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EISSN:1948-8335|ISSN:1948-8327|Disc:Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS) publishes research that encompasses economics, policy analysis, political science, history, and institutional, social, and behavioral scholarship relating to weather and climate, including climate change. Contributions must include original social science research, evidence-based analysis, and relevance to the interactions of weather and climate with society|Priority:6|
Recent Submissions
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“I’m Fixing a Hole Where the Rain Gets in, and Stops My Mind from Wandering”: Approaching Sustainable Climate Change Adaptations
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Investigating the Relationship between Air Pollution, Meteorology, and COPD Trends in Pokhara Metropolitan City, Nepal
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Construal of Situational Risk and Outcomes—Exploring the Use of Weather Radar Displays with Residents of the Tampa Bay Region
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Framing the Problem of Flood Risk and Flood Management in Metropolitan Los Angeles
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User Engagement Testing with a Pilot Decision Support Tool Aimed to Support Species Managers
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What Do Twitter Users Think about Climate Change? Characterization of Twitter Interactions Considering Geographical, Gender, and Account Typologies Perspectives
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Climate change (CC) is a topical issue of profound social interest. This paper aims to analyze the sentiments expressed in Twitter interactions in relation to CC. The study is performed considering the geographical and ... -
An Information-Theoretic Approach to Reconciling Historical Climate Observations and Impacts on Agriculture
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Decision-makers in climate risk management often face problems of how to reconcile diverse and conflicting sources of information about weather and its impact on human activity, such as when they are determining a quantitative ... -
Do You See What I See? How Media Choice and Visual Tornado Cues Influence Individual Storm Preparation
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)When a tornado hits, there is little time to think through mental checklists for needed items. This study attempted to understand what information sources those in the path of tornados utilized for preparation and how those ... -
Formalizing Trust in Historical Weather Data
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Historical instrumental weather observations are vital to understanding past, present, and future climate variability and change. However, the quantity of historical weather observations to be rescued globally far exceeds ... -
Spatiotemporal Variations in Shanghai Metro Commuting Flows during Rainfall Events
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Driven by both climate change and urbanization, extreme rainfall events are becoming more frequent and having an increasing impact on urban commuting. Using hourly rainfall data and “metro” origin–destination (OD) flow ... -
Understanding the Role of Rainfall Intensity on Relative Car Crash Risk in the Carolinas
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)As a significant detriment to physical and mental health, millions of motor vehicle crashes occur in the United States each year, with approximately 23% of these crashes linked to adverse weather conditions. This study ... -
Climate–Urban Nexus: A Study of Vulnerable Women in Urban Areas of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)The changes in climatic conditions and their associated impacts are contributing to a worsening of existing gender inequalities and a heightening of women’s socioeconomic vulnerabilities in South Africa. Using data collected ... -
Climate Autobiography Timeline: Adapting Timeline Research Methods to the Study of Climate Perceptions
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Climate perception is a growing area of study in the social sciences and one that has implications on the tools and strategies we use to communicate climate change risk information. However, the range of climate perception ... -
Causal Chains Linking Weather Hazards to Disasters in Somalia
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Weather risk management products can be critical for supporting effective humanitarian actions to mitigate and prevent disasters; however, to be truly actionable, they must be based in an understanding of how weather ... -
Assessing the Impacts of a Weather Decision Support System for Oklahoma Public Safety Officials
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Oklahoma’s First-response Information Resource System using Telecommunications (OK-First) has been used for over 25 years to provide education, training, connections, and follow-up support for public safety officials with ... -
Climate Change and Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems in the Coastal Carolinas: Perspectives from Wastewater Managers
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Nearly one-half of the residents of North and South Carolina use decentralized or onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS). As the climate changes, coastal communities relying on OWTS are particularly vulnerable, as ... -
The Impact of Climate Disasters on the Cost of Equity Capital: Evidence from China
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Climate change increases the probability and intensity of disaster and brings adverse impacts on social and economic activities. This paper presents the impact of climate risk on the cost of equity capital (COE) and sheds ... -
The Influence of Demographic and Place Variables on Personalized Tornado Risk Area
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)Although there is clear evidence that proximity to a tornado or forecast tornado increases an individual’s risk perception, the specific relationships between risk personalization and spatial variables are unclear. It has ... -
Is Climate Change Migration an Adjustment to Extreme Weather Events? A Study on the Coastal Areas of Bangladesh
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)This paper explores the internal migration of fishers from coastal communities of Bangladesh in response to extreme weather events. It also assesses the vulnerabilities to extreme weather events of these coastal areas, in ... -
Climate Change and Homicide: Global Analysis of the Moderating Role of Information and Communication Technology
(American Meteorological Society, 2022)The link between climate change and human conflict has received substantial attention in academic research using different measures of “conflict”; however, it is yet to interpret interpersonal violence in terms of homicide. ...