Weather, Climate, and Society: Recent submissions
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The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 and Superstorm Sandy: The Need to Understand Long-Term Impacts
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Facts about FEMA Household Disaster Aid: Examining the 2008 Floods and Tornadoes in Missouri
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)ery little empirical work has been done on disaster aid in the United States. This paper examines postdisaster grants to households from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the state of Missouri in 2008, when the ... -
One Economist’s Entreaty for Increased Research on Weather Risk Communication
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How Do Laypeople Evaluate the Degree of Certainty in a Weather Report? A Case Study of the Use of the Web Service yr.no
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)any people depend on and use weather forecasts to plan their schedules. In so doing, ordinary people with no expertise in meteorology are frequently called upon to interpret uncertainty with respect to weather forecasts. ... -
Household Preparedness for Tornado Hazards: The 2011 Disaster in DeKalb County, Alabama
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)his paper contributes to existing knowledge on factors that influence adoption of hazards adjustments for tornadoes. The Protective Action Decision Model provides the theoretical basis for the study, which was conducted ... -
River Forecast Application for Water Management: Oil and Water?
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)anaging water resources generally and managing reservoir operations specifically have been touted as opportunities for applying forecasts to improve decision making. Previous studies have shown that the application of ... -
Costing the Earth: A Numbers Game or a Moral Imperative?
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)t is a simple truism that public policy must be guided by an objective analysis of the physical and economic consequences of climate change. It is equally true that policy making is an inherently value-laden endeavor. While ... -
Adaptability of Mediterranean Agricultural Systems to Climate Change: The Example of the Sierra Mágina Olive-Growing Region (Andalusia, Spain). Part II: The Future
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)he adaptability of olive-growing systems to climate change is studied in the Sierra Mágina region (Andalusia) using an interdisciplinary approach that evaluates and makes associations across climate, water resources, and ... -
Blowin’ in the Wind: Short-Term Weather and Belief in Anthropogenic Climate Change
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)series of polls provides new tests for how weather influences public beliefs about climate change. Statewide data from 5000 random-sample telephone interviews conducted on 99 days over 2.5 yr (2010?12) are merged with ... -
If They Like You, They Learn from You: How a Brief Weathercaster-Delivered Climate Education Segment Is Moderated by Viewer Evaluations of the Weathercaster
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)ocal television (TV) weathercasters are a potentially promising source of climate education, in that weather is the primary reason viewers watch local TV news, large segments of the public trust TV weathercasters as a ... -
Understanding the Climate-Sensitive Decisions and Information Needs of Freshwater Resource Managers in Hawaii
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)nderstanding how climate science can be useful in decisions about the management of freshwater resources requires knowledge of decision makers, their climate-sensitive decisions, and the context in which the decisions are ... -
Science and Communicating Climate Impacts and Risks
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The Decreasing Population Bias in Tornado Reports across the Central Plains
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)ornado?hazard assessment is hampered by a population bias in the available data. Here, the authors demonstrate a way to statistically quantify this bias using the ratio of city to country report densities. The expected ... -
Economic Value of Meteorological Services to Switzerland’s Airlines: The Case of TAF at Zurich Airport
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)ust as in other state-subsidized service areas, in the field of aviation weather there is political pressure as well as a growing economic need to substantiate or at least evaluate the economic benefits of meteorological ... -
Adaptability of Mediterranean Agricultural Systems to Climate Change. The Example of the Sierra Mágina Olive-Growing Region (Andalusia, Spain). Part I: Past and Present
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)his research focuses on the adaptability of olive-growing systems to climate change in the Sierra Mágina region of Andalusia. The authors combined a retrospective and prospective analysis, an interdisciplinary approach, ... -
Agricultural Advisors: A Receptive Audience for Weather and Climate Information?
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)s the climate in the midwestern United States becomes increasingly variable because of global climate change, it is critical to provide tools to the agricultural community to ensure adaptability and profitability of ... -
“We Have Seen It with Our Own Eyes”: Why We Disagree about Climate Change Visibility
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)an the phenomenon called ?global climate change? be witnessed firsthand with the naked senses? The question provokes sharply divergent answers from different individuals and ideational communities. Physical scientists and ... -
Usable Science? The U.K. Climate Projections 2009 and Decision Support for Adaptation Planning
(American Meteorological Society, 2012)ith future changes in climate being inevitable, adaptation planning has become a policy priority. A central element in adaptation planning is scientific expertise and knowledge of what the future climate may hold. The U.K. ... -
Socioeconomic and Outdoor Meteorological Determinants of Indoor Temperature and Humidity in New York City Dwellings
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)umerous mechanisms link outdoor weather and climate conditions to human health. It is likely that many health conditions are more directly affected by indoor rather than outdoor conditions. Yet, the relationship between ... -
Reexamining El Niño and Cholera in Peru: A Climate Affairs Approach
(American Meteorological Society, 2013)n the 1990s Peru experienced the first cholera epidemic after almost a century. The source of emergence was initially attributed to a cargo ship, but later there was evidence of an El Niño association. It was hypothesized ...