Social science research needs for the hurricane forecast and warning system

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 87-95

  Gladwin, Hugh ^a   Lazo, Jeffrey K ^b   Morrow, Betty Hearn ^c   Peacock, Walter Gillis ^d   Willoughby, Hugh E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning and the Sustainable Coastal Margins Program ^*  (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricanes; Research; Social factors; Weather forecasting

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE FORECAST; SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH;

ALARM SYSTEMS; HURRICANES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

HURRICANE; RESEARCH; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CITRUS MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 34547181833     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2007)8:3(87)     Document Type: Article

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