Blowin' in the wind: Short-term weather and belief in anthropogenic climate change

Weather, Climate, and Society

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-119

  Hamilton, Lawrence C ^a   Stampone, Mary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DATA ACQUISITION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SURVEY; WEATHER STATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879088856     PISSN: 19488327     EISSN: 19488335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-12-00048.1     Document Type: Article

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