Are actual weather and perceived weather the same? Understanding perceptions of local weather and their effects on risk perceptions of global warming

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 722-742

  Shao, Wanyun ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extreme weather events; perceptions of global warming; perceptions of weather

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

EXPLANATORY POWER; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGIES; NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTERS; PRECIPITATION DATA; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; WEATHER PATTERNS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84923252773     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2014.1003956     Document Type: Article

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