Societal and economic research and applications for weather forecasts: Priorities for the North American THORPEX Program

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-346

  Morss, Rebecca E ^a   Lazo, Jeffrey K ^a   Brown, Barbara G ^a   Brooks, Harold E ^b   Ganderton, Philip T ^c   Mills, Brian N ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

METEOROLOGISTS; SCIENTISTS; SOCIOECONOMIC ASPECTS; WEATHER FORECAST RESEARCH; WEATHER PREDICTION SYSTEM;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 37349080356     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-89-3-335     Document Type: Article

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