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Identifying local climate impacts on weather and water.................... 85
Marina Timofeyeva, Fiona Horsfall and Jenna Meyers, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; Annette Hollingshead, Wyle Information Systems
An integrated climate service for the transboundary river basin and
coastal management of Germany...................................................... 88
Professor Dr HMoser, Dr J Cullman, Dr S Kofalk, Dr S Mai and Dr E Nilson, Federal
Institute of Hydrology, Germany; and S Rösner, Dr P Becker, Dr A Gratzki and K-J
Schreiber, German Meteorological Service
Adapting to climate change in the Niemen River basin..................... 94
Vladimir Korneev, Central Research Institute for Complex Use of Water Resources, Belarus
The Danube River Basin climate adaptation strategy......................... 97
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River
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Informing decision-making in health using
seasonal climate outlooks...............................................................102
Yahya Abawi, Jason A. Smith, Amanda Amjadali, David Jones, Diann Woods and
Michael J. Coughlan, Australian Bureau of Meteorology; and
Lloyd Tahani, Solomon Islands Meteorological Service
The Heat Health Warning System as an example
of climate services at the Deutscher Wetterdienst...........................106
S. Rösner, Dr P. Becker and Dr Christina Koppe, Deutscher Wetterdienst
Climate implications of atmospheric warming due to
aerosol black carbon over the Indian region...................................109
S. Suresh Babu and K. Krishna Moorthy, Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre; S.K. Satheesh, Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
and Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science; and
P.P. Nageswara Rao, Indian Space Research Organization Headquarters
The Chilean Ultraviolet Radiation Network: monitoring
and forecasting the UV index for health protection........................113
Solangela Sánchez Cuevas, Jorge F. Carrasco and Humberto Fuenzalida,
Dirección Meteorológica de Chile – Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
Climate information in support of the health sector.......................116
Nirivololona Raholijao, Madagascar Directorate General of Meteorology,
Alain Rakotoarisoa, Madagascar Directorate of Public Health and Epidemiological
Surveillance/MSANP and Haleh Kootval, World Meteorological Organization
Seasonal forecasting for Africa: water, health
management and capacity building................................................120
Philippe Dandin, Jean-Pierre Céron, Isabelle Charon, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux,
Yves M. Tourre, Christian Viel, François Vinit, Météo-France, Direction de la
Climatologie; Jean-Claude Bader, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
(IRD); Michel Déqué, Flore Mounier, Jean-Philippe Piedelièvre, Météo-France and
CNRS, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques; Laurent Labbé, Centre
Africain pour les Applications de la Météorologie au Développement (ACMAD);
Cécile Vignolles, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
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The Devils Lake Decision Support System......................................126
Fiona Horsfall, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Provision of climate services in Tanzania........................................129
Dr Agnes L. Kijazi, Director General, Tanzania Meteorological Agency
Developing an early warning system to mitigate
temperature stress on rice production............................................133
Yoshiji Yokote, Director, Climate Prediction Division,
Global Environment and Marine Department, Japan Meteorological Agency
The North American Drought Monitor...........................................137
Richard R. Heim Jr and Michael J. Brewer,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Extreme precipitation event: the Weather Public
Alert System of the Chilean Weather Service..................................142
Benjamin Caceres and Jorge F. Carrasco,
Dirección Meteorológica de Chile – Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
Governing drought information systems.........................................145
Dr Roger S. Pulwarty, Chief, Climate and Societal Interactions Division and
Director, National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
United States National Integrated Drought Information System
Climate services and disaster risk reduction
in the Caribbean............................................................................149
David A. Farrell, Ph.D, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology & Hydrology,
Husbands, St. James, Barbados
Early warning information on extreme events.................................153
Yoshiji Yokote, Director, Climate Prediction Division,
Global Environment and Marine Department, Japan Meteorological Agency
Insurance against droughts and destabilization
of energy costs in Uruguay.............................................................156
Mario Bidegain, Dirección Nacional de Meteorología – Dep. de Climatología and
Guillermo Failache, Usinas y Transmisiones Eléctricas de Uruguay
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