Session: Living in a Changing Environment: Innovations to Support Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Citizens (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice, the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research, and Practice, the 33rd Conference on Education, and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation) (104th AMS Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, 30 January 2024: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Johnson AB (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)

Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the 33rd Conference on Education; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )

Cochairs:

Patricia A. Vollmer, HQ NORAD/US Northern Command, HQ NORAD/USNORTHCOM; Krizia Negrón-Hernández, WFO Melbourne, WFO Melbourne, Melbourne, FL; Trevor M Boucher, M.S. Atmospheric Science, NWS, Las Vegas, NV, Las Vegas, NV and Ashley Morris, Prince George's County (MD) Emergency Management

This session will explore efforts of weather forecasting and services that help support Limited English Proficiency (LEP) communities.

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Wireless Emergency Alerts in Spanish: Benefits and Opportunities for Improvement

Joseph E. Trujillo-Falcón, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and J. Sutton, A. R. Gaviria Pabon, and J. Reedy

8:45 AM

5.2

How the NWS is Training Artificial Intelligence to Address Language Accessibility Gaps in Weather Information

Monica L Bozeman, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Montanez, C. Rohrbach, J. E. Calkins, R. Chai, B. Johnson, M. Torres, A. Reynes, I. C. Colon-Pagan, R. Vasquez, E. Rodriguez, F. E. Morrone, N. Vaz, M. Bailey, A. L. Lago, K. Farina, C. Moore, L. E. Llewellyn, and J. E. Trujillo-Falcón

9:00 AM

5.3

Weather Graphics en Español: How Spanish Speakers Interpret NWS Watch and Warning Graphics

America Rosario Gaviria Pabon, CIWRO/NSSL Behavioral Insights Unit, Norman, OK; Institute for Public Policy Research & Analysis, Norman, OK

9:15 AM

5.4

How Cultural Diversity in the NWS Workforce is Training AI to Address Chinese Language Accessibility Gaps

Rodney Chai, NWS, Burlington, VT; and B. Johnson, M. L. Bozeman, F. Morrone, and N. Vaz

9:30 AM

5.5

Diving into the Linguistic Melting Pot: Using GIS to Identify Limited English Proficiency Communities Across NWS Warning Areas

Liam E. Llewellyn, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO), Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma Center for Spatial Analysis, Norman, OK; and J. E. Trujillo-Falcón, M. L. Bozeman, and T. D. Fagin

9:45 AM

5.6

Building a Weather-Ready Nation Through Adult English Language Literacy in Fairbanks, Alaska

Amy Hendricks, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK; and U. S. Bhatt, R. Metzger, C. Sopow, J. Wei, S. Kang, H. Deland, C. F. Waigl, M. Lundberg, A. Stokes, J. P. Klepatzki, and E. Alarcon

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