Big data has big potential for applications to climate change adaptation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 39, 2016, Pages 10729-10732

  Ford, James D ^a   Tilleard, Simon E ^a   Berrang Ford, Lea ^a   Araos, Malcolm ^a   Biesbroek, Robbert ^b   Lesnikowski, Alexandra C ^a   MacDonald, Graham K ^a   Hsu, Angel ^c   Chen, Chen ^d   Bizikova, Livia ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84989261715     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1614023113     Document Type: Note

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