Projects Database

Climate Forecast Applications for Disaster Mitigation in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam

Project Leader:
Dr. Shiv Someshwar

Earth Institute Contact: Dr. Shiv Someshwar

Locations: Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam

Description:
The project aims to facilitate the creation of end-to-end systems that demonstrate improvements in the performance of climate sensitive sectors at the community level, with the capacity to achieve similar success nationally and in other locations throughout South East Asia.

EI Unit:
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)

Cross Cutting Themes:
Climate and Society

Hazards and Risk

Core Disciplines:
Earth Sciences

Address:
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 61 Rt. 9W PO Box 1000 Palisades, NY 10964

Project Web Site:
http://iri.columbia.edu/

Collaborating Institutions:
All countries: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center – Bangkok, Thailand
Indonesia: Bureau of Meteorology and Geophysics (BMG), IPB of Bogor Agriculture University, Ministry of Agriculture, CARE Indonesia, Indramayu Bupati Office
Philippines: Philippine Astronomical, Geophysical, and Atmospheric Service Administration (PAGASA), Agricultural Statistics Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Water Resources Board, Office of the Mayor, Iloilo Muncipio
Vietnam: National Hydro-Meteorological Service

Last Modified: 12-31-1969