Social media responses to heat waves

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1247-1260

  Jung, Jihoon ^a   Uejio, Christopher K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIMA; Cooling center; Energy assistance; Heat wave; Social media; Time series

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; CITY; DEHYDRATION; HEAT; HUMAN; SOCIAL MEDIA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AIR CONDITIONING; CITIES; DEHYDRATION; EXTREME HEAT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009275383     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-016-1302-0     Document Type: Article

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