Session: What our Publics and Experts Have to Say (100th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Monday, 13 January 2020: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Host: 15th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice

Cochairs:

Cassandra A Shivers-Williams, Howard Univ., Psychology/NCAS-M at Howard University, Washington, DC and Castle Williams, The University of Georgia, Atmospheric Sciences Program - Department of Georgraphy, Athens, GA

We often study expert and public groups to help represent and make visible their concerns, needs, experiences, and challenges. This session focuses on letting our public and experts groups talk back to us.

Papers:

10:30 AM

2.1

Tornado Warning Behavior and Decision Making in National Weather Service Forecast Offices

Frank Alsheimer, NWSFO, West Columbia, SC; and T. johnstone, D. sharp, V. Brown, L. Myers, and D. Arnold

10:45 AM

2.2

Improving Hurricane Risk Communication for Vulnerable Populations

S. J. Majumdar, Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL; and B. Millet, K. Broad, A. Cairo, and S. Evans

11:00 AM

2.3

Hurricane Harvey- Societal Challenges for the Weather Enterprise