Better regional climate information in Africa

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networking. The feedback we received was that many wanted even more time for collaboration, says Iréne Lake, who leads parts of the project and helped organize the workshop. - One participant said that one of the topics, practical examples, is exactly what you need to show to decision makers, says Iréne. To Last updated:

Project will provide information that facilitates climate adaptation

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In order to provide useful climate information that meets the needs, the information will be co-produced in close collaboration with stakeholders from key sectors such as agriculture, finance and public administration. The useful and seamless climate information will span across time- and spatial Last updated:

CERISE – Research project to improve climate reanalysis and seasonal forecast systems

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The aim of this four-year project is to improve the quality of future C3S climate reanalyses and seasonal prediction products, with a focus on land-atmosphere coupling. CERISE will develop new and innovative coupled land-atmosphere data assimilation approaches and land surface initialisation Last updated:

Air pollution Assessment Study Using the MATCH Modelling System. Application to sulfur and nitrogen compounds over Sweden 1994.

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of course related to the higher horizontal resolution used in MATCH-W. It can be noted that the maxima in the concentration of S02 in the southern part of lake Vänern (north-eastern part of the area) is missing in the MATCH-Sweden calculations. This is probably related to inaccuracies in the Last updated:

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countries and between research communities and end user communities. Organisation of workshops and conferences within CORDEX Preparation of financial reports Web publication, communication and service Administration of projects funded by Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. Last updated:

Marine environmental monitoring at SMHI

, salinity, nutrients, plankton and oxygen both in the Baltic Sea and in the Skagerrak and Kattegat seas. In addition, SMHI has a number of buoys that measure waves, currents, temperature and chlorophyll. Along the coastline SMHI employs a network of sea level measurement stations (tide gauge) within Sweden Last updated:

The Vulnerability of the Bargé Dam to Environmental Pressures – an Analysis of Impacts on Fishing

Background The Bagré Dam was built in 1993, creating an artificial and permanent lake in the southeast of Burkina Faso. After more than twenty years of promoting fishing to reduce poverty and food insecurity, the observation is stark fish are becoming scarce in Bagré. Fishing production fell from 1 Last updated:

Procedural Manual for The Production and Evaluation of Seasonal Agro-Climatic Forecasts in Burkina Faso

Background Seasonal forecasts play an important role in planning activities and investments ahead of the rainy season in Burkina Faso. Given the complexity of the West African Monsoon (WAM), producing seasonal forecasts requires an understanding of ocean-atmosphere interactions and their influence Last updated:

The water balance of Sweden Annual mean values (1931-60) of precipitation, evaporation and run-off

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The correction factors, which were proposed in an earlier report RMK 17 (1980) to be applied to measured precipitation amounts, have been used on the normal annual values for the period 1931-60. A map is presented, where corrected values from about 260 stations have been used for the analysis. To Last updated:

Long term trends in the seas surrounding Sweden Part two - Pelagic biology

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occurrence. Due to differing water characteristics, 14 sea areas have been selected to represent the waters surrounding Sweden. These areas are identical to the ones chosen in the earlier nutrient report to facilitate comparison. In this report all available data up to and including 2008 are presented as Last updated: