Minding the weather: The measurement of weather salience

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1833-1841

  Stewart, Alan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME EVENTS; FORECAST PRODUCTS; GROUP MEMBERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL VALUE; RESEARCH TOPICS; WEATHER EVENTS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 75249084168     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009BAMS2794.1     Document Type: Article

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