Valuing meteorological information

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Leviäkangas, Pekka ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Information; Methods; Valuation; Value

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RESOURCE VALUATION; VALUE ENGINEERING;

INFORMATION; INFORMATION ECONOMICS; INFORMATION VALUE; METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION; METHODS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES; VALUE; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

ECONOMICS;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; INFORMATION; METEOROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; VALUATION;

EID: 70349421204     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.122     Document Type: Article

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