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Model description paper
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19 Jun 2018
Model description paper |
| 19 Jun 2018
| 19 Jun 2018
TAMSAT-ALERT v1: a new framework for agricultural decision support
Dagmawi Asfaw
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Emily Black
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Matthew Brown
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University
of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Kathryn Jane Nicklin
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Frederick Otu-Larbi
Ghana Meteorological Agency, Accra, Ghana
Ewan Pinnington
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Andrew Challinor
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Ross Maidment
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Tristan Quaife
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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Short summary
TAMSAT-ALERT is a framework for combining observational and forecast information into continually updated assessments of the likelihood of user-defined adverse events like low cumulative rainfall or lower than average crop yield. It is easy to use and flexible to accommodate any impact model that uses meteorological data. The results show that it can be used to monitor the meteorological impact on yield within a growing season and to test the value of routinely issued seasonal forecasts.
TAMSAT-ALERT is a framework for combining observational and forecast information into...
