Weather, Climate, and Society: Recent submissions
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Inconvenience versus Rationality: Reflections on Different Faces of Climate Contrarianism in Poland and Norway
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThere has been increasing scientific evidence related to climate change and its attribution, impacts, and possibilities of mitigation. Yet, climate contrarianism still persists. This paper concentrates on Poland ... -
Evaluating the Combined Effects of Weather and Real-Time Traffic Conditions on Freeway Crash Risks
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThe study presented in this paper investigated the combined effects of environmental factors and real-time traffic conditions on freeway crash risks. Traffic and weather data were collected from a 35-km freeway ... -
Tornado Warnings at Night: Who Gets the Message?
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractNocturnal tornadoes are a public health threat, over twice as likely to have fatalities as tornadoes during the day. While tornado warning receipt is an important factor in models of individual behavioral response, ... -
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The Effects of Social Connections on Evacuation Decision Making during Hurricane Irma
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThis study investigates the influence of individuals? social connections in their decision to either evacuate or not evacuate in the days preceding the landfall of Hurricane Irma. Using Hurricane Irma in September ... -
Traumatic and Nontraumatic Driving Accidents Due to Dry Spells in Northern Iran: A Time Series Analysis
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractDriving in rain is very dangerous, and drivers seem not to drive properly whenever it rains. In such situations, the risk of driving increases on rainy days, especially after a prolonged dry period. This would be ... -
The Influence of Political Ideology and Socioeconomic Vulnerability on Perceived Health Risks of Heat Waves in the Context of Climate Change
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractVulnerability and resilience to extreme weather hazards are a function of diverse physical, social, and psychological factors. Previous research has focused on individual factors that influence public perceptions ... -
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Usefulness of the United States National Weather Service Radar Display as Rated by Website Users
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractWeather radar is now widely viewed by the general public in the United States via television, computers/tablets, and smartphones. Anyone can consult near-real-time maps and animations of weather radar data when ... -
Exploiting the Convergence of Evidence in Satellite Data for Advanced Weather Index Insurance Design
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractThe goal of drought-related weather index insurance (WII) is to protect smallholder farmers against the risk of weather shocks and to increase their agricultural productivity. Estimates of precipitation and vegetation ... -
Validating Conspiracy Beliefs and Effectively Communicating Scientific Consensus
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractA central challenge to effectively communicating scientific consensus is that people often reject information counter to their prior beliefs. People who believe that human-induced climate change is a hoax, for ... -
Changing River Ice Seasonality and Impacts on Interior Alaskan Communities
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractSubsistence harvesters in high latitudes rely on frozen rivers for winter access to local resources. During recent decades, interior Alaskan residents have observed changes in river ice regimes that are significant ... -
Lightning-Related Fatalities in Romania from 1999 to 2015
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractLightning-related fatalities in Romania are analyzed and presented for the first time using data from the Romanian National Institute of Statistics. The database contains 724 lightning fatalities that occurred ... -
Perspectives on Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in Hazardous Environments: Insights from Broward County, Florida
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractParticular social factors can limit or promote adaptive capacity and resilience in hazardous environments. Understanding these factors is essential for developing planning tools for risk reduction and response. In ... -
Implications of Regulatory Drought for farmer Use of Climate Information in the Klamath Basin
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractDespite the risk of climate variability to agriculture, farmer use of climate information in agricultural decision-making generally remains low. Research has suggested that where farmers already have robust ... -
Perceptions about Social Science among NWS Warning Coordination Meteorologists
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractNOAA has recently placed greater emphasis on implementing social science findings into its products, but perceptions of social science research among National Weather Service offices have not been gauged. To this ... -
The Phenology of Wilderness Use: Backcountry Recreation in a Changing Climate
(American Meteorological Society, 2017)AbstractPhenology studies are a critical tool for identifying the ways that changing climate affects species and ecosystems. Here, a phenological framework was used to assess the sensitivity of human behavior to temperature ... -
Cold-season Tornado Risk Communication: Case Studies from November 2016 to February 2017
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractCold-season tornadoes, defined here as those occurring during November?February (NDJF), pose many societal risks. Not only do they occur when tornadoes are least common in the United States, but NDJF tornadoes also ... -
What is the Worst That Could Happen? Reexamining the 24–25 June 1967 Tornado Outbreak over Western Europe
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractOn 24?25 June 1967 one of the most intense European tornado outbreaks produced extensive damage (approximately 960 houses damaged or destroyed) and resulted in 232 injuries and 15 fatalities in France, Belgium, and ... -
Getting More out of Storm Surge Forecasts: Emergency Support Personnel Needs in North Carolina
(American Meteorological Society, 2018)AbstractStorm surge has been identified as a dangerous and damaging coastal hazard that is expected to be exacerbated by rising sea levels. However, storm surge research and applications are relatively new and poorly ...