Precipitation downscaling under climate change: Recent developments to bridge the gap between dynamical models and the end user

D Maraun, F Wetterhall, AM Ireson… - Reviews of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation downscaling improves the coarse resolution and poor representation of
precipitation in global climate models and helps end users to assess the likely hydrological …

Climate services can support african farmers' context-specific adaptation needs at scale

JW Hansen, C Vaughan, DM Kagabo… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We consider the question of what is needed for climate services to support sub-Saharan
African farmers' adaptation needs at the scale of the climate challenge. Consistent with an …

[图书][B] Rapid qualitative inquiry: A field guide to team-based assessment

J Beebe - 2014 - books.google.com
Practitioners in need of timely results for program and policy planning—and students looking
for realistic research projects—will find solutions in Rapid Qualitative Inquiry (RQI), a team …

Exploring the integration of local and scientific knowledge in early warning systems for disaster risk reduction: a review

TDG Hermans, R Šakić Trogrlić… - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
The occurrence and intensity of some natural hazards (eg hydro-meteorological) increase
due to climate change, with growing exposure and socio-economic vulnerability, leading to …

Indigenous Australians' knowledge of weather and climate

D Green, J Billy, A Tapim - Climatic change, 2010 - Springer
Although the last 200 years of colonisation has brought radical changes in economic and
governance structures for thousands of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in …

[HTML][HTML] Forecast probability, lead time and farmer decision-making in rice farming systems in Northern Ghana

AB Nyamekye, E Nyadzi, A Dewulf, S Werners… - Climate Risk …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Rice farmers in Northern Ghana are susceptible to climate variability and change
with its effects in the form of drought, water scarcity, erratic rainfall and high temperatures. In …

[HTML][HTML] The best of both worlds: a decision-making framework for combining traditional and contemporary forecast systems

RD Plotz, LE Chambers… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Armatas, CA, TJ Venn, BB McBride, AE Watson, and SJ Carver, 2016: Opportunities to utilize
traditional phenological knowledge to support adaptive management of social-ecological …

Flexible forecast presentation overcomes longstanding obstacles to using probabilistic seasonal forecasts

JW Hansen, T Dinku, AW Robertson, R Cousin… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
We describe an innovative forecast presentation that aims to overcome obstacles to using
seasonal climate forecasts for decision making, trace factors that influenced how seasonal …

Anthropologies of the future: on the social performativity of (climate) forecasts

R Taddei - Environmental Anthropology, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Anthropologists have often described how their interlocutors make forecasts of all sorts as
part of their cultural practices, social organization, and economic systems. Being able to …

Integrating local and scientific weather knowledge as a strategy for adaptation to climate change in the Arctic

K Pennesi, J Arokium, G McBean - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for …, 2012 - Springer
As the climate warms, stressors are developing that challenge the adaptive capabilities of
Arctic peoples. In Nunavut, one of Canada's Arctic territories, increased weather variability …