The Growth and Vision of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences in the NWS

The National Weather Service (NWS) has grown its social, behavioral, and economic science (SBES) capacity greatly within the last couple years. This accelerated growth has introduced the opportunity to develop a cohesive vision for the integration of SBES research, knowledge, and application within the NWS. This panel will feature a set of NWS social scientists from a variety of offices that bring a combination of research and operations perspectives. The panelists will discuss SBES priorities in the NWS, current initiatives, strategies for strengthening the R2O2R (research to operations to research) process. The session will also serve as an opportunity to engage with the AMS community around the evolution and advancement of the social sciences in the NWS.