• Introduction

• Glossary of Terms

• Executive Summary of Workshop Discussions
  Michael H. Glantz

• Forecasting El Niño: Science's Gift to the 21st Century
  Michael H. Glantz

Science Overview Section: Discussion Papers

• What El Niño Is: An Oceanographic Perspective
  Peter Gent

• What the Southern Oscillation Is: An Atmospheric Perspective
  Joseph Tribbia

• Understanding and predicting El Niño
  Stephen E. Zebiak

• What El Niño Does Globally
  George N. Kiladis

• El Niño Linkages to North America
  Henry Diaz

• The Use of ENSO Information in Hurrican Forecasting
  William Gray

Users' Section: Discussion Papers

• The Use of El Niño Information in Forecasting Grain Yields in the Canadian Prairie Provinces
  E. Ray Garnett

• Weather-Related Concerns of Chiquita Brands, Inc.
  Russell Caid

• Water Supply Forecasting and El Niño Forecast Needs
  Maurice Roos

• Principal Weather-Related Concerns for the Upper Colorado River Basin States
  Wayne E. Cook

• Hydro-Quebec's Climate-Related Concerns
  Jean-Louis Bisson

• El Niño Forecasts and the Fishmeal Exporters Organization
  Jean-François Mittaine

• El Niño and the Media
  John Cox

• ENSO and Its Effects on the Insurance Industry
  Richard Roth

• FEMA's Need for Weather-Related Information
  Frank Tsai

• ENSO Information for Disaster Early Warning
  Maxx Dilley

Impacts/Policy Research Section: Discussion Papers

• Climatic Variations and the Political Economy of the Pacific Salmon Fishery
  Kathleen Miller

• Forecasting ENSO-Related Impacts for the Pacific Northwest: Can We Promise and Deliver Usable Information?
  Roger S. Pulwarty

• Fire and El Niño
  Jennifer Robinson

• Global Change and Public Health
  Paul R. Epstein

• Examples of Weather-Related Concerns in Agriculture and Grazing Systems in Northern Australia
  Roger C. Stone

• El Niño Is the Answer, But What Is the Question?
  Gary D. Sharp

• Weather-Related Interests and Concerns
  Gordon McKay

• Usable Science: Thoughts on Improving Decisions with El Niño Information
  Roger A. Pielke Jr.

• Weather, ENSO, Climate Change Predictions and Socioeconomic Impacts
  Sushel Unninayar

• ENSO Information and Proprietary Economic Interests: What is NOAA's Responsibility to the User Community?
  Steven L. Rhodes

Policymakers: Discussion Papers

• Drought and the Role of International Organizations
  Peter Usher

• Weather-Related Concerns of US Agriculture
  Norton Strommen

• Usable Science: USDA's Weather-Related Concerns
  Carol Whitman

• Can the Western Governors' Association Benefit from El Niño Forecasts?
  Paul Orbuch

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