Workshop on ENSO and Seasonal to Interannual Climate Variability: Socio-Economic Impacts, Forecasting, and Applications to the Decision-Making Process

拟议的讲习班（1992年9月中旬在巴西的福塔莱萨和弗洛里亚诺波利斯举行）将为美洲全球变化研究所（全球变化研究所）的研究议程拟订一个主要重点-厄尔尼诺/南方涛动和年际气候变化。具体而言，讲习班将（1）查明与季节至年际气候变率预测应用于国家和区域一级决策过程有关的问题，（2）确定将这种预测最有效地应用于这些过程的方法。预计研讨会将提出建议，以便向国家和区域各级的决策者系统地提供全球气候预报。预计讲习班还将查明这一领域的教育和培训需求，并为满足这些需求提出建议。讲习班将侧重于两个具体区域-巴西东北部受干旱影响的区域和南美洲东南部受厄尔尼诺/南方涛动影响的热带和亚热带区域。

The proposed workshop (in mid-September 1992 in Fortaleza and Florianopolis, Brazil) will develop a major focus of the research agenda for the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) -- ENSO and interannual climate variability. In particular, the workshop will (1) identify issues related to the application of forecasts of seasonal-to-interannual climate variability to the decision-making process at national and regional levels and (2) define methods through which such forecasts can most effectively be applied to these processes. The workshop is expected to develop recommendations for developing a systematic flow of global climate forecasts to decision-makers at national and regional levels. The workshop is also expected to identify needs for education and training in this area and to prepare of recommendations for addressing these needs. The workshop will focus on two specific regions -- the drought-affected region of northeastern Brazil and the tropical and sub-tropical regions of southeastern South America which have been impacted by ENSO.