The aims of PROMISE are to improve understanding of:

• the potential for seasonal prediction and the benefits that would accrue in terms of the management of water resources and agriculture

• the impacts of anthropogenic climate change on tropical countries, in particular on the availability of water resources for human use, and on the productivity of crops and the potential changes in the natural vegetation

PROMISE brings research in meteorology, hydrology and agriculture to bear on these problems. The way that the different fields of research interact within the project is illustrated by the following flow chart:

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A general summary of the scientific objectives and achievements of the first two years of PROMISE is given in section 2 of the second annual report (follow this link)

PROMISE research is divided into discrete sections (work packages). Yearly targets (milestones) were set out for each of the work packages in the original PROMISE proposal. Click on the links below for details of the work packages.

Choose "summary" for a summary of the objective of the work package, highlights of progress to date and publications by the partners on that topic.

Choose "proposal" for the original work package description in the proposal including the deliverables and yearly milestones.

Choose "annual report" for the detailed annual report for that work package. This is only available online to PROMISE partners.