PPT-El Nino and Insurance through participatory design

Climate variability has an enormous impact on agricultural productivity especially in developing countries as it can prevent farmers from making productive choices that can lead to higher yields Thus bad years tend to be the main source of risks to farmer incomes and consumption practices Farmers must try to manage those risks and be more productive in the remaining normal years even if those years are not quite as good as they used to be . El Nino conditions are characterized by above normal sea surface temperatures near the equator in the eastern and central portions of the equatorial Pacific Ocean While these conditions exist many thousands of miles away from Iowa impacts from El Ni Co-produced . by members of the . Participatory Geographies Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with IBG. http://www.pygyrg.co.uk/about-us/. “No . one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the . Wednesday . 1/30. Weather vs. Climate. Weather. Instantaneous description of what the atmosphere is doing at a particular time and place. Climate. Description of what weather is usually like in a region (large or small).. Why is it so important to understand this climatic event?. How can . poplet. give you 4 levels of progress.. Changing Water currents?. What are the impacts of El Nino around the world?. "Most El . Ninos. Dr Tina Cook. Reader in Inclusive Methodologies. Northumbria University. tina.cook@northumbria.ac.uk. 1. Introduction to issues. the key issues relating to articulating . impact of participatory research . . Dogs and cats sleeping together …Mass Hysteria . HYPE… IS GOING TO BE A . BIG ISSUE FOR THIS WINTER . **It started back in JULY with a few HYPSTER meteorologists issuing forecasts in JULY !! ** . Graham . Smith. Centre . for the Study of Democracy (CSD. ). University of Westminster. g.smith@westminster.ac.uk. Basic premises. Democracy demands citizen participation. Citizens have the capacity to participate in the critical decisions that affect their lives.. Overview. The Slab Ocean El Nino. How good are the CMIP models?. Non-linearity. Seasonality (spring barrier). CP vs. EP. Teleconnections delayed feedback. Climate Change. Overview. The Slab Ocean El Nino. Ocean_4_ENSO Lecture. Objectives/Agenda. Objective:. L. earn about El Nino and La Nina the two phases of the ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscillation) . cycle. Apply our understanding to your island. ENSO cycle. Pam Knox. UGA Agricultural Climatologist. 2016-17 Winter anomalies. http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?map=ACISClimateMaps. Rome: 2016 temperature. http://mrcc.isws.illinois.edu/CLIMATE. /. (sign up for free account and pick Monthly/Thermograph). A. n abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the eastern tropical Pacific. A quasi-periodic climate pattern that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean roughly every five years. . average period length is 5 years. Pages 484-487. EL NINO. . Go to this website and read this background information first:. http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ninonina.html. You may need to come back to this website to fill in any notes that you missed. U3D13 – Bell Ringer – 12/14. Short Answer Practice: Cloud Formation. Fill in the blanks of the explanation using the word bank:. Cloud, condenses, dew point, rise, humidity, expand, condensation nuclei, pressure. Bedo tye nino ducu i ot kwan pire tek