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Factors Affecting the Perception of Weather and Climate Risk - I

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Tuesday, 6 January 2015: 8:30 AM-9:45 AM
226AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 10th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice
Cochairs:  Kimberly E. Klockow, Visiting Scientist Program, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD and Randy A. Peppler, CIMMS/University of Oklahoma, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Session explores the what, how, why, and �what now?� surrounding the perception of risk of severe weather and other forms of weather and climate. Presentations for foundational research on this topic.

Papers:
  8:30 AM
3.1
Moving beyond �Have you experienced a tornado?�: Validly measuring people's past tornado experiences and risk perceptions
Julie L. Demuth, NCAR, Boulder, CO

  8:45 AM
3.2
Explaining Tornado Sheltering Intentions of Manufactured Home Residents: Experiences, Perceptions, and Expectations
Kevin D. Ash, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Recorded Presentation

  9:00 AM
3.3
The uneven power of pictures: How individual perceived risk and uncertainty are influenced by photographs, non-photographs and the language used to describe them
Gina M. Eosco, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Recorded Presentation

  9:15 AM
3.4
Developing the Weather DOSPERT: A New Weather Risk Taking Scale
Paul Hettler, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA; and S. A. Jasko and C. M. Kauffman
Recorded Presentation

  9:30 AM
Discussion

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