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Improve weather forecasts for the developing world

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  • Peter J. Webster

    (Peter J. Webster is a professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA.)

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Global prediction partnerships would cost little and reduce the regional carnage caused by floods, droughts and tropical cyclones, argues Peter J. Webster.

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  • Peter J. Webster, 2013. "Improve weather forecasts for the developing world," Nature, Nature, vol. 493(7430), pages 17-19, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:493:y:2013:i:7430:d:10.1038_493017a
    DOI: 10.1038/493017a
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    1. Geovane J. Alves & Carlos R. Mello & Li Guo, 2023. "Rainfall disasters under the changing climate: a case study for the Rio de Janeiro mountainous region," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 116(2), pages 1539-1556, March.
    2. Darren Lumbroso & Emma Brown & Nicola Ranger, 2016. "Stakeholders’ perceptions of the overall effectiveness of early warning systems and risk assessments for weather-related hazards in Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 84(3), pages 2121-2144, December.
    3. Li, Man, 2023. "Adaptation to expected and unexpected weather fluctuations: Evidence from Bangladeshi smallholder farmers," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    4. Fang Jing & Li-Zhuang Yang & Ya-Li Peng & Ying Wang & Xiaochu Zhang & Da-Ren Zhang, 2017. "Enhancing the effectiveness of flood road gauges with color coding," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 88(1), pages 55-70, August.

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