Local indicators of climate change: The potential contribution of local knowledge to climate research

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 109-124

  Reyes García, Victoria ^a,b   Fernández Llamazares, Álvaro ^b   Guèze, Maximilien ^b   Garcés, Ariadna ^b   Mallo, Miguel ^b   Vila Gómez, Margarita ^b   Vilaseca, Marina ^b  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS; CASE-STUDIES; CLIMATE RESEARCH; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; LOCAL OBSERVATIONS; META ANALYSIS; SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; META-ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84957725226     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.374     Document Type: Article

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