The dynamics of hurricane risk perception: Real-time evidence from the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1389-1404

  Meyer, Robert J ^a   Baker, Jay ^b   Broad, Kenneth ^c   Czajkowski, Jeff ^a   Orlove, Ben ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HURRICANES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS; SURVEYS; WIND;

ATLANTIC HURRICANE; FIELD SURVEYS; FLOOD POTENTIAL; HURRICANE SEASON; REAL TIME; STORM SURGES; WATER AREAS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84910074173     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00218.1     Document Type: Article

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