Improving forecast communication: Linguistic and cultural considerations

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1033-1044

  Pennesi, Karen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; RAIN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH; FORECAST COMMUNICATION;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 34548047931     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-7-1033     Document Type: Article

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