19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice


Session
Adapting to a Changing Climate: Identifying Research and Support Needs for Effective R2O
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Relationships Between Storm Mode, Tornado Warning Outcomes, and Social Vulnerability
Amanda Wagner, Villanova University, Villanova, PA; and S. M. Strader and A. Haberlie


Advancing the warning paradigm - Exploring potential societal impacts.
Hosts: (Joint between the Second Symposium on the Future of Weather, Forecasting, and Practice; the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
National Weather Service Initiative: Polygon Alerts for All Hazards
Stephen W. Bieda III, PhD, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Nagele, PhD, M. Armstrong, M. Austin, G. Cooper, PhD, S. B. Smith, D. M. Kingfield, D. D. Nietfeld, E. Bookbinder, S. White, J. Schauer, T. Carter, K. L. Berry, and G. J. Stumpf

12:00 AM
Wave Goodbye to Old Marine Forecasts and Make Waves at the Beach
Melinda Bailey, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. Presnell

12:00 AM
NextGen TV Warnings: What Could They Look Like?
Michael S. Michaud, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY; and J. Sutton, S. Olivas, H. Obermeier, K. L. Berry, H. Sheridan, G. Cox, N. Johnson, and C. Davis


Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Public Health
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 15th Conference on Environment and Health )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
National Weather Service Findings on Heat Messaging
Kimberly G. McMahon, NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Lee

12:00 AM
The Pathfinder Air Quality Technical Tabletop Exercise (TTX): Findings and Outcomes from NOAA and Community Stakeholders
Vanessa Marie Escobar, NOAA/NESDIS, Leesburg, VA; and M. J. Brewer, T. Vo, A. Heidinger, S. Kalluri, G. Frost, S. Kondragunta, J. Li, and T. Lant

12:00 AM
Mitigating the Public Health Impacts of Prolonged Wildfire Smoke Exposure: Determinants of Portable Air Cleaner Use in Rural Washington State Communities
Kathleen Moloney, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and T. Busch Isaksen, E. Walker, G. Bratman, and N. A. Errett

12:00 AM
Expert Metacognitions of Vulnerability in Hurricanes
Zoey Rosen, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Long, A. B. Schumacher, and M. DeMaria


Communicating Tropical Cyclone Hazards
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; and the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Flooding VS Storm Surge: Differences in Risk Perceptions and Intended Responses for members of the Public
Vanessa Dunham, Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (IPPRA), Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Krocak and Z. Rosen

12:00 AM
GeoCenter: A new deep-learning ensemble for determining tropical-cyclone center locations from geostationary satellite data
Ryan A. Lagerquist, CIRA and NOAA/ESRL/GSL, Boulder, CO; and G. Chirokova, M. DeMaria, R. DeMaria, I. Ebert-Uphoff, J. Knaff, and C. Slocum


Effective weather communication to socially vulnerable and underserved communities.
Hosts: (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 )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
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

12:00 AM
How the NWS is Training Artificial Intelligence to Address Language Accessibility Gaps in Weather Information
Monica L Bozeman, NWS Office of Central Processing, 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

12:00 AM
Denver's Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program
Elisabeth A. Cohen, UCAR, Denver, CO

12:00 AM
"From 60 to 90" : A Project to Improve Resilience to Windstorms in Vulnerable Communities Across the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas
Barry S. Goldsmith, NWSFO, Brownsville, TX; and S. A. Pierce, Ph. D. and A. Arriaga-Salinas

12:00 AM
Investigating the Role of Community Organizations in Communicating Extreme Weather Events in New York City.
Christine Gilbert, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and R. Li, B. A. Colle, and J. Moses


Session
Engaging Vulnerable Populations and At-Risk Groups in Research and Planning
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
“Hangover” Currents? The Challenges of Spanish Language Rip Current Outreach
Jase E. Bernhardt, PhD, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

12:00 AM
Improving Climate Resiliency and Fluency in Rural North Carolina: A Partnership with Albemarle Regional Health Services
Haven Cashwell, Auburn University, Marshallberg, NC; and K. Dello, K. McNeal, R. Ward, K. Rosenberg, R. Hollowell, J. Hollowell, and A. Stoop


Expanding and Enhancing Climate Information and Services: A Whole-of-Government Framework and Action Plan
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
NASA POWER: Providing Present and Future Climate Services Based on NASA Data for the Energy, Agricultural, and Sustainable Buildings Communities
Bradley M Hegyi, NASA, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., P. C. Taylor, F. Patadia, B. Macpherson, M. Broddle, C. Baldacci, A. J. Barnett, C. Higham, T. Zhang, J. Mikovitz, and N. Khadka

12:00 AM
Benefits and Challenges of Regional, Decentralized, Socially Networked Climate Services
Sean Bath, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD


Session
Federal Guidance for Open Science and Open Data: A Listening Session for Social Science Data
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

From Data to Decision: AI at the Intersection of Meteorology, Climate, and Society
Hosts: (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; and the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
NWS Forecaster Perceptions of New AI Guidance for Coastal Fog Prediction
Christopher D. Wirz, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. L. Demuth, M. White, J. T. Radford, P. E. Tissot, M. G. Cains, PhD, H. Kamangir, E. A. Krell, A. Bostrom, S. A. King, W. G. Collins, and J. K. Williams


Session
From Data to Decisions: An integrated Approach to Produce Actionable and Accessible Earth System Information
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Identifying Communities and Gaps in Engagement: Lessons Learned from NASA’s ICESat-2 Applications Program
Molly E Brown, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Delgado Arias and T. Neumann

12:00 AM
Regional Climate Information for Society
Sara C. Pryor, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

12:00 AM
Protecting the Climate Integrity of Hydrogen Systems: From Science to Action
Ilissa B. Ocko, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC

12:00 AM
Building Knowledge to Support Equitable Climate Resilience in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
Zachary McEachran, NWS, Chanhassen, MN; and T. Twine, M. A. Kenney, M. Woloszyn, B. Connelly, A. J. Peters, and D. Williamson

12:00 AM
NASA's Earth Information System (EIS): Earth System Science for Impact
Sikchya Upadhayay, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. V. Kumar, D. Felikson, K. Locke, T. Ashraf, C. R. Hain, D. Morton, M. B. Follette-Cook, I. Fenty, L. Ott, K. Bowman, A. N. Shiklomanov, and A. Getirana

12:00 AM
Smoke Transport and Fire Weather Climatology Dashboard for California
ShihMing Huang, Sonoma Technology, Petaluma, CA; and F. Hosseinpour, PhD, S. Kramer, A. Zare Harofteh, K. Besong-Cowan, C. R. Scarborough, T. J. Brown, and N. Kumar

12:00 AM
Building Capacity for an Equitable and Resilient Future
Sydney Neugebauer, NASA, Boston, MA; and M. N. Khan


Session
From Stormy Weather to Sunny Solutions: NOAA’s Integration of Social Science Research to Improve Products and Services
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Developing an Effective Set of Questions to Extract Partner Needs from NWS IDSS
Zakiya Chynise Johnson, NOAA, HAMPTON, GA; and D. S. LaDue, Ph.D., I. N. Jeffries, A. N. Marmo, and D. Carroll-Smith

12:00 AM
Quantifying the Benefit of Using Hazard Services to Communicate Hazardous Environmental Information
Ethan Carr, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO; NOAA, Boulder, CO; CIRES, Boulder, CO; and T. Trogdon, N. R. Hardin, R. Howlett, and J. Vickery

12:00 AM
How do Emergency Managers and Broadcast Meteorologists in Oklahoma and Texas use Fire Weather Products?: A Preliminary Study
Taylor Maciag, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, OK; NSSL, Norman, OK; Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. Hogg, H. Obermeier, K. L. Berry, M. Krocak, A. C. Wanless, S. Stormer, and T. Lindley

12:00 AM
When Words Matter: Exploring Public Responses to Different Risk Words in the SPC Convective Outlook
Sean Robert Ernst, OU Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, Norman, OK; SPC, Norman, OK; and M. Krocak, J. Ripberger, B. J. Fellman, and H. Jenkins-Smith

12:00 AM
Examining the Use of Hurricane Forecast Information for Interdependent Critical Infrastructure Systems in Florida Metropolitan Areas
Theresia Bernadette Phoa, University of Miami, Miami, FL; and Y. Ge, R. E. Morss, and J. L. Vigh

12:00 AM
Individual Differences and Perceptions in Interpreting a New Wind Exceedance Graphic
Zoey Rosen, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and M. Long, A. B. Schumacher, and M. DeMaria


How to utilize social science, social media, and technology to effectively convey danger to underprivileged and underrepresented populations before and during tropical cyclone events. (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice and the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorological and Tropical Cyclones)
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Sixth Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

Session
Inclusive Risk Communication: Understanding the Communities We Serve
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Alabama Row Crop Producers' Perceptions of Weather and Climate-Based Information and Influence on Decision-Making
Cassandra O'Connor, Auburn, Auburn, AL; Auburn University, Auburn, AL; and M. R. Worosz, S. McKnight, B. Ortiz, A. Gamble, R. Prasad, and L. Duzy

12:00 AM
Weathering Beliefs: Unraveling the Interplay Between Religion and Weather Information in Shaping Protective Behaviors
Anna Cecilia Wanless, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and M. Krocak, J. Ripberger, A. L. Bitterman, and D. Hogg


Session
Other Topics on Societal Applications
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Factors Influencing Willingness to Pay for Current Weather Forecasts
Jeffrey K. Lazo, Jeffrey K. Lazo Consulting LLC, Gunnison, CO

12:00 AM
The People, Places, and Things that Keep You Up at Night: Mapping and Defining Vulnerabilities to Hazardous Weather
Elizabeth H Hurst, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. S. LaDue, Ph.D., M. E. Saunders, and A. N. Marmo


Requirements and Strategies to Support Resilient Infrastructure Planning and Design
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
High-Resolution Wildfire Evacuation Risk Assessment for Mitigation Implementation
Samantha J Kramer, Sonoma Technology, Petaluma, CA; and T. L. Lavezzo, B. M. Penfold, C. R. Scarborough, D. S. Eisinger, H. R. Hafner, M. Brown, and B. Grandy


Session
Risk Communication in the Weather Forecast and Warning Process
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Making Alerts Actionable and Understandable: Moving to plain language and streamlining warning updates
Danielle Nagele, PhD, NWS, Silver Spring, MD

12:00 AM
A Comparative Analysis of NWS Partners' Forecast Information Needs Ahead of High-Impact Weather
Ivy Nicole Jeffries, CAPS, Farmington Hills, MI; and A. N. Marmo, Z. C. Johnson, D. S. LaDue, Ph.D., and D. Carroll-Smith

12:00 AM
Canadian Conundrum: evolving risk communication in the context of more frequent weather-related catastrophes
Blake Barber, MSC, Vancouver, BC, Canada

12:00 AM
Assessing Public Understanding and Interpretation of Heat-Related Information for Improved Heat Risk Communication
Michele "Micki" Olson, University at Albany SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. Sutton and B. Pollock


Session
Strategies and Opportunities for Sharing Social Science Data
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023

The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Innovations in the Assessment Process
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Metadata Process and Presentation in The Fifth National Climate Assessment
April Dawn Lamb, North Carolina State University, Asheville, NC; and D. R. Easterling, K. M. Johnson, A. Li, and C. Lemery

12:00 AM
Chapter 14 - Air Quality - The Fifth National Climate Assessment
J. Jason West, Univ. of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; and C. Nolte, M. L. Bell, A. M. Fiore, P. G. Georgopoulos, J. J. Hess, L. Mickley, S. M. O'Neill, J. R. Pierce, R. Pinder, S. Pusede, D. T. Shindell, S. Wilson, and L. Goldsmith


The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Key Themes and Scientific Updates
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Chapter 09 - Coastal Effects - The Fifth National Climate Assessment
John A Callahan, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and C. L. May, M. S. Osler, H. F. Stockdon, P. L. Barnard, R. C. Collini, C. Ferreira, J. Finzi Hart, E. E. Lentz, T. B. Mahoney, W. Sweet, D. Walker, C. P. Weaver, and A. Scheetz

12:00 AM
The Fifth National Climate Assessment: Hawaiʻi and US-Affiliated Pacific Islands Region
Abby G. Frazier, Clark University, Worcester, MA; and M. V. V. Johnson, L. Berio Fortini, C. P. Giardina, Z. N. Grecni, H. H. Kane, V. W. Keener, R. King, R. A. MacKenzie, M. Nobrega-Olivera, K. L. L. Oleson, C. K. Shuler, A. K. Singeo, C. D. Storlazzi, R. J. Wallsgrove, P. A. Woodworth-Jefcoats, and A. Lustig

12:00 AM
Overview Chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment
Alexa Jay, U.S. Global Change Research Program/ICF, Washington, DC; and A. Crimmins, A. Lustig, C. W. Avery, B. D. Hamlington, K. Marvel, A. Terando, M. S. Osler, A. Zycherman, P. Méndez-Lazaro, T. Dahl, R. Dodder, and E. Weeks

12:00 AM
The Physical Sciences Update in the Fifth National Climate Assessment
Benjamin D Hamlington, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and L. R. Leung, K. Marvel, W. Su, A. Terando, R. Delgado, R. Joseph, G. Tselioudis, S. Aarons, L. M. Bruhwiler, A. Chatterjee, B. Cook, C. Deser, M. Garcia, A. Hall, Z. Hausfather, K. Hayhoe, D. A. Hence, A. J. Hoell, F. M. Hoffman, E. Jewett, S. A. Klein, V. Naik, A. G. Pendergrass, A. Robel, D. Singh, C. Tebaldi, A. Tripati, P. Ullrich, R. Vose, and M. F. Wehner


Toward a Unified Monitoring, Measurements, Reporting, and Verification (MMRV) Framework for GHG Mitigation and Carbon Removal (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice and the12th Symposium on Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise)
Host: 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
DIRECT FLUX MEASUREMENTS FOR IMMEDIATE SOCIAL BENEFITS: CLEAR EXPLANATIONS, AUTOMATED INSTRUMENTS, PEER-TO-PEER DATA SHARING, AND WEATHER STATION-INSPIRED APPROACH
George Burba, LI-COR Biosciences, Water for Food Global Institute, CarbonDew, Lincoln, NE

12:00 AM
Development of a Prototype Operational Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimation System for the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD Metropolitan Area
Christopher P. Loughner, ARL, College Park, MD; and M. Cahuich-Lopez, M. D. Cohen, S. Zinn, X. Ren, W. Luke, P. Kelley, P. Stratton, H. J. Diamond, A. Stein, A. E. Andrews, L. Hu, J. Miller, M. Trudeau, J. Whetstone, A. Karion, K. Mueller, I. Lopez-Coto, B. McDonald, C. Harkins, and L. Ott

12:00 AM
Wood Harvesting and Storage with Wood Vault for durable carbon sequestration: science, implementation, MRV, and governance needs
Ning Zeng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. Sanchez, H. Hausmann, and E. Belmont


Weather-Ready Nation: Measuring Progress and Value across the Enterprise
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
Submission Deadline: Thursday, 31 August 2023
12:00 AM
Philosophy in Atmospheric Science? How NWS Burlington is Reimagining Academic Partnerships in the Social Sciences
Rodney Chai, NWS, Burlington, VT

12:00 AM
Quantifying the Effects of Social Vulnerability on Weather Outcomes
Jacob Reed Fooks, CIRA, Wilmington, DE