Climate forecast maps as a communication and decision-support tool: An empirical test with prospective policy makers

Cartography and Geographic Information Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-16

  Ishikawa, Toru ^a   Barnston, Anthony G ^b   Kastens, Kim A ^a   Louchouarn, Patrick ^a   Ropelewski, Chester F ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cartographic communication; Climate forecasts; Decision making; Policy makers; Probabilities; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; MAPPING; PUBLIC POLICY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE FORECASTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; POLICY MAKERS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 15744382037     PISSN: 15230406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1559/1523040053270747     Document Type: Article

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