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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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Series: | Weather and Climate Extremes |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094716300172 |