Readers interested in climate change management will find detailed discussions of climatic variability dynamics in selected regions as well as new innovative ways of monitoring climate change, assessing climate risks, and predicting impacts. Those interested in refreshing the fundamentals of climate change and climate variability will find a very accessible review of the status of knowledge on the subject, including a balanced interrogation of available evidence.

In an attempt to keep the book accessible, every effort was made to minimize technical jargon without compromising scientific accuracy. The result should be useful to researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.

Contents
Preface
Section 1
Chapter 1 West African Monsoon in State-of-the-Science Regional Climate Models
Chapter 2 Climate Risk Assessment for Water Resources Development in the Niger River Basin Part I: Context and Climate Projections
Chapter 3 Climate Risk Assessment for Water Resources Development in the Niger River Basin Part II: Runoff Elasticity and Probabilistic Analysis
Section 2
Chapter 4 Global Warming — Scientific Facts, Problems and Possible Scenarios
Section 3
Chapter 5 A Review of Climate Signals as Predictors of Long-Term Hydro-Climatic Variability
Chapter 6 Some Indicators of Interannual Rainfall Variability in Patagonia (Argentina)
Section 4
Chapter 7 High-Resolution Surface Observations for Climate Monitoring
Chapter 8 The Effect of Agricultural Growing Season Change on Market Prices in Africa

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