Weathering risk: Uncertainty, weather forecasting, and expertise

Sociology Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-25

  Daipha, Phaedra ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84855336717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00437.x     Document Type: Review

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