To share or not to share: Drivers and barriers for sharing data via online amateur weather networks

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 535, Issue , 2016, Pages 181-190

  Gharesifard, Mohammad ^a   Wehn, Uta ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Citizen observatories; Citizen science; Data sharing; ICT enabled citizen participation; Theory of Planned Behavior

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; OBSERVATORIES;

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION; CITIZEN SCIENCE; DATA SHARING; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INFLUENTIAL FACTORS; INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ACQUISITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INTERNET; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER STATION;

ITALY; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84957917047     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.01.036     Document Type: Article

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