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Principle Investigator(s) Project Title Sector(s) Year Initially Funded
Adams, Richard M.
OR State Univ.
The Value of Improved ENSO Forecasts: A Preliminary Assessment of Effects on Fisheries in the Pacific Northwest Coastal 1995
Agrawala, Shardul; Broad, Kenny; Kestin, Tahl Mapping the Climate Applications Landscape Agricultural, Coastal, Drought, Hazard, Water 2002
Auclair, Allan
Science and Policy Associates, Inc
An Integrated Assessment of the Social and Economic Effects of Extreme Climatic Fluctuations on Forests in the Northeast United States. Hazard 1996
Balstad (Miller), Roberta Climate Change Information For Urban Policy And Decision-Making Urban 2002
Broad, Kenneth; Pfaff, Alexander; Lall, Upmanu
University of Miami, Columbia University
Impacts of Water Resource Management Choices in Ceara, Brazil: Roles of Streamflow Forecasts, Rainfall Forecasts and Participatory Decision Making Drought, Water 2004
Epstein, Paul,
Harvard School of Public Health
Human Health and Economic Dimensions of Climate Fluctuations Health 1995
Epstein, Paul,
Harvard School of Public Health
Human Health & Economics Dimensions of Climate Fluctuations Health 1996
Finan, Tim, Maria Carmen Lemos, Roger Fox (U. of AZ), & Alejandro Leon (Universidad de Chile), Don Nelson (U. of AZ) Use and Usefulness: a Comparative Study of Seasonal Climate Forecasting - Systems in Drought-affected Regions of Latin America Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Water 2000
Galvin, K.A. & J. Ellis (CO State) and C.H. Vogel (U of Witwatersrand, South Africa) Responses to Climate Variability and Utility of Climate Forecast Information for the Livestock Sector in the Arid and Semi-Arid Zone, South Africa Agricultural 1998
Glantz, Michael,
NCAR/ESIG
Assessing the Use and Value of ENSO Information for Food Security in Southern Africa Agricultural, Drought, Hazard 1995
Hamnett, Michael,
Pacific Basin Development Council
Impacts of Environmental Variability on Tuna Fisheries in the Pacific Islands Coastal 1997
Hartmann, Holly, University of Arizona Forecasts that Communicate: Assessment, Development, and Delivery of Probabilistic Forecasts that Foster Easy, Accurate and Reliable Interpretation Water 2005
Hayes, Michael J., Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln Sustainable Adaptations to Drought and Climate Variability in Agriculture Production Systems Across Nebraska Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Sustainability, Water 2004
Hentschel, Margit, Director, Western Region Capacity Center Climate Safe Cities (a project managed by the NOAA Climate Transition Program (NCTP) under the NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research Partnership Program> Urban 2004
Howe, Charles; Wiener, John Climate Informed Water Bank Water 2003
Hu, Qi Steven Engaging Agricultural Communities in the Great Plains of the United States with the Applications and Developments of Climate Prediction and Information Agricultural 2002
Iglesias, Ana Utility of Climate Information for Drought Management in the Mediterranean Region: A Comparative Study and Improved Communication Methods Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Water 2002
Jagtap, Shrikant, Jim Jones, Univ. of FL Decision Support System for Agricultural Applications of Climate Forecast in West Africa Agricultural 2004
Kaufman, Gordon M.; Henry D. Jacoby, MIT Uncertainty Analysis in an Integrated Assessment of Climate Change   1995
Kenney, Doug, University of Colorado Climate and Management of the Colorado River Drought, Water 2005
Kirshen, Paul,
Tufts. Univ.
Pilot Studies to Evaluate Interpretation Methods, Intermediary Effectiveness, and Appropriate Levels of Intervention in the Provision of Climate Forecasts in the Sahel-Sudan: Climate Forecasting for Agricultural Resources (CFAR) Project-Phase 2 Agricultural, Water 2002
Kirshen, Paul
Tufts Univ.
A Case Study of Burkina Faso; Opportunities and Constraints to Using Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting to Improve Rainfed Food Production systems at the Village Level in the Sahel-Sudano Region Agricultural, Water 1997
Knecht, Robert W./Biliana Cicin-Sain,
Graduate College of Marine Studies, U. of DE
Coastal Margin Governance and Climate Change: Effective Responses Through More Adaptive and Integrated Management Coastal 1995
Kolata, Alan L.,
U, of Chicago/Michael W. Binford,
Harvard
Human-Climate Interactions in the Lake Titicaca Basin of Bolivia Agricultural 1995
Lamb, Peter J., U of Oklahoma Climate Information for Managing Risk through Agricultural Land and Machinery Contractual Arrangements Agricultural, Drought, Hazard 2004
Lemos, Maria; Carmen Keck, Margaret Leon, Alejandro Climate, Water Scarcity and Management in Brazil and Chile Agricultural, Drought, Hazard, Water 2003
Lemos, Maria,
Carmen Univ. of AZ
Social and Policy Implications of Seasonal Forecasting: A Case Study of Ceara, Northeast Brazil Agricultural, Drought, Hazard 1997
Lempert, R. & S. Bankes (RAND), M. Schlesinger (U. of IL), S. Popper (RAND) The Impacts of Climate Fluctuations on Near-Term Policy Choices and the Value of Information: An Adaptive Decision-Making Framework   1995
Lewis, Nancy
U of HI/Manoa
The Relationship Between Water-Borne and Water-Related Diseases and ENSO Linked Events in Pacific Islands Health 1997
Lipschutz, Ronnie D/Caroline Pomeroy
Univ. of CA, Santa Cruz
CA Fishery, Farm and Environmentally Vulnerable Community Responses to the 1997-98 ENSO Event Coastal 1999
Meltzoff, Sarah, Nelson Ehrhardt and Daniel Suman (Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmos. Science, U. of Miami) & Kenny Broad (Lamont-Doherty, Columbia Univ.) Effects of El Niño Events on Peruvian Social Economies & Legal Systems Coastal 1999
Mendelsohn, Robert,
Yale Univ.
A Ricardian Estimate of the Agricultural Value of Improved ENSO Weather Forecasting Agricultural 1996
Meo, Mark
Univ. of OK
Climate Prediction, Information and Policy Response: A Retrospective Assessment of Drought Management in Oklahoma Drought, Hazard, Water 1997
Miles, Edward.
Univ. of WA
Integrated Assessment of the Dynamics of Climate Change, Climate Change Impacts and Policy Response Strategies for the Pacific Northwest: A Research Design   1995
Miller, Kathleen A. (National Center for Atmospheric Rsrch), Robert McKelvey (U of MT) Climatic Variations and the International Management of the North American Pacific Salmon Fishery: A Game Theoretic Perspective Coastal 1998
Mjelde, Jim; Litzenberg, Kerry; Rupley, William; Zellner, Ronald Development of Climate Forecasts Decision Making Teaching Materials for Junior High School Teachers and Students   2003
Mjelde, James
Texas A&M Univ.
Assessing the Economic Impacts of Improved Climate Forecasts at the National Level Agricultural 1995
Mjelde, James,
TX A&M Univ.
Effects of Seasonal Climate Forecasts on the Competitiveness in the Grain Market Agricultural 1996
Mjelde, James W. Richardson, J. Richard Conner, and Jerry W. Stuth (Texas A&M) Economic Viability of Rangeland Based Ranching Enterprises Agricultural 1999
Moran, Emilio
Indiana Univ.
Human Strategies for Coping with ENSO and the Growing Flammability of Forest in Amazônia Hazard 2000
Orlove, Ben Improvement of Forecast Communication and Use between Indigenous and Governmental Groups in Australia: Managing Fire in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands under Conditions of Interannual Climate Variability &nsbp; 2003
Patt, Anthony Testing the Ability of Subsistence Farmers to Use Seasonal Climate Forecasts: A Participatory Approach in Zimbabwe Agricultural 2002
Phillips, Jennifer G./Krantz, David H./Lyon, Bradfield,
Columbia University
Decision Making Under Risk of Extreme Climate Events: Applying Lesson From Seasonal Forecasting Agricultural, Hazard 2004
Phillips, Jennifer, Ben Orlove, Lamont Doherty,
Columbia Univ.
Improving Climate Forecast Communications for Farm Management in Uganda Agricultural 2000
Pulwarty, Roger, Univ. of CO, Boulder The Role of Climate Variability and Forecasts in Adaptive Management of the Colorado River: Balancing the Resources Objectives of the Lower and Upper Basin at Glen Canyon Dam Water 1997
Rayner, Steve (Battelle/ PNNL), Denise Lach (OR State), Mark Houck (George Mason), Helen Ingram (UC-Irvine) The Use of Climate Forecast Information in Decision-making Processes Water 1998
Rosenberg, Norm,
Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Sensitivities of North American Agriculture to ENSO-based Climate Scenarios and Their Socio-Economic Consequences: Modeling in an Integrated Assessment Framework Agricultural 1996
Sanchez-Rodriguez, Roberto, UC, Santa Cruz, Lina Ojeda & Nora Bringas, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Cecilia Conde, UNAM Reducing the Negative Consequences of Climate Variability through the use of Forecasts and Vulnerability Analysis in Cities: The Case of Tijuana, Mexico   2000
Scott, Michael,
(Battelle/PNNL)
Decisions for Irrigation with Climate Forecasts Water 2003
Scott, Michael,
(Battelle/PNNL)
Early Warning of Enso Events For Regional Agriculture Agricultural, Water 1998
Shea, Eileen,
East-West Center
ENSO Forecasting and Applications in the Pacific: Supporting the Transition from Research to Operations,
Additional Funding by NOAA/NESDIS and NOAA/Environment, Science and Development Programs
Coastal 2003
Smith, Joel B., Stratus Consulting Inc. Sensitivity of Boulder Colorado's Water Supply to Climate Change Water 2005
Suman, Daniel
Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmos. Science
Adaptations Fishing Sectors to the Impacts of El Niño Climate Variations: The Case of Chile Coastal 1995
Sumner, Dan
Univ. of CA-Davis
Climate Forecasts and Pacific Rim Grain Markets Agricultural 1998
Sumner, Dan
Univ. of CA-Davis
Improved Climate Forecasts and Grain Supply in East Asia: Implications for International Markets Agricultural 1997
Sumner, Dan, Daniel Hallstrom, Hyunok Lee, & Brian Weare, UC, Davis Improved Climate Forecasts and Pacific Rim Grain Supply and Markets: Agricultural 1999
Valdivia, Corinne & Jere Gilles (U. of MO-Columbia), Roberto Quiroz (Intntl Potato Cntr), Christian Jetté (UNDP-Bolivia), Fundación PROINPA - Bolivia (Foundation for promotion & rsrch of Andean products), & CIRNMA - Peru (Ntnal resources & the envir. rsrch center) Climate Variability and Household Welfare in the Andes: Farmer Adaptation and Use of Weather Forecasts in Decision Making Agricultural 1999
Varady, Bob; Browning-Aiken, Goodrich, Meridith, Morehouse, Steiner The Use of Climate - Information Products by Water Managers and Other Stakeholders in Two GCIP/GAPP Watersheds in Arizona/Sonora and Oklahoma,
Additional Funding by NOAA/GAPP Program
Water 2003
Visbeck, Martin
Lamont-Doherty, Columbia Univ.
Impacts of the North Atlantic Oscillation - Using Economic Data to Quantify Human Sensitivity to Natural Climate Variability   1998
Weber, Elke U
Columbia Univ.
Decision-making in agricultural production in the Argentine Pampas: Alternative choice process formulations and the value of climate information Agricultural 2004
Wernstedt, Kris/Robert Hersh,
Resources for the Future, Washington, DC
Amplifying the Policy Signal: La Niña Forecasts and Flood Management in the Pacific Northwest Hazard, Water 1999
Wilks, Daniel, Arthur T. DeGaetano, Timothy D. Mount, Cornell Univ. Optimal Use of the Climate Prediction Center's Long-Lead Outlooks: Improved Interpretability and Decision-Analytic Case Studies   1998
Yarnal, Brent (PSU), Kirstin Dow (U. of SC), Richard Bord & Robert O'Connor (PSU), & Gregory Carbone & Susan Cutter (U. of SC) Decision-Making and Long-Lead Climate Forecasts: A Case Study in Community Water System Management Water 1999
David Yates, NCAR Research Support for Climate-Responsive Western Water Management: the Case of Agricultural Water Transfers Agricultural, Water 2005
Yohe, Gary,
Wesleyan University
Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Economic Costs of Physical Effects and Adaptation-The Case of Sea Level Rise Coastal 1995
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