Bridging forecast verification and humanitarian decisions: A valuation approach for setting up action-oriented early warnings

Empirical evidence shows that acting on early warnings can help humanitarian organizations reduce losses, damages and suffering while reducing costs. Available forecasts of extreme events can provide the information required to automatically trigger preparedness measures, while ‘value of information...

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Main Authors: Ana Lopez, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Juan Bazo, Pablo Suarez, Bart van den Hurk, Marteen van Aalst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Weather and Climate Extremes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094716300172

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