Is science fiction a genre for communicating scientific research? A case study in climate prediction

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1413-1415

  Palmer, T N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATE SYSTEM; FUTURE CLIMATE; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGES; REGIONAL EFFECTS; SCIENCE FICTIONS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

CLIMATE MODELS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FORECASTING; INVESTMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 78649283592     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010BAMS3187.1     Document Type: Article

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