Session 4A Beyond the Specifics: Reflections and Insights on the Bigger Picture

Tuesday, 14 January 2020: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
152 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: 15th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:
Donald J. Wuebbles, Univ. of Illinois, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Urbana, IL and Julie L. Demuth, NCAR, MMM, Boulder, CO

While studies of specific cases and different dimensions of a problem are highly important to identifying improvements in the Weather Enterprise, insights into the bigger picture are useful, too. This session moves to a proverbial 30K foot view of different problems, activities, and future directions.

Papers:
8:30 AM
4A.1
We Hear User Requirements but Are We Listening?
Michael C. Kruk, KBR, Inc., Asheville, NC; and R. R. Heim Jr. and R. S. Vose
8:45 AM
4A.2
Calls to Action in Retrospect: Hurricane Michael Survivors Describe Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Laura Myers, Center for Advanced Public Safety, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and J. Senkbeil, T. johnstone, J. L. Fieux, J. Pullin, W. Dobbs, J. P. Camp, and L. Powell
9:00 AM
4A.3
NWS Service Assessments: A Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Review
Michael S. Michaud, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. Trainor
9:30 AM
4A.5
Representing People in Severe Weather Warning Systems
Brenda Philips, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA; and D. Westbrook, J. Trainor, E. Lyons, C. League, and A. Bajaj
9:45 AM
Discussion

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