Identifying underserved end-user groups in the provision of climate information

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1525-1532+1472

  Archer, Emma R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PUBLIC POLICY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FORECAST DESIGN; USER-TARGETED INFORMATION;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0347621650     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-11-1525     Document Type: Article

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