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Climate decision support tools at the Northeast Regional Climate Center
Arthur T. DeGaetano, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Over the last several years the Northeast Regional Climate Center has worked with stakeholders in a variety of sectors to develop a suite of web-based decision support tools. The planning, design, testing and operational dissemination of these tools are discussed. Two tools are used as examples. One, a climatological model of late blight occurrence, highlights the integration of official NOAA and user-supported observations. It also demonstrates the need to bridge the temporal divide between climate and weather. The second example discusses tools which require considerable a priori climatological research to be able to meet user needs. Extension of the fundamental components required for these specific tools to different climate decisions is also illustrated.
Joint Session 13, Climate Services at the Regional Climate Centers, State Climate Offices and Regional Integrated Science Assessments III
Thursday, 21 January 2010, 1:30 PM-3:00 PM, B212
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