Weather Effects on Mobile Social Interactions: A Case Study of Mobile Phone Users in Lisbon, Portugal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Phithakkitnukoon, Santi ^a   Leong, Tuck W ^a   Smoreda, Zbigniew ^b   Olivier, Patrick ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PORTUGAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; WEATHER; WIND;

CELLULAR PHONE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PORTUGAL; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WIND;

EID: 84867385970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045745     Document Type: Article

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