Bad weather? Then sue the weatherman! Part II: Legal liability for private sector forecasts

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Klein, Roberta ^a   Pielke Jr , Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; METEOROLOGY; STORMS; TEMPERATURE;

COMMERCIAL METEOROLOGY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0036994079     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/bams-83-12-1801     Document Type: Review

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