Weather, climate, and worldviews: The sources and consequences of public perceptions of changes in local weather patterns

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-144

  Goebbert, Kevin ^a   Jenkins Smith, Hank C ^b   Klockow, Kim ^b   Nowlin, Matthew C ^b   Silva, Carol L ^b  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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EID: 84866298871     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-11-00044.1     Document Type: Article

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