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Circulation Program Lecture
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The following seminar will be organized by "Circulation" Program on 21st July.
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July 21st, 2009 (Tue) 14:00-15:30 |
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Lecture Hall, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature  access |
| Speaker: |
Dr. Itsuki HANDOH
(Assistant Professor of Earth Environmental Systems Science, Centre for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University)
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| Title: |
Love is the pulse of the world trades ! |
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Japanese |
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Abstract:
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Have you ever heard of a love story that features the El Niño (boy) and the La Niña (girl) ? It is not a boy-meets-girl romance, but a metaphor which describes the El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO). ENSO is the dominant atmosphere-ocean coupled climate mode in the tropics that can cause anomalous weather over the world and thus influence climate-sensitive agricultural and fisheries productions. A few attempts have been made to model the response of agricultural and fisheries commodities prices to ENSO. However, the mechanistic links between ENSO events and the world trades have been poorly understood.
Largely using the FAOSTAT and climate data, the speaker will address the impacts of ENSO on the world trades. He will then lead general discussion on the degree to which the ENSO-driven natural resource variability could diversify the trades and economic activities.
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[ Inquiry ]
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Kengo HAYASHI
| Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) |
| zip code: 603-8047 |
| 457-4, Motoyama Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto City, Japan |
| TEL: +81-75-707-2340 (direct) |
| FAX: +81-75-707-2508 |
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