The influence of national temperature fluctuations on opinions about climate change in the U.S. since 1990

Climatic Change

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 537-550

  Donner, Simon D ^a   McDaniels, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DAILY NEWSPAPERS; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; NUMBER OF FACTORS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION;

SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878368252     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0690-3     Document Type: Article

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