Session: *Weather and Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS)* (87th AMS Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, 16 January 2007: 8:30 AM-4:30 PM

206A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Cochairs: David A. Robinson, Rutgers Univ. and David Changnon, Northern Illinois University

Papers:

8:30 AM

3.1

Culture Change is Underway: WAS*IS (Weather and Society - Integrated Studies) Progress Report

Eve Gruntfest, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO; and J. Demuth and J. K. Lazo

Recorded presentation

8:45 AM

3.2

Decision Support in NOAA's National Weather Service

Fiona Horsfall, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Laver and P. Schultz

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (36.0 kB)

9:00 AM

3.3

Assessing how the U.S. public understands and uses weather forecast uncertainty information

Julie Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and R. E. Morss, J. K. Lazo, and A. E. Stewart

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (113.0 kB)

9:15 AM

3.4

An assessment of hazard warning verification from a social perspective

Steven Stewart, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. Barjenbruch, K. Pennesi, J. Deo, S. A. Erickson, P. L. Heinselman, A. J. Ray, R. Low, R. A. Wolf, and A. Coles

Recorded presentation

9:30 AM

3.5

Weather Salience in a Random Sample of United States Residents

Alan E. Stewart, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. Demuth, J. K. Lazo, and R. E. Morss

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

3.5a

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:15 AM

3.6

The development of an insect migration forecast product for pest management: An example of interaction among atmospheric scientists and the product user

Michael Sandstrom, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois; and D. Changnon

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

3.7

Societal Aspects of Tornado Warnings

Somer A. Erickson, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and H. Brooks

Recorded presentation

11:45 AM

3.8

Skill of the Aviation Weather Center's Collaborative Convective Forecast Product (CCFP)

Jonathan W. Slemmer, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (279.0 kB)

12:00 PM

3.8a

Lunch Break

3.9

Patterns of Wind Damage from Hurricane Charley: A Case Study of Charlotte County

2:00 PM

3.10

Increasing Societal Resilience to Winter Weather

Tanja E. Fransen, NOAA/NWS, Glasgow, MT; and O. Wilhelmi

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (25.4 kB)

2:15 PM

3.11

Exploring spatial patterns of societal vulnerability to extreme heat

Olga Wilhelmi, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. K. Uejio and J. P. Samenow

Recorded presentation

2:30 PM

3.12

An Ecological Assessment of Coupled Climate Change and Human Activities on Wetlands in Zhalong Natural Reserve, China

Yankun Sun, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI; and J. Qi, G. Lei, and H. Zhang

http://Yankun Sun_Zhalong Climate Change

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (457.8 kB)

2:45 PM

3.13

Driving under the influence of weather: Perceptions of flash floods and vehicle safety

Sheldon D. Drobot, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and E. Gruntfest, L. R. Barnes, C. Benight, D. M. Schultz, and J. Demuth

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (52.1 kB)

3:00 PM

3.14

Integrating end user needs into system design and operation: the Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA)

B. Philips, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA; and D. Pepyne, D. Westbrook, E. Bass, J. Brotzge, W. Diaz, K. A. Kloesel, J. Kurose, D. J. McLaughlin, H. Rodriguez, and M. Zink

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (348.6 kB)

3:15 PM

3.14a

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:45 PM

3.15

Vulnerability to disasters in Puerto Rico: Incorporating the social, physical and built environment to radar scanning srategies

Jenniffer M. Santos, Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. Miller, A. Gonz�lez, M. G. Beaton, and X. Ortiz

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.0 MB)

4:00 PM

3.16

Towards an Understanding of Hazardous Weather-A WAS*IS Perspective on First Responders