Driving under the influence of weather: Perceptions of flash floods and vehicle safety

87th AMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Drobot, Sheldon D ^a   Gruntfest, Eve ^b   Barnes, Lindsey ^b   Benight, Charles ^b   Schultz, David ^c   Demuth, Julie ^d  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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