Meteorologists' views about global warming: A survey of American meteorological society professional members

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1029-1040

  Stenhouse, Nei ^a   Maibach, Edward ^a   Cobb, Sara ^a   Ban, Ray ^b   Bleistein, Andrea ^c   Croft, Paul ^d   Bierly, Eugene ^a   Seitter, Keith ^b   Rasmussen, Gary ^b   Leiserowitz, Anthony ^e  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Weather Channel ^*  (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETIES; CLIMATE SCIENTISTS; CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL GROUPS; PROFESSIONAL MEMBERS; SOURCES OF INFORMATIONS; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE;

GLOBAL WARMING;

EID: 84940363103     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00091.1     Document Type: Article

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