Abstract: n 2007, the National Weather Service (NWS) began using storm-based warnings (SBWs) rather than countywide warnings. Some analysts have examined the effects of this change, but little empirical research has yet to focus on ...

Abstract: The temperature of strongly charged 100? water droplets, suspended in a non-uniform ac field, was estimated from measurements of the rate of loss of mass at various temperatures and from freezing experiments with water ...

Abstract: This paper presents a weighted scoring model as a systematic approach to resource allocation in postconflict reconstruction operations in two distinct environments: adversarial and nonadversarial. The model is intended to ...

Abstract: Experiments with charged water droplets show the existence of the metastable states predicted by Cahn as well as the well-known unstable state predicted by Lord Rayleigh. The charge lost at metastability is completely ...

Abstract: espite considerable interest in the weather enterprise, there is little focused research on the ?false alarm effect.? Within the body of research that does exist, findings are mixed. Some studies suggest that the false ...

Abstract: In the study described here, reinforced and unreinforced specimens of reactive powder concrete were scanned using an X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging system that allowed characterization and measurement of internal ...

Abstract: Evacuations have long been studied within disciplinary boundaries, most frequently in the social sciences and in transportation engineering. Despite the common object of study, previous works integrating these fields’ ...

Abstract: Urban soft-ground tunneling projects involve significant risks related to the spatial variability and uncertainty in geotechnical parameters. However, standard practice typically does not incorporate spatial trends into ...

Abstract: This paper introduces a computational framework that can be used to identify hurricane risk management solutions based on the operation of the system as a whole. The framework represents interactions among multiple types ...

Abstract: Even as new incentive programs emerge to encourage homeowners to strengthen their homes so as to reduce the risk of damage in extreme events, little is known about how homeowners make such decisions. In this paper, we ...