E-book
La Niña and its impacts facts and speculation
Record details
- ISBN: 0585434166 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780585434162 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9280810715 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9789280810714 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9280870335
- ISBN: 9789280870336
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1 online resource (xviii, 271 pages) : illustrations (some color) - Publisher: Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, ©2002.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | La Nina: an overview of the process / Michael H. Glantz -- El Nino, La Nina, and the climate swings of 1997-98: a review / Michael J. McPhaden -- Definition(s) of La Nina / James O'Brien -- What constitutes "normal/"/ Joseph Tribbia -- La Nina teleconnections ./ George Kiladis -- Climate change and the ENSO cycle: are they linded?/ Kevin E. Trenberth -- The symmetry issue / Martin Hoerling -- Attribution of societal and environmental impacts to specific La Nina and El Nino events / Gerald Meehl -- Forecasting the onset of a La Nina episode in 1998 / Nicholas E. graham -- The identification of differences in forecasting El Nino and La NIna / Stephen Zebiak -- Monitoring La Nina / Antonio J. Basalacchi -- Country case studies. Introduction / Michael H. Glantz -- Energy, economics, and ENSO in the United States / Allan D. Brunner -- La Nina from a Canadian agriculture perspective / Ray Garnett -- The impact of ENSO on Canadian climate / Amir Shabbar -- The effects of ENSO on California precipitation and water supply / Maurice Roos -- La NIna impacts on the Pacific Northwest / Nathan Mantua -- ENSO forecasts and fisheries / Warren Wooster -- La Nina, El Nino, and US Atlantic hurricane damages / Roger A. Pielke, Jr. and Christopher w. Landsea -- Some effect of La Nina on summer rainfall, water resources and crops in Argentina / Guillermo J. Berri et al. -- La Nina effects in Ecuador / M. Pilar Cornejo-Grunauer -- La Nina's impacts in Cuba: the opposite side of the coin?/ Lino Naranjo-diaz-- The consequences of cold events for Peru / Norma Ordinola -- Kenya and ENSO: an observation and La Nina prediction / Peter E.O. Usher -- The impacts of cold events on Ethiopia / Tsegy Wolde-Georgis -- La Nina and its impacts in South Africa during 1998-2000 / Mark Majodina -- 1998-99 La Nina in Indonesia: forecasts and institutional responses / Kamal Kishore and A.r. Subbiah -- La Nina and its impact on China's climate / Wang Shao-wu and Wei gao -- Impact of the 1998 La Nina on Indian monsoon rainfall / R.H. Kripalani and Ashwini Kulkarni -- The assessment of La Nina impacts and responses in Bangladesh / Ekram Hossain et al. -- The influence of La Nina on the rainfall of the Western Pacific / Charles "Chip" Guard -- Tropical tunas and the ENSO cycle / Gary Sharp -- The role of the media in ENSO reporting / Michael H. Glantz -- Forecasting ENSO on Australia: the importance of good communication / Tahl Kestin -- Awareness of ENSO events in Japan / Mikiyasu Nakayam -- Science and the media / John L. Kermond -- La Nina and an evaluation of current ENSO forecast skill / Anthony G. Barnston -- Cold events: anti-El Nino?/ D.E. Harrison and N.K. Larkin -- Further thoughts on ENSO / Arun Kumar -- Bridging the supply and demand gap in climate forecast production and use / Kenneth Broad -- On the perception of probabilistic forecasts / Cecile Penland -- Appendix: frequently asked questions (FAQ) about La Nina and El Nino from NOAA's website. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. |
| System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |
| Action Note: | digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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