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GloFAS-ERA5 operational global river discharge reanalysis 1979–present [PDF]

Earth System Science Data, 2020
Estimating how much water is flowing through rivers at the global scale is challenging due to a lack of observations in space and time. A way forward is to optimally combine the global network of earth system observations with advanced numerical weather ...
S. Harrigan, E. Zsoter, E. Zsoter, L. Alfieri, L. Alfieri, C. Prudhomme, C. Prudhomme, C. Prudhomme, P. Salamon, F. Wetterhall, C. Barnard, H. Cloke, H. Cloke, H. Cloke, H. Cloke, F. Pappenberger   +15 more
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Application of air derivative financial instruments in Lithuanian economy

Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2020
The paper explores the concept of weather derivatives: what it is, what its features are, and in what areas they can be applied. It has been established that there can be several types of weather derivative instruments – options and swaps.
Ernesta Latvytė, Raimonda Martinkutė-Kaulienė   +1 more
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Weather Risk Management in Agriculture Using Weather Derivatives

RIVISTA DI ECONOMIA AGRARIA, 2022
The purpose of this paper is to examine weather risk management by application of weather derivatives in agriculture and evaluate the hedging efficiency. Agriculture is a sector highly sensitive to meteorological elements that affect the yield of many crops.
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Persistent La Niñas drive joint soybean harvest failures in North and South America [PDF]

Earth System Dynamics, 2023
Around 80 % of global soybean supply is produced in southeast South America (SESA), central Brazil (CB) and the United States (US) alone. This concentration of production in few regions makes global soybean supply sensitive to spatially compounding ...
R. Hamed, S. Vijverberg, A. F. Van Loon, J. Aerts, J. Aerts, D. Coumou, D. Coumou   +6 more
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Increasing Weather Risk: Fact or Fiction? [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2012
It 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. We investigate the application of novel statistical tools for assessing changes in weather risk over time.
Weining Wang, Ihtiyor Bobojonov, Wolfgang Karl Härdle, Martin Odening   +3 more
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From concept to action: a united, holistic and One Health approach to respond to the climate change crisis

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022
It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the planet, which is seriously affecting the planetary health including human health. Adapting climate change should not only be a slogan, but requires a united, holistic action and a paradigm shift from ...
Renhe Zhang, Xu Tang, Jian Liu, Martin Visbeck, Huadong Guo, Virginia Murray, Catherine Mcgillycuddy, Bing Ke, Gretchen Kalonji, Panmao Zhai, Xiaoming Shi, Jiahai Lu, Xiaonong Zhou, Haidong Kan, Qunli Han, Qian Ye, Yong Luo, Jianmin Chen, Wenjia Cai, Huiling Ouyang, Riyanti Djalante, Alexander Baklanov, Lu Ren, Guy Brasseur, George Fu Gao, Lei Zhou   +25 more
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Basis risk and weather hedging effectiveness [PDF]

Agricultural Finance Review, 2008
Basis risk – the risk that payoffs of a hedging instrument do not correspond to the underlying exposures – is cited as a primary concern for implementing weather data, we investigate several dimensions of weather basis risk in the U.S. corn market. Results suggest that while geographic basis risk can be significant, it should not preclude the use of ...
Woodard, Joshua D., Garcia, Philip
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Weather Risk Management in Energy Sector: The Polish Case

Energies, 2020
The energy sector is perceived as one of the most exposed sectors to the consequences of weather risk both directly (damages of its infrastructure) and indirectly (frictions to the energy supply−demand balance).
Monika Wieczorek-Kosmala
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Explaining the road accident risk: Weather effects [PDF]

Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2013
This research aims to highlight the link between weather conditions and road accident risk at an aggregate level and on a monthly basis, in order to improve road safety monitoring at a national level. It is based on some case studies carried out in Work Package 7 on "Data analysis and synthesis" of the EU-FP6 project "SafetyNet-Building the European ...
Bergel Hayat, Ruth, Debbarh, Mohammed, Antoniou, Constantinos, Yannis, George   +3 more
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Maternal exposure to fine particulate matter and preterm birth and low birth weight in Africa

Environment International, 2022
Background: Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exposure has been reported to adversely affect birth outcomes, but the evidence is limited, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We assessed the associations between maternal PM2.5 exposure
Jovine Bachwenkizi, Cong Liu, Xia Meng, Lina Zhang, Weidong Wang, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall V. Martin, Melanie S. Hammer, Renjie Chen, Haidong Kan   +9 more
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