Understanding, evaluation, and use of climate forecast data by environmental policy students

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 474, Issue , 2011, Pages 153-170

  Ishikawa, Toru ^a   Barnston, Anthony G ^b   Kastens, Kim A ^a   Louchouarn, Patrick ^a,c  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

CLIMATE FORECASTING; CLIMATE FORECASTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORECAST INFORMATION; GROUP DECISION MAKING; HISTORICAL DATA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER ALLOCATIONS;

FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FORECASTING METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

EID: 79960159433     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2011.2474(11)     Document Type: Article

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