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Review of CCSP Draft Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.3 Decision-Support Experiments and Evaluations Using Seasonal to Interannual Forecasts and Observational Data (2008) / Chapter Skim
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... We suggest that the revised document discuss the evidence on the skill-value assumption and discuss its implications for meeting the objectives of making climate information more decision-relevant and more commonly used in the water resource management sector. ASSUMPTION 2: Most useful form of information Another assumption that is implicit, at least in Chapter 1, is that the most useful form of scientific information is a projected expected future value of some outcome parameter with a 1
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... Incorporating concepts from this literature may help to better conceptualize the operational insights and their implications and strengthen the evidentiary base for findings. Chapter 4 includes discussions of climate change issues, although the focus of the report is mainly on climate variability, which can pose different issues for modeling and for decision support.
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... The case has not generally been made that private-sector organizations or local and state governments will not undertake the research priorities, so that the federal government must. An exception is the argument that, although private organizations may provide tailored decision-support products to those who can afford them, the government should provide useful information for general use by those who may not be able to afford customized information and/or are not requiring it (e.g., smaller water districts, towns, rural areas)
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