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OverviewWeather and climate directly affect economies around the world and the health and safety of populations globally. Weather-related damages run into billions every year, yet billions more are saved by taking action based on improved forecasting, warnings and other weather services. It is important, particularly in this era of changing climates and populations on the move, that we have the best weather and climate information available, to prevent disaster. Fair Weather is a scientific report based on America's weather and climate services and the interactions between them, yet it produces recommendations that should prove useful to all countries. Predicting and taking action in preparation of climatic changes involves three main sectors: a country's national weather service, met office or other government-owned bureau; academia - responsible for advancing the science of meteorology and educating those working within it; the private sector, including weather companies, private consultants and broadcast meteorologists. Fair Weather examines the roles of each of these three sectors and identifies their strengths, the roles they should ideally play and the effects they have. In particular, it makes recommendations on the strengthening of public-private partnerships and combining the different motivations of the sectors for the good of all. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Committee on Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services , Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data , Board on Earth Sciences & Resources , Board on Atmospheric Sciences & ClimatePublisher: National Academies Press Imprint: National Academies Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9780309087469ISBN 10: 0309087465 Pages: 238 Publication Date: 14 June 2003 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 The U.S. Weather and Climate Enterprise; 5 3 Public, Private, and Academic Partnerships; 6 4 Legal, Social, Policy, and Economic Framework; 7 5 Impact of Scientific and Technological Advances on Partnerships; 8 6 Improving the Effectiveness of the Weather Enterprise; 9 Appendix A: Committee Charge; 10 Appendix B: Public-Private Provision of Weather and Climate Services: Defining the Policy-Problem, Roger Pielke, Jr., University of Colorado; 11 Appendix C: Major Systems Overview; 12 Appendix D: Private Sector Comments; 13 Appendix E: On Fairness and Self-Serving Biases in the Privatization of Environmental Data, Edward E. Zajac, University of Arizona; 14 Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members; 15 Appendix G: AcronymsReviewsAuthor InformationCommittee on Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services, Committee on Geophysical and Environmental Data, National Research Council Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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