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Weather Risk in Offshore Projects
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 1994Risk analysis tools have been used to help manage various projects. This paper describes a case study in which an extension to the stochastic project network model was developed for a risk analysis of an oil platform installation, quantifying the possible impact of the weather on the project's schedule. Examination of the weather data suggested the use
J. A. Bowers, G. I. Mould
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Weathering Risk: Uncertainty, Weather Forecasting, and Expertise
Sociology Compass, 2012Abstract Bridging the sociology of uncertainty and weather, this review paper provides a sociological examination of the weather forecasting enterprise in order to illustrate how expert decision makers negotiate high uncertainty. It begins with an outline of the literature on uncertainty and risk, particularly as it regards the modern
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Warning: Tourniquets Risk Frostbite in Cold Weather
Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 2023We sought to better understand the frostbite risk during first-aid tourniquet use by reviewing information relevant to an association between tourniquet use and frostbite. However, there is little information concerning this subject, which may be of increasing importance because future conflicts against near-peer competitors may involve extreme cold ...
John F, Kragh, Daniel K, O'Conor
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Managerial Finance, 2011
PurposeIn June of 2001, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and Tokyo Gas Supply Company (TGSC) made a zero‐cost risk swap contract on the average temperature of August and September of 2001 in Tokyo for their adverse situations. This is an exchange of two options on the average temperature, by which TEPCO and TGSC can, respectively, hedge against a ...
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PurposeIn June of 2001, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and Tokyo Gas Supply Company (TGSC) made a zero‐cost risk swap contract on the average temperature of August and September of 2001 in Tokyo for their adverse situations. This is an exchange of two options on the average temperature, by which TEPCO and TGSC can, respectively, hedge against a ...
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Weather‐risk hedging by farmers
The Journal of Risk Finance, 2009PurposeSmall farmers in developing countries have very little means of managing the weather‐risk to their agricultural produce. Weather derivatives could provide a solution, but the demand for such instruments and the willingness to invest in them needs to be researched.
Rajiv Seth +2 more
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Weathering the wind risk storm
Renewable Energy Focus, 2013‘LOCATION, LOCATION, location’ – where you are is as important as what you are when it comes to managing risk with wind development projects, says Nick Green, director of Rural and Energy at Savills.
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Testing for increasing weather risk
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 2013It is an undisputed fact that weather risk increases over time due to climate change. However, qualification of this statement with regard to the type of weather risk and geographical location is needed. In this paper we compare alternative tests for trend detection and discuss their sensitivity.
W. Wang +3 more
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Weather, Climate and Production Risk
2018We investigate climate change impacts on productivity and production risk on U. S. Pacific Northwest winter wheat farms. Using farm-level data from the Census of Agriculture, we use a partial-moment-based approach to estimate climate and irrigation influences on winter wheat yield and farm net return distributions.
Zhang, Hongliang, Antle, John M.
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La gestione del weather risk attraverso i weather derivatives
2018L’obiettivo primario di ogni impresa è quello di assicurarsi che la propria attività economica sia in grado di proseguire nel tempo in maniera stabile. Per far si che questo avvenga, è necessario che il management metta in atto delle strategie adatte al tipo di impresa di cui fa parte e al contesto in cui questa si trova ad operare.
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