U.S. economic sensitivity to weather variability

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 709-720

  Lazo, Jeffrey K ^a   Lawson, Megan ^b   Larsen, Peter H ^c   Waldman, Donald M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND CURVES; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC SECTORS; ECONOMIC THEORIES; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOWER COST; PRICE LEVELS; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; SPATIAL SCALE; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; WEATHER IMPACT; WEATHER SENSITIVITY; WEATHER VARIABILITY;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; SNOW;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 79961049711     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011BAMS2928.1     Document Type: Article

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