Human "Mis"- Perceptions of climate change

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 384-388

  Dutt, Varun ^a   Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; ERGONOMICS;

CO2 ABSORPTION; CO2 CONCENTRATION; CO2 EMISSIONS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; STOCK FLOWS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77951576469     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118109x12524441081460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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