Weather, Climate, and Society: Recent submissions
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Drought Adaptation and Climate Change Beliefs among Working Ranchers in Montana
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)gricultural producers may be particularly vulnerable to climate impacts, such as drought. To better understand how ranchers respond to ongoing drought and the relationship between climate change beliefs and drought adaptation, ... -
A Tornado Watch Scale to Improve Public Response
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)tornado refuge rubric was revised into a six-level, hierarchical Tornado Watch Scale (TWS) from level 0 to level 5 based on the likelihood of high or low-impact tornadic events. Levels correspond to an estimate of the ... -
Tornado Damage Mitigation: Benefit–Cost Analysis of Enhanced Building Codes in Oklahoma
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)n April 2014, the city of Moore, Oklahoma, adopted enhanced building codes designed for wind-resistant construction. This action came after Moore suffered three violent tornadoes in 14 yr. Insured loss data and a rigorous ... -
Effects of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation on Drought Impacts in the United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)he authors present a method for analyzing the economic benefits to the United States resulting from changes in drought frequency and severity due to global greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation. The method begins by constructing ... -
From the Airfield to the High Street: The Met Office’s Role in the Emergence of Commercial Weather Services
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)his paper explores the role of the United Kingdom?s National Meteorological Service, the Met Office (MO), in the early development (1945?65) of applied, and subsequently commercial, weather and climatological services in ... -
Climate Change and the Impact of Extreme Temperatures on Aviation
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)emperature and airport elevation significantly influence the maximum allowable takeoff weight of an aircraft by changing the surface air density and thus the lift produced at a given speed. For a given runway length, airport ... -
A Review of People’s Behavior in and around Floodwater
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)study was undertaken to review international literature pertaining to people?s behavior in and around floodwater. The review focused on people?s voluntary entry of floodwater. From the literature, five predominant reasons ... -
Weather, Climate, and Resource Information Should Meet the Needs of Sahelian Pastoralists
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)here has been an increasing focus on providing better weather, climate, and resource information for decision making in drylands. This study explores what kind of information pastoralists in the Sahel received in 2013 and ... -
Scalability and Realist Climate Insights
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)ecent scientific findings have underscored the need for a rapid global decarbonization. Yet, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to rise despite vast investments in small-scale renewable energy. Meanwhile, ... -
Agricultural Advisors as Climate Information Intermediaries: Exploring Differences in Capacity to Communicate Climate
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)lthough agricultural production faces chronic stress associated with extreme precipitation events, high temperatures, drought, and shifts in climate conditions, adoption of climate information into agricultural decision ... -
What Stakeholder Needs Tell Us about Enabling Adaptive Capacity: The Intersection of Context and Information Provision across Regions in the United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)n recent years increasing attention has been focused on understanding the different resources that can support decision makers at all levels in responding to climate variability and change. This article focuses on the role ... -
Characteristics of Winter-Precipitation-Related Transportation Fatalities in the United States
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)inter precipitation can be very disruptive to travel by aircraft and by motor vehicles. Vehicle fatalities due to winter precipitation are considered ?indirect? and are not counted in Storm Data, the publication commonly ... -
CORRIGENDUM
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Climate Change and Resilience to Weather Events
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Integrated Weather Effects on Cycling Shares, Frequencies, and Durations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)ith the increasing societal interest in climate change, health, accessibility, and liveability and subsequent policy aims to promote active transport modes over car usage, many scholars have investigated the relationship ... -
“Certain Death” from Storm Surge: A Comparative Study of Household Responses to Warnings about Hurricanes Rita and Ike
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)his study examines the effect of an unusual ?certain death? warning message on Galveston, Harris, and Jefferson County, Texas, residents? expectations of storm surge damage and evacuation decisions during Hurricane Ike. ... -
Measuring the Effectiveness of the Graphical Communication of Hurricane Storm Surge Threat
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)olor is an important variable in the graphical communication of weather information. The effect of different colors on understanding and perception is not always considered prior to releasing an image to the public. This ... -
Harvesting Experience for Adapting to Climate Change
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The Impact of Climate Change on Meningitis in Northwest Nigeria: An Assessment Using CMIP5 Climate Model Simulations
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)eningitis remains a major health burden throughout Sahelian Africa, especially in heavily populated northwest Nigeria with an annual incidence rate ranging from 18 to 200 per 100 000 people for 2000?11. Several studies ... -
Indicators of Climate Change in Idaho: An Assessment Framework for Coupling Biophysical Change and Social Perception
(American Meteorological Society, 2015)limate change is well documented at the global scale, but local and regional changes are not as well understood. Finer, local- to regional-scale information is needed for creating specific, place-based planning and adaption ...