Understanding and enhancing climate information use in water management

Climatic Change

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 495-509

  Kirchhoff, Christine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE INFORMATION; INTERACTIVE APPROACH; KNOWLEDGE BROKERS; KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS; MEASURING USABILITIES; PUBLIC EDUCATION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; RESEARCH MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELS; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; RESEARCH; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INFORMATION USE;

CAPACITY BUILDING; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; CLIMATE SIGNAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PLANNING; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84879143522     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0703-x     Document Type: Article

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