Value versus Accuracy: application of seasonal forecasts to a hydro-economic optimization model for the Sudanese Blue Nile

Saleh Satti1, Benjamin F Zaitchik1, Sauleh Siddiqui2, Hamada S Badr3, Shraddhanand Shukla4 and Christa D Peters-Lidard5, (1)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)American University, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD, United States, (4)University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States