92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

Session 8A Communication and Use of Hurricane Information for Emergency Managers and the Publics

Wednesday, 25 January 2012: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Room 353 (New Orleans Convention Center )
Host: Seventh Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research
Cochairs:  Jamie R. Rhome, NOAA/NWS/NHC/TPC and Julie L. Demuth, NCAR
Papers:
  10:30 AM
Hurricane Forecast Improvement Program Socio-Economic Research
Jennifer Sprague, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and W. L. Read
  10:45 AM
Hurricane Forecast Products: An Emergency Management Perspective
Betty Hearn Morrow, SocResearch Miami, Miami, FL; and J. K. Lazo
  11:00 AM
Weather for Emergency Management: Implications for NWS Tropical Weather Products and Services
Jessica L. Losego, Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; and K. Galluppi, B. E. Montz, C. F. Smith, and S. S. Schotz
  11:15 AM
Needs and Use of Tropical Weather Information by the Emergency Management Community in North Carolina
Burrell E. Montz, East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC; and K. Galluppi, J. L. Losego, C. Smith, D. Figurskey, and K. Mulder
  11:30 AM
  11:45 AM