Thomas J. Teisberg's scientific contributions

... An Early Warning System (EWS) is defined as a system which enables the provision of timely and effective information regarding a potential disaster, thereby allowing the execution of an emergency response by identified institutions, that reduces risk to individuals exposed to the hazard (UNISDR, 2006). These systems are instrumental in reducing mortality for recurring hazards (Ebi et al., 2004;Golnaraghi, 2012;Noji, 2000;Rogers and Tsirkunov, 2011;Teisberg and Weiher, 2009;World Bank and United Nations, 2010), and have been shown to provide substantial benefits that exceed their investment and maintenance costs (Brazzola and Helander, 2018;Pappenberger et al., 2015;Rogers and Tsirkunov, 2011 ...

... Peck and Teisberg (1995) is designed to determine control policies which optimally balance the costs of control against the costs of warming. The model presents worldwide economic growth, energy consumption, energy technology choice, global warming, and global warming costs over a time horizon of more than 200 years (see also Peck and Teisberg, 1993a, b and c for previous applications) -CONNECTICUT, Yohe and Wallace, 1995 The CONNECTICUT Model, introduced by Yohe and Wallace (1995), is a global model that combines elements of the probabilistic-scenario model of Nordhaus and Yohe (1983) and the DICE model. The model includes exogenously determined estimates of population and technological change while capital stock, fossil and non fossil fuel consumption, and economic growth, are determined endogenously. ...

... In this study, the HVI in the study area could provide useful information to the government in developing a heat warning plan or for any related parties, such as planners, decisionmakers, and other government institutions. In some cases, interventions by the relevant authorities in specific areas to prevent heat-related deaths have resulted in a lower mortality rate in subsequent heat events (Ebi et al., 2004). The relationship between the HVI and urbanisation can also help to improve future urban planning. ...

... Rather, it encompasses the whole system required for such a service, including the provision of pollen information according to region and time, as well as forecast and delivery of pollen information to the public and particular consumers. 2 Lazo et al. (2008) argued that weather forecasts are quasi-public goods because of their nonrival and limited-excludability nature. value of weather forecasts by proposing a value index that considered the cost–loss ratio and forecast errors. ...

... Benefits from such improvement would redound broadly. The literature [24] estimates that weather prediction is worth $31.5B 2 to the U.S. economy per year [25]. In oil exploration, we find substantial differences in the effect that additional computing yields for different companies, perhaps because of differing geologies. ...

... Trends in EHF HWs indices for historical time period 1961-2019 (59 years), Central AEZs, Chisinau: A) HW Magnitude Temperature (EHF.HWA), °C 2 /year; B) HW Peak Temperature (EHF.HWA), °C 2 / year; C) HW Number (EHF.HWN), annual event/ year; D) HW Frequency (EHF.HWF), annual events, %/year; E) HW Duration (EHF.HWD), days/year.In addition, the variation in the impact of heat waves on mortality might be modified by: a) demographic characteristics (e.g., population in high-risk categories, such as the elderly or less healthy)(Schifano et al. 2009); b) community-level adaptation levels to heat waves (e.g., heat wave warning systems)(Ebi et al. 2004); or c) personal adaptation strategies (e.g., air-conditioner use, housing structure, clothing type)(Farbotko & Waitt 2011; Barnett et al. 2013; Guo et al., 2017). ...

... The value chain concept has become a popular tool for describing and assessing the production, use and benefits of such services that are often established through co-design, co-creation and coprovision with the common goal of enabling timely action to reduce risks (WMO, 2015). This basic idea of generating value along an interconnected chain of processes can be translated into a hydrometeorological context (Lazo et al., 2008;Lazo and Mills, 2021). In this case, the value is in the information created and transmitted through the chain, leading to better decisions and, ultimately, user benefit through (primarily) reduced damage and losses from hazards through warnings. ...

... 현재 대부분의 기후경제통합-지역평가모형은 미국, 유럽, 일본 등에서 개발한 것으로 한국을 비롯한 후발 경제성장국들의 관심이 덜 반영되는 경향이 있다 (Stanton et al., 2008 (Wong, 2012). (Nordhaus, 2010), FUND (Anthoff and Tol, 2014a), MERGE (Manne and Richels, 2005), WITCH (Bosello and de Cian, 2014), CETA-M (Peck and Teisberg, 1999), GRAPE (Kurosawa, 2004), AIM/Dynamic (Masui et al., 2006), CRED (Ackerman et al., 2013a), AD-RICE(de Bruin, 2014), PAGE (Hope, 2011 (Tol, 1999;Chichilnisky, 2009 (Stanton, 2011;Abbott and Fenichel, 2014 ...

... At the same time, many reasons for enhancing current abatement have been also pinpointed such as inertia combined with uncertainty on the optimal emission target Ha-Duong et al. (1997), uncertainty on climate damage and non-linearities Manne and Richels (1992b); Peck and Teisberg (1996); Gjerde et al. (1999); Ambrosi et al. (2003); Keller et al. (2004), environmental irreversibilities Chichilnisky and Heal (1993); Ha-Duong (1998); Pindyck (2000), and induced technological change through learning-by-doing Goulder and Mathai (2000). More recently, research has focused on the damage function and its impacts on the economy Ackerman et al. (2010). ...

... Characterizing plasma waves and instabilities is also of considerable interest to the astrophysical plasma physics community, including for understanding electrodynamic coupling between Saturn and its moons 4,5 , the solar corona 6,7 , and Earth's magnetosphere 8 . Improved understanding in this field may provide early detection of geomagnetic storms, reducing the economic impact of these events by billions of dollars 9 . ...