Climate Variability and Utility of Forecasts in South Africa

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Papers:

Boone, R. K.A. Galvin, M. Coughenour, J. Hudson, P. Weisberg, C. Vogel and J. E. Ellis. 2004. Ecosystem modeling adds value to South African climate forecasts. Climatic Change 64:317-340.
(Abstract and PDF available from Springer Publishing)

Galvin, K.A. 1996. Climate Variability and its Impact in the Arid and Semi-arid Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. NOAA Newsletter: 6-7.

Galvin, K.A. 2001. "African Livestock Systems and Drought: Integrated Assessment of Human Vulnerability." Nomadic, the Newsletter of the International Institute for the Study of Nomadic Civilizations.

Galvin, K.A. and C. Vogel 1999. Users of Seasonal Forecasts. Paper presented at the Workshop on Users of Seasonal Forecast, Armoedsvlakte, Vryburg, South Africa.

Hudson, J.W. 2002. Responses to Climate Variability of the Livestock Sector in the North-West Province, South Africa. Department of Anthropology. Fort Collins, Colorado, Colorado State University.
(PDF of thesis available from Colorado State University)

Hudson, J.W. and C.H. Vogel 2003 . Coping with Droughts: The Use of Seasonal Forecasts Among Livestock Farmers in South Africa. Pp. 75-96. In: Coping With Climate Variability . The Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Southern Africa. K O'Brien and C.Vogel. Burlington, Vermont, Ashgate Publishing Ltd.

Thornton, P.K., R.H. Fawcett, K.A. Galvin, R.B. Boone, J.W. Hudson and C.H. Vogel. 2004. Evaluating management options that use climate forecasts: modeling livestock production systems in the semi-arid zone of South Africa. Climate Research 26(1):33-42.
(Abstract and PDF available from Inter-Research)

Thornton, P.K., R.B. Boone, K.A. Galvin, S. B. BurnSilver, M.M. Waithaka, J. Kuyiah, S. Karanja, E. González-Estrada and M. Herrero. In press. Coping strategies in livestock-dependent households in East and southern Africa: a synthesis of four case studies. Human Ecology (accepted with revisions)

Presentations:

Hudson, J.W. "Post Apartheid South Africa: Conflict and Cooperation". Presented at the OASIS Conference, Laramie, Wyoming, USA. April 20, 2001.

Hudson, J.W. "Coping With Drought in The Southern Kalahari". Presented at the Student Water Symposium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Nov 9 2001.

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