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TY - JOUR
T1 - Seasonal forecasting and health impact models
T2 - challenges and opportunities
AU - Ballester, Joan
AU - Lowe, Rachel
AU - Diggle, Peter John
AU - Rodo, Xavier
PY - 2016/10
Y1 - 2016/10
N2 - After several decades of intensive research, steady improvements in understanding and modeling the climate system have led to the development of the first generation of operational health early warning systems in the era of climate services. These schemes are based on collaborations across scientific disciplines, bringing together real-time climate and health data collection, state-of-the-art seasonal climate predictions, epidemiological impact models based on historical data, and an understanding of end user and stakeholder needs. In this review, we discuss the challenges and opportunities of this complex, multidisciplinary collaboration, with a focus on the factors limiting seasonal forecasting as a source of predictability for climate impact models.
AB - After several decades of intensive research, steady improvements in understanding and modeling the climate system have led to the development of the first generation of operational health early warning systems in the era of climate services. These schemes are based on collaborations across scientific disciplines, bringing together real-time climate and health data collection, state-of-the-art seasonal climate predictions, epidemiological impact models based on historical data, and an understanding of end user and stakeholder needs. In this review, we discuss the challenges and opportunities of this complex, multidisciplinary collaboration, with a focus on the factors limiting seasonal forecasting as a source of predictability for climate impact models.
KW - climate variability
KW - seasonal forecasting
KW - climate services
KW - health impacts
KW - statistical models
U2 - 10.1111/nyas.13129
DO - 10.1111/nyas.13129
M3 - Journal article
VL - 1382
SP - 8
EP - 20
JO - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
JF - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
SN - 0077-8923
IS - 1
ER -