Recent and future trends in U.S. undergraduate meteorology enrollments, degree recipients, and employment opportunities

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 873-883

  Knox, John A ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CURRICULA; EARTH SCIENCES; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; BACHELOR'S DEGREE; BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; EMPLOYMENT TRENDS; FUTURE TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 49249105209     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2375.1     Document Type: Article

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