El Nino Symposium:  Droughts, Flood, Famine - Can Early Predictions Aid 


Entry_ID:  GCRIO 259
GCRIO_Inventory:  15
Entry_Title:  El Nino Symposium:  Droughts, Flood, Famine - Can Early Predictions Aid 
Sustainable Development?
Document_Author: None
Agency_Name: World Bank and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

Start_Date: 1994-10-19

Group:  Summary

	Audience_Interest_Guide:  Research Community



During this symposium, experts in the field of climate modeling and in socio-

economic applications of climate forecasts discussed the scientific 

understanding of the global climate and the status of multinational planning 

towards a global partnership to develop and disseminate regionally tailored 

climate forecast.



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	Data_Center_Name:  World Bank

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	Group:  Data_Center_Contact

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		First_Name:  None

		Email:  None

		Phone:  (202) 477-1234

		Fax:  (202) 477-6391

		Group:  Address

		1818 H Street, NW

		Washington, DC,   20433

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Group:  Data_Center_2

	Data_Center_Name:  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

	Dataset_ID:  Same as Entry_Title

	Group:  Data_Center_Contact

		Last_Name:  None

		First_Name:  None

		Email:  None

		Phone:  (202) 482-5647

		Fax:  (202) 482-3154

		Group:  Address_2

		NOAA Public Affairs Office

		Herbert C. Hoover Building -Room 6225

		14th and Constitution Ave. NW

		Washington, DC,   20230

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Storage_Medium:  1 page printed matter

Parameter:  None

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Earth Sciences > Ocean

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Earth Sciences > Land

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Earth Sciences > Atmosphere

Discipline: Physical Sciences > Climatology > Meteorology

Location: North America > Washington, DC

Location: Global

Keyword: sustainable development

Keyword: climate change

Keyword: climate forecasts

Keyword: variability

Keyword: ENSO>El Nino Southern Oscillation

Keyword: modeling

Keyword: climatological disasters

Keyword: socio-economic applications

Keyword: temperature patterns

Keyword: precipitation patterns

Keyword: NOAA>National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration