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Advances in Science and Research

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10.5194/asr-10-65-2013

Socio-economic benefits of weather and climate services in Europe

Perrels

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4655-1310

¹ Frei

Th.

⁴ ⁵ Espejo

² Jamin

³ Thomalla

Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI, Erik Palménin Aukio 1, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland

Spanish State Meteorological Agency AEMET, C/Leonardo Prieto Castro 8, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Deutscher Wetterdienst DWD, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach, Germany

formerly at: MeteoSwiss, Krähbühlstrasse 58, P.O. Box 514, 8044 Zürich, Switzerland

presently: private consultant (thomas.frei1@bluewin.ch)

28 05 2013

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There is a rising interest around the world for a better understanding of the economic and social value added of weather services. National hydro-meteorological services and international cooperative bodies in meteorology have ever more to justify their use of public budgets. Furthermore, the development of hydrological and meteorological services is to a large extent steered by expectations regarding the eventual benefits of the envisaged new developments. This article provides a compact overview of the impediments for uptake of socio-economic benefit (SEB) studies, methods and results of SEB studies to date. It also discusses some pitfalls and crucial steps to enhance a broader uptake of SEB studies.

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