The tropical cyclone warning dissemination system in Mauritius.

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This series also published in one vol. as: Forecasts and warnings

Introduction and tropical cyclone threat -- Climate and tropical cyclone history and risk -- Characteristics of Mauritius in relation to tropical cyclone risk and warnings -- Changing exposure and vulnerabilities -- Cyclone organization in Mauritius -- The legal-political framework -- Conceptualization and research methodology -- Warning dissemination systems -- Evaluating warning dissemination systems -- The criteria-development matrix method -- Operational methods -- Interpretation of interview material and validity -- The performance of the research methods and tools -- Methods used to influence policy and practice and to disseminate research findings -- The tropical cyclone detection, forecasting and warning dissemination system -- Cyclone detection and forecasting -- The four-class warning system -- The cyclone warning dissemination system -- Cyclone bulletins -- The effectiveness of the cyclone warning dissemination system: general findings -- Principal findings relating to key questions -- The effectiveness of the cyclone warning dissemination system: detailed discussion -- Problems and preferences associated with the cyclone warning dissemination system -- Problems associated with communications breakdown and contingencies for communication failure -- The dissemination of cyclone warnings during the night -- Views about and problems with the four-class warning system -- The vulnerability of equipment used in warning dissemination -- Internal organizational arrangements -- The media: television and radio weather forecasts and cyclone warnings -- Details of cyclone warnings and bulletins -- Cyclone warning dissemination for remote groups, those with limited access to resources and those with special needs -- User cyclone warning thresholds -- Public awareness and education -- The integration of the warning system with transport and insurance arrangement -- Assessment -- Summary evaluation -- Levels of development -- Limitations -- Lessons