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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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