The Cooperative Extension Service as a boundary organization for diffusion of climate forecasts: A 5-year study

Journal of Extension

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Breuer, Norman E ^a   Fraisse, Clyde W ^b   Cabrera, Victor E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary organization; Climate; ENSO; Forecasts; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956412458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10775315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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