Weather, Climate, and Society: Recent submissions
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Weather Literacy in Times of Climate Change
(American Meteorological Society, 2020)As climate change unfolds, extreme weather events are on the rise worldwide. According to experts, extreme weather risks already outrank those of terrorism and migration in likelihood and impact. But how well does the ... -
The Closer, the Better? Untangling Scientist–Practitioner Engagement, Interaction, and Knowledge Use
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractScholarship on climate information use has focused significantly on engagement with practitioners as a means to enhance knowledge use. In principle, working with practitioners to incorporate their knowledge and ... -
Climate Change–Related Heat Stress and Subjective Well-Being in Australia
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThere is mounting evidence that climate change impacts compromise people?s well-being. Many regions of Australia have experienced record hot temperatures and more frequent and longer heat waves with substantial ... -
The Effect of El Niño on Flood Damages in the Western United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThis paper quantifies insured flood losses across the western United States from 1978 to 2017, presenting a spatiotemporal analysis of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) daily claims and losses over this period. ... -
Human and Climate Effects on the Hamoun Wetlands
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractNegative impacts of climate change on ecosystems have been increasing, and both the intensification and the mitigation of these impacts are strongly linked with human activities. Management and reduction of ... -
An Assessment of Public Perceptions of Climate Change Risk in Three Western U.S. Cities
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractRisk perceptions influence individual and collective action related to climate change, and there is an important gap between public and expert perceptions of climate change risk, especially in the United States. ... -
Navigating Mental Models of Risk and Uncertainty within the Ocean Forecast System: An Oregon Case Study
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThis case study explores how to add value to regional ocean condition forecast information by bringing awareness to the processes that govern decision-making and outcomes within the system. A modified mental models ... -
Cognitive Biases about Climate Variability in Smallholder Farming Systems in Zambia
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractGiven the varying manifestations of climate change over time and the influence of climate perceptions on adaptation, it is important to understand whether farmer perceptions match patterns of environmental change ... -
Weather and Climate Variability May Be Poor Proxies for Climate Change in Farmer Risk Perceptions
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractDespite long-standing assertions that climate change creates new risk management challenges, the climate change adaptation literature persists in assuming, both implicitly and explicitly, that weather and climate ... -
Seasonal Variations in Temperature–Suicide Associations across South Korea
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractSouth Korea has among the highest rates of suicide in the world, and previous research suggests that suicide frequency increases with anomalously high temperatures, possibly as a result of increased sunshine. ... -
Experiential Learning Processes Informing Climate Change Decision Support
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractClimate scientists are increasingly called upon to collaborate with policy makers to develop climate science?informed policy decisions. However, there are concerns that existing professional and cultural boundaries ... -
Climate Scientists’ Wide Prediction Intervals May Be More Likely but Are Perceived to Be Less Certain
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThe use of interval forecasts allows climate scientists to issue predictions with high levels of certainty even for areas fraught with uncertainty, since wide intervals are objectively more likely to capture the ... -
Evaluating Knowledge to Support Climate Action: A Framework for Sustained Assessment. Report of an Independent Advisory Committee on Applied Climate Assessment
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractAs states, cities, tribes, and private interests cope with climate damages and seek to increase preparedness and resilience, they will need to navigate myriad choices and options available to them. Making these ... -
Preparing for Doris: Exploring Public Responses to Impact-Based Weather Warnings in the United Kingdom
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractIn the United Kingdom, the Met Office issues regionally calibrated impact-based weather warnings. These aim to reduce harm to people and property. To decrease risk from severe weather, it is important to understand ... -
“Can You Take the Heat?” Heat-Induced Health Symptoms Are Associated with Protective Behaviors
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThe risks associated with extreme heat are increasing as heat waves become more frequent and severe across larger areas. As people begin to experience heat waves more often and in more places, how will individuals ... -
Motor Vehicle CO2 Emissions in the United States: Potential Behavioral Feedback and Global Warming
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThe previously found correlation of average annual temperature and motor vehicle travel among U.S. states suggests amplifying feedback of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and warming. This study employed a ... -
Communicating Climate Change: Probabilistic Expressions and Concrete Events
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractDespite near unanimous agreement among climate scientists about global warming, a substantial proportion of Americans remain skeptical or unconcerned. The two experiments reported here tested communication strategies ... -
Evaluating Alternative Drought Indicators in a Weather Index Insurance Instrument
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractWeather index insurance is a popular means of mitigating agricultural risks. Drought is a significant cause of lost agricultural production, and so precipitation index?based plans are common. Simple ?percent of ... -
Understanding Socio-Ecological Vulnerability to Climatic Change through a Trajectories of Change Approach: A Case Study from an Indigenous Community in Panama
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractThis paper identifies and characterizes vulnerability to climatic change in the Ngöbe-Buglé Indigenous community of Playitas, Panama, using a ?trajectories of change? approach. Playitas is a community composed of ... -
A Survey for Weather Communicators: Twitter and Information Channel Preferences
(American Meteorological Society, 2019)AbstractIt has been almost a decade since researchers assessed user preferences in gathering weather information. Maturing channels and increasingly mobile audiences necessitate the need for understanding what channels ...