Major Growth in Some Business-Related Uses of Climate Information

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 325-331

  Changnon, David ^a   Changnon, Stanley A ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Changnon Climatologist   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE INFORMATION; DECISION MAKERS; EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES; ENERGY SECTOR; FINANCIAL LOSS; IN-FIELD; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; INSURED LOSS; NEW PRODUCT; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; POTENTIAL RISKS; RELATED PRODUCTS; RISK MODEL; TARGET REGIONS; WEATHER DERIVATIVES;

DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INSURANCE; LOSSES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MODELS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA QUALITY; FIRM SIZE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE WEATHER;

EID: 77953523938     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2234.1     Document Type: Article

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