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Strengthening climate information institutionalization within extension services for improved climate services delivery in South Africa

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Public agricultural advisors play a vital intermediary role in supporting smallholder farmers’ adaptation to climate change and increasing rainfall variability, especially in rain-fed farming systems.
Chuma Majova, Olivier Crespo
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Enhanced long-range forecast skill in boreal winter following stratospheric strong vortex conditions

Environmental Research Letters, 2015
There has been a great deal of recent interest in producing weather forecasts on the 2–6 week sub-seasonal timescale, which bridges the gap between medium-range (0–10 day) and seasonal (3–6 month) forecasts.
Om P Tripathi, Andrew Charlton-Perez, Michael Sigmond, Frederic Vitart   +3 more
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Optimal spatial scales for seasonal forecasts over Africa

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
The availability of seasonal weather forecast information in Africa has potential to provide advanced early warning of rainfall variability, informing preparedness actions to minimise adverse impacts.
Matthew Young, Viola Heinrich, Emily Black, Dagmawi Asfaw   +3 more
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NAO Seasonal Forecast Using a Multivariate Air–Sea Coupled Deep Learning Model Combined with Causal Discovery

Atmosphere, 2023
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is a major climatic phenomenon in the Northern Hemisphere, but the underlying air–sea interaction and physical mechanisms remain elusive.
Bin Mu, Xin Jiang, Shijin Yuan, Yuehan Cui, Bo Qin   +4 more
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Optimizing Seasonal‐To‐Decadal Analog Forecasts With a Learned Spatially‐Weighted Mask

Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
Seasonal‐to‐decadal climate prediction is crucial for decision‐making in a number of industries, but forecasts on these timescales have limited skill.
Jamin K. Rader, Elizabeth A. Barnes
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Seasonal Forecasting of the Onset of the Rainy Season in West Africa [PDF]

Atmosphere, 2019
Seasonal forecasts for monsoonal rainfall characteristics like the onset of the rainy seasons (ORS) are crucial for national weather services in semi-arid regions to better support decision-making in rain-fed agriculture. In this study an approach for seasonal forecasting of the ORS is proposed using precipitation information from a global seasonal ...
Manuel Rauch, Jan Bliefernicht, Patrick Laux, Seyni Salack, Moussa Waongo, Harald Kunstmann   +5 more
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Artificial Intelligence in Systemic Sclerosis: Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Directions

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare autoimmune disease defined by immune dysregulation, vasculopathy, and progressive fibrosis of the skin and internal organs. Despite advances in care, major complications such as interstitial lung disease (ILD) and myocardial involvement remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality.
Cristiana Sieiro Santos, José Miguel Sequí‐Sabater, Diego Benavent   +2 more
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Preferences for enhanced seasonal weather and climate services among maize farmers in Zimbabwe: A choice experiment analysis

Meteorological Applications
Using a discrete choice experiment, this article analyzed maize farmers' stated preferences for seasonal weather forecast attributes in Zimbabwe. Specifically, the study assessed the most preferred attributes of modern seasonal weather forecasts to guide
Joseph Manzvera, Kwabena Asomanin Anaman, Akwasi Mensah‐Bonsu, Alfred Barimah   +3 more
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Oxidized Cellulose Nanofiber Hydrogels for 3D Airway Spheroids and Influenza Infection Modeling

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic diagram illustrating antiviral activity in H3N2‐infected airway spheroids exerted by infusion of MSCs. MSCs infusion effectively reduced H3N2 titers and simultaneously upregulated antiviral gene expression, including MX1, OAS1, and STAT1.
Jingyi Tang, Boyu Zheng, Mathias Dimde, Katharina Achazi, Chuanxiong Nie, Nan Ma, Rainer Haag   +6 more
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Access and Use of Seasonal Weather Forecasts for Maize Production in Zimbabwe: Perspectives of Farmers, Extension Officers and Policy Shapers

Meteorological Applications
In Zimbabwe, the production, dissemination and use of seasonal weather forecasts in maize production is a system that involves the flow of information from a production point to a final point for farmers, through dissemination channels such as ...
Joseph Manzvera, Kwabena Asomanin Anaman, Akwasi Mensah‐Bonsu, Alfred Barimah, Selma Karuaihe   +4 more
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