Who's googling what? What internet searches reveal about hurricane information seeking

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 975-985

  Sherman Morris, Kathleen ^a   Senkbeil, Jason ^b   Carver, Robert ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Weather Underground   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LOCATIONS; CYCLICAL VARIATION; HURRICANE SEASON; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET SEARCHES; IP ADDRESSS; POTENTIAL THREATS; PRE-SELECTION; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; SEARCH TERMS; SEARCH VOLUME;

HURRICANES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 80052989030     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011BAMS3053.1     Document Type: Article

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