Scales of perception: Public awareness of regional and neighborhood climates

Climatic Change

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 581-607

  Ruddell, Darren ^a   Harlan, Sharon L ^b   Grossman Clarke, Susanne ^b   Chowell, Gerardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; ATTITUDE FORMATION; CLIMATE ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERCEPTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INCREASED TEMPERATURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; PUBLIC AWARENESS; PUBLIC OPINIONS; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; REGIONAL SCALE; SEA LEVEL RISE; SOCIAL SURVEY; URBAN CENTERS; WEATHER RESEARCH;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RESEARCH; SEA LEVEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERCEPTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857919046     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0165-y     Document Type: Article

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