Model migrations: Mobility and boundary crossings in regional climate prediction

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-211

  Mahony, Martin ^a   Hulme, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Discourse; Epistemic power; Geography of science; Mobility; Regional climate modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEGEMONY; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858008510     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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