The relationship of weather salience with the perceptions and uses of weather information in a nationwide sample of the United States

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-189

  Stewart, Alan E ^a   Lazo, Jeffrey K ^b   Morss, Rebecca E ^b   Demuth, Julie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84867720756     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-11-00033.1     Document Type: Article

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