-tropical Americas (Inter-tropical
Americas)
John Topping, Climate Institute
A Retrospective Analysis of the NOAA/OGP Sponsored Activities During
the 1997-1998 El Niño Event in the Caribbean, Central and South America
(Latin America and the Caribbean)
Rubén Lara, Gaia, Inc
Lessons Learned from an ENSO Drought in Ceará, Northeast Brazil:
Preparation, Response and Recuperation
(Brazil)
Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Arizona
Research Curise in the Ucatan Channel, Florida Straits, and the Campeche
Bank/Gulf of Mexico Loop Current Region
(Gulf of Mexico)
Douglas Wilson, NOAA/AOML
Impact of Climate Variations on Caribbean Region Hurricanes: Towards
Understanding Linkages and Enhancing the Application of Climate Information
(somewhere in the Caribbean)
NOAA/OGP with NOAA/AOML
Stanley Goldenberg, NOAA/AOML
First Workshop on Regional Climate Prediction and Applications – Tropical
Atlantic Basin (Oklahoma)
Peter Lamb, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
(CIMMS)/ University of Oklahoma
Third Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (Dominican Republic)
NOAA/OGP, IRI
1998
Responses to Climate Variability and Utility of Climate Forecast
Information for the Livestock Sector in the Arid and Semi-Arid Zone
(South Africa)
Principal Investigator: K.A. Galvin, Colorado State University
The Relationship of ENSO and Water-borne and Water-Related Disease
in the Tropical Pacific (Pacific Islands)
Nancy Davis-Lewis, Ph.D., University of Hawaii
Disease Outbreaks Associated With Extreme Weather During the 1997/98
ENSO Event Report (Global)
Paul R. Epstein, Harvard Medical School, Center for Health and the
Global Environment
ENSO & Vector Borne Disease Pilot Project: Malaria and Mosquitoes
(Kenya-East African Highlands)
Andrew Githeko, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kakamega
A Historical Analysis of Cholera Dynamics in the Bengal Presidency
1870-1940 in Relation to ENSO and Rainfall (India/Bangladesh)
Mercedes Pascual, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Center for Marine
Biotechnology
Prevention, Climate Forecasting and Remote Sensing: An Integrated Approach
to Understanding the 1997-98 Outbreak and the Possibility of Prediction
(East Africa)
Larry Tiezen, Ph. D., USGS and Dr. C.J. Peters, Centers for Disease
Control and
Will ENSO Increase Malaria in the East African Highlands? (Kenya, East
African Highlands)
Steve Lindsay, Ph.D., University of Durham, England
Surveillance and Monitoring of Health Consequences of the 1997-98 ENSO
in Mozambique (Mozambique)
Jennifer Phillips, NASA
Climate and Weather Impact Summaries
Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Compendium of Climate Variability and Impacts: 1997-98 El Nino
Climate Information Project CO-sponsored by USAID-OFDA
Climate Forecasts and the Pacific Rim Grain Markets
Dan Sumner, University of California - Davis
Improving Epidemic Preparedness for Malaria Control in Africa
Through Seasonal Forecasting and the Monitoring of Climate Variability.
(South Africa) - Stephen J. Connor, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool
L3 5QA,UK
Impacts of Environmental Variability on Tuna Fisheries in the Pacific
Islands (Pacific Islands, joint with HD)
Michael Hamnett, Pacific Basin Development Council
The Relationship Between Water-Borne and Water-Related Diseases and
ENSO Linked Events in the Pacific Islands (Pacific Islands, joint with
HD)
Nancy Lewis, University of Hawaii/Manoa
Workshop on the Consequences of Climate Variability and Change in the
Hawaii-Pacific Region: Challenges and Opportunities (Hawaii)
Richard Hagemeyer, Pacific Region NWS
La Nina 1998/99: Challenges and Opportunities for Indonesia
Kamal Kishore, ADPC
Workshop on Impacts of Population and Markets on the Sustainability
of the Ocean and Coastal Resources: Perspectives of Developing and
Transition
Economies of the North Pacific (Seattle)
Kaczynski, University of Washington
Association of Rice Production and Climate Variability in the Asia-Pacific
Region (Philippines)
Grace Centeno, International Rice Research Institute (IRR)
Northeastern South America Climate Outlook Forum (Brazil)
NOAA/OGP, IAI, WMO, IRI, FUNCEME, INPE
Mesoamerica Climate Outlook Forum (Panama)
NOAA/OGP, USAID/OFDA, WMO, IRI, CATHALAC, INRENAR, IAI
Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (Jamaica)
USAID/OFDA, NOAA/OGP, WMO, IAI, UWI, IRI, ODPEM
1997
Impacts of Environmental Variability on Tuna Fisheries in the Pacific
Islands (South Pacific)
Michael P. Hamnett, Director, Social Science Research Institute, University
of Hawaii and Senior Policy Analyst, Pacific Basin Development Council
A Case Study of Burkina Faso; Opportunities and Constraints to Using
Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting to Improve Rainfed Agricultural
Production Systems and Livelihood Security (Sahel-Soudan Region)
Principal Investigator: Paul Kirshen, Tufts University
Improved Climate Forecasts and Grain Supply in East Asia: Implications
for International Markets (East Asia)
Daniel A. Sumner, University of California, Davis
Social and Policy Implications of Seasonal Forecasting: A Case Study
of Ceara, Northeast Brazil
Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Arizona
Climate Variations and the International Management of the North American
Pacific Salmon Fishery: A Game Theoretic Perspective
Kathleen A. Miller, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Combining Risk Map Analysis and Climate Prediction: Effects of El Niño
on Rural Households in Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)
T. Boudreau , Save the Children Fund/UK
The development of malaria prediction model for South Africa. (South
Africa)
D. Lesueur, National Malaria research Institute, University of Zululand,
South
Africa - Assessing Current And Potential Use Of Climate Forecasts
For Communal Farm Management In Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)
J. Phillips, IRI/Zimbabwe Met. Service
Creation of a First Version of a Practical Introductory Course on Seasonal
to Interannual Climate Prediction, based on material developed at ACMAD.
Niger)
Neil Ward, Oklahoma University
The Development & evaluation of methods and models fore the application
of seasonal Rainfall Forecasts to water Resources Management in the Mommas
catchments area of South Africa. (South Africa)
Schulze, LEHU
Usefulness of Climate Forecasting Information for Drought Mitigation
and Response from a Donor’s Standpoint (Global)
M. Dilley, USAID/OFDA
A Study of the Benefits of Incorporating ENSO Forecasts into Reservoir
Operation and Hydroelectric Power Distribution Procedures (Colombia)
Peter Waylen, University of Florida - Climate, Climate Forecasting
and Sugar Production in Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad and Tobago)
Roger Pulwarty, NOAA/CIRES/CDC
Variations in Spatial and Temporal Precipitation Patterns in the Trade
Convergence Region (Panama)
Maria Donoso, Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and
the Caribbean (CATHALAC) and NOAA/AOM
Applications of Multiple Lead-time Climate Predictions in the Region
of Central America and the Caribbean (Colorado)
Henry Diaz, NOAA/CDC
An International Study on the Health Effects of ENSO in the Americas
(Brazil)
Ulisses E. Confalonieri, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, National School of
Public Health
Regional Assessments & Applications for Effects of Seasonal-to-Interannual
Climate Variability and Application of ENSO-Based Climate Forecasts to
Agriculture in the Americas (South America)
Jim Jones, University of Florida
Pacific South America Climate Outlook Forum (Peru)
NOAA/OGP, IAI, WMO, IGP, INPESCA, IRI, SeaLand Advisory Services
Southeast South America Climate Outlook Forum (Uruguay)
NOAA/OGP, IAI, WMO, IRI, Uruguay Rural Association
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