Session 4 |
| | Evaluation and Use of Decision—Support Systems |
| | Cochairs: Eileen Shea, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Honolulu, HI; Elizabeth McNie, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
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| 10:30 AM | 4.2 | Results of a developmental test of the Heat Stress Index: Does it have operational potential? 
Jannie G. Ferrell, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and E. Jacks and L. Kalkstein |
| 10:45 AM | 4.1 | Design and deployment of specialized visualizations for weather-sensitive electric distribution operations 
Lloyd A. Treinish, IBM Systems and Technology Group, Yorktown Heights, NY |
| 11:00 AM | 4.3 | Economic Benefits of the Oklahoma Mesonet to Crop Producers in Oklahoma
Kimberly E. Klockow, Oklahoma Climatological Survey, Norman, OK; and R. A. McPherson |
| 11:15 AM | 4.4 | User-Motivated Policies for NWS Climate Services
Ahsha N. Tribble, NOAA NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. M. Timofeyeva, M. Berger, and R. Reeves |
|  | 4.5 | What climate policymakers should know about climate services: lessons from NOAA's RISA program
Elizabeth McNie, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN |