Interpreting climate data visualisations to inform adaptation decisions

Climate Risk Management

Volumn 10, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-26

  Daron, Joseph D ^a,b   Lorenz, Susanne ^c   Wolski, Piotr ^a   Blamey, Ross C ^a   Jack, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; Communication; Confidence; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947491097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22120963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crm.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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