| Volume 6 |
| Number 1 - January 20, 2012 |
| Authors |
Title |
Keywords |
Pages |
| Jeffrey K. Lazo |
From the Director: WSW Special Issue on Socio-Economic Research to Build a Weather Ready Nation |
Director, Weather Ready, Socio-Economic |
1,2 |
| Sheldon Drobot and Michael Chapman |
Driving the Future: Improving Driver Safety and Mobility with the Promise of Connected Vehicle |
Editorial, Driver Safety, Vehicles |
3,4 |
| Kimberly E. Klockow and Randy A. Peppler |
Folk Science: Local Understandings of the Tornado Hazard on April 27, 2011 |
Tornado, Hazard, Folk Science, April 27 |
5,6,7 |
| Mark A. Casteel and Joe R. Downing |
Communicating Severe Weather Trends to Mobile Stakeholders: Challenges and Future Trends |
Communication, Mobile, Stakeholders |
8,9 |
| Cedar League, Brenda Philips, and Ellen J. Bass |
Tornado Warning Communication and Emergency Manager Decision Making |
Emergency Manager, Communication, Tornado, Decision Making |
10,11,12 |
| Jessica L. Losego, Kenneth J. Galluppi, and Burrell E. Montz |
Improving Risk Characterization for NWS Decision Support for Emergency Managers |
Emergency Manger, Risk, Decision Support |
13,14,15 |
| Rachel Riley |
An Assessment of the Climate Information Needs of Oklahoma Decision Makers |
Climate, Decision Makers, Stakeholders |
16,17 |
| Barry Goldsmith, Mike Buchanan, Scott Cordero, and John Metz |
The Use of Innovative Communications to Enhance Weather Information for a Rare Winter Storm in South Texas |
Communication, Winter Storm, Texas |
18,19,20 |
| Volume 5 |
| Number 4 - July 29, 2011 |
| Authors |
Title |
Keywords |
Pages |
| Jeffrey K. Lazo |
Testable Hypotheses and the Societal Impacts Discussion Board |
Editorial, Discussion |
1,2,3,11 |
| Daniel Dix and Jessica Fieux |
Atlanta Integrated Warning Team Workshop: A WAS*IS Success |
IWT, Atlanta, WAS*IS |
4,5 |
| Peter Rogers and Mark Frazier |
Red River Devils Lake Integrated Warning Team Workshop |
IWT, Red River, WAS*IS |
6 |
| Jeffrey K. Lazo |
WSW Methods: The Dillman Method and Mail Survey Research |
Methods, Survey, Dillman |
8,9,10 |
| Emily Laidlaw |
Resources for Planning an Integrated Warning Team Workshop |
IWT, Resources |
10 |
| Number 3 - April 30, 2011 |
| Authors |
Title |
Keywords |
Pages |
| Kenny Blumenfeld |
Six Words That May Confuse You |
Editorial, National Weather Service |
1,2,3,11 |
| Rebecca E. Morss & Olga V. Wilhelmi |
Extreme Weather and Society: An Integrated Perspective |
Extreme Weather |
4,5 |
| Jeffrey K. Lazo |
From the Director: Introducing the New WSW Methods Section |
Director |
6 |
| Jeffrey K. Lazo |
WSW Methods: Cash Incentives in Mail Surveys |
Methods, Survey, Incentives |
7,8 |
| Kim Klockow |
WSW Book Review: "The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl" |
Book Review |
9,10,12 |
| Number 2 - January 19, 2011 |
| Authors |
Title |
Keywords |
Pages |
| Margaret "Peggy" LeMone |
Good Will in Communicating |
Editorial, Communication, Good Will |
3,4 |
| Betsy Wackernagel Bach |
Working Together to Inform the Public about Weather: Collaboration Between Communication and Weather Related Disciplines |
Editorial, Communication, Public |
5,6,7 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: WSW Special Edition on Communication |
Director, Communication |
1,2 |
| Renee Lertzman |
Does the Weather Make Us Anxious? Reflections on Anxiety, Emotions and Weather |
Communication, Emotions |
8,9 |
| Karen Akerlof |
Contested Predictions: The Significance of Modeling to Public Climate Debates |
Communication, Modeling, Climate |
10,11,12 |
| Vankita Brown |
Weathering the Cultural Storm: Recasting the Natural World of Perceived Disaster |
Commuication, Culture, Disaster |
14,15 |
| Number 1 - October 31, 2010 |
| Authors |
Title |
Keywords |
Pages |
| Kenneth Carey and H. Michael "Mike" Mogil |
The Future is Now! Making the Most Out of Current Activities and Planned Initiatives to Accelerate the Integration of Social Science Information into Weather Forecasts and Warnings |
Editorial, Social Science, Integration |
1,6,7,8 |
| Heather Lazrus |
Culture, Weather and Climate: Anthropology's Contributions to Understanding our World |
Anthropology |
2,3,10,11 |
| Miguel López |
Remembering the 1985 Mameyes Ward Tragedy in Ponce, Puerto Rico: What have we Learned? |
Mameyes, Puerto Rico, mudslide |
4 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: Long Term Hurricane Impacts and Perceptions of Risk |
Hurricane, Impacts, Risk, Director |
5,9 |
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| Volume 4 |
| Number 4 - July 31, 2010 |
| Authors |
Title |
Keywords |
Pages |
| Karen Freberg |
Live, Breathe, and Check in with the Weather: How to Share the Weather with the Online Community through Geolocation-based Applications and Social Media |
Social Media |
1,6,7,8 |
| Randy Peppler |
Fieldwork in Indian Country: A Conversational Experience |
Human Geography |
2,3,10,11 |
| David Letson |
An Economic Postcard from Sunny (So Far) Miami: June 1, 2010 |
Economics |
4,5 |
| Number 3 - April 30, 2010 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
Sheldon Drobot,
Michael Chapman,
Paul Pisano,
William Mahoney,
Benjamin McKeever |
Aware Today, Alive Tomorrow |
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1,10,11 |
| Greg Dobson |
Using Geospatial Visualization to Facilitate Weather and Water Communication |
|
2,8,9 |
Megan Bolter,
Tom Behler |
StormReady Comes to the Classroom |
|
3,12 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: Forecasting Impacts |
|
4,5 |
| Toni Rosati |
Data Rescue Saves Lives |
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6,7 |
| Number 2 - January 15, 2010 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Barbara Brown |
Forecast evaluation: No longer just Root-Mean-Squared Error |
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1,12,13 |
David J. Gochis,
David N. Yates,
Wei Yu |
Developing flash flood prediction tools for the Front Range |
Flash Flood, Front Range, Colorado |
2,11 |
| Tanja Fransen |
Cold Advisory for Newborn Livestock: The Stars Aligned |
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3,14-16 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: Do improved forecasts save lives? |
|
4,5 |
| Bill Mahoney |
Strategies for Engaging End Users to Optimize Weather Product Utility |
|
6,7,10 |
| Ilan Kelman |
Review of The Fire Dogs of Climate Change: An Inspirational Call to Action |
Book Review |
8,9 |
| Number 1 - October 30, 2009 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Daniel Nietfeld |
Station Scientists: Overcoming the Boundaries Between Meteorological and Societal Impacts Research |
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1,6,7 |
| Tom Behler |
Can You See What I'm Saying? Some Thoughts on a Modified Basic SKYWARN Training Program for the Blind |
|
2,8-11 |
| Wendy Pearson |
Water and Society: Integrated Studies of Water Resource Challenges |
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3 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: What Are Social Sciences? |
|
4,5,12 |
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| Volume 3 |
| Number 4 - July 29, 2009 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Nate Johnson |
Just Talking About the Weather - Social Networks and the Weather Enterprise |
|
1,6,7 |
Kimberly E. Klockow,
Randy A. Peppler |
Decision Making and Risk: Traveling to the 2007 AMS Annual Meeting |
|
2,8,10,11,14 |
Ildikó Dobi,
Gábor Kis-Kovács |
Using Wind Tunnels for Calibration: Costs and Benefits |
|
3,9 |
| Gina M.Eosco |
Perspectives on Communication: A Self-Ethnography on the Importance of Communication Research to the Weather Community |
|
4,5,12,13 |
| Number 3 - April 30, 2009 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Jeff Lazo |
Celebrating Five Years of Societal Impacts Success |
Editorial, 5 Years of SIP |
1,6,7 |
Kevin M. Simmons
Daniel Sutter |
False Alarms, Close Calls, and Tornado Warning Verification Records |
Tornado, False Alarm Ratio (FAR), Warning Verification, Credibility |
2,12,13 |
| Zoran Vakula |
Business Planning & Weather: Case in Point from Croatia |
Croatia, Business, Sales Models, Climate |
3,9,14 |
| Alan E. Stewart |
Psychological Perspectives on Weather and Society Research |
Psychology, Weather Salience, Survey |
4,5 |
| Jeff Lazo |
Review of Colorado Weather Almanac |
Book Review, Colorado Weather Almanac |
11,15 |
| Emily Laidlaw |
What Language Are You Speaking? |
Societal Impacts Discussion Board, Defining Societal Impacts |
15 |
| Number 2 - January 9, 2009 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Jack Hayes |
Social Sciences Improve NWS's Ability to Protect Lives |
Editorial, NWS, WAS*IS |
1,11 |
| Dusan Hrcek |
Strengthening Hydrometeorological Services in Southeastern Europe |
Vulnerability, NMH, Southeastern Europe, World Bank Project |
2,12 |
| Sonia Quiroga |
Economic Benefits of Meteorological Information: Two Case Studies |
Economics, Case Studies, Sofia Meeting |
3,13,14 |
| Thomas Behler |
Theoretical Perspectives in Modern Sociology as Useful Tools for Meteorological, Hydrological, and Societal Impacts Work |
Sociology, Social Perspectives, Hurricane Katrina |
4,5,15 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: These are difficult times |
Economics, Jane Lubchenco, WAS*IS |
6 |
| Ilan Kelman |
Don't Forget the People |
Vulnerability, Warning Systems |
7,14 |
| Number 1 - October 30, 2008 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Bob Ryan |
Forecasts and Decisions: The Missing Link |
Editorial, Decision Making, Evacuations, Forecast Communication |
1,7,11 |
John M. Lanicci
James D. Ramsay |
Integrating Environmental Security and Societal Impacts Research |
Environmental Security, Policymaking, Climate Change |
2,8,9 |
| Thomas Behler |
Bringing a Sociological Worldview to Weather and Society*Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) Work |
WAS*IS, Sociology |
3,9,11 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: Diverse Global Perspectives Enhance Our Work |
From the Director, Madrid Conference, NMHS, Economics |
4,10 |
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| Volume 2 |
| Number 4 - July 30, 2008 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Paul Pisano |
Weather and Traffic: Integrating the Right Information |
Editorial, Transportation, Traffic, Weather Information |
1,11 |
| Kathleen Sherman-Morris |
Paws and Click: Disaster Preparedness Information on Animal Welfare Web Sites |
Pets, Evacuations, Study, Natural Hazards, Hurricane Katrina |
2,8,9 |
Larry Mooney,
Eve Gruntfest |
A Perspective on the Importance of Social Science to the Nation's Natural Disaster Warning System |
NWS History, End Users, Training, Hurricane, Flash Flood, Communicating Uncertainty |
3,10,13 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: On Philosophy and Meteorology |
From the Director, Philosophy, Ethics |
4,14,15 |
| Marcus Walter |
Connecting Weather and Society: My transition to Grad School |
Graduate School Programs |
5 |
| Daniel Sutter |
Review of The Weather Channel: The Improbable Rise of a Media Phenomenon |
Book Review, The Weather Channel |
6,7 |
| Number 3 - April 25, 2008 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Jacques Descurieux |
How Important is Knowledge Management for Meteorology? |
Editorial, Knowledge Management, Weather Forecasts |
1,8 |
| Kevin Barjenbruch |
Societal Impacts Analysis Featured in Super Tuesday Tornado Outbreak Service Assessment |
Tornado, Super Tuesday, Service Assessment, Interviews |
2,7,9 |
| Amanda Graning |
WAS*IS in Practice: Forecast Impacts During the Blizzards of March 1, 2007 |
WAS*IS, Blizzard, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Winter Weather |
3,8 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: Integrating Social Science Theory into Hydrometeorology |
From the Director, SIP, WAS*IS, Hydrometeorology, Social Theory, Social Science |
4,11 |
| Heather Lazrus |
Minding the Gap: Social Science Research on a Pacific Atoll and Weather Risk Communication in the United States |
WAS*IS, Anthropology, Tuvalu |
5,11 |
| Carlie Lawson |
Review of Weather, Climate, Culture |
Weather, Climate, Culture; Book Review, Climate Change, Anthropology |
6 |
| Ashley Coles |
Review of Weather, Climate, Culture |
Weather, Climate, Culture; Book Review, Climate Change, Anthropology |
7 |
| Number 2 - January 18, 2008 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Rick Anthes |
Weather, Climate, and Four Societies |
Editorial, Cuba, Climate Change |
1,12,13 |
Haleh Kootval,
Donald Wilhite |
Societal and Economic Applications and Benefits of Public Weather Services |
NMHS, WMO, Madrid Conference |
2,14 |
Julie Demuth,
Rebecca Morss,
Jeff Lazo |
Communicating Uncertainty in Weather Forecasts to Benefit Users |
Uncertainty, Forecasting, Survey |
3,13 |
| Andrea Bleistein |
One Step Closer to Integrating Social Science and Meteorology: NWS WAS*IS Alumni Meet for the First Time |
WAS*IS |
4 |
| David Rogers |
Health and Climate, Weather Scientists Now Working Together |
Health, Climate, Climate Change, Medicine, Weather Forecasting, Epidemic Prevention |
5,15 |
Sheldon Drobot,
Mark Anderson,
Robert Oglesby |
Disappearing Sea Ice and Weather-Related Consequences |
Arctic Sea Ice |
6 |
| Andrea Schumacher |
After WAS*IS Ecstasy, the Laundry: One Atmospheric Scientist's Experience |
WAS*IS, Interdisciplinary Research |
7 |
| Ken Lerner |
Review of Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over Global Warming |
DVD Review, Storm World, Climate Change, Hurricanes |
8 |
| Kate Eschelbacch |
Review of Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle over Global Warming |
DVD Review, Storm World, Climate Change, Hurricanes |
9 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: Is There a Future for Public Weather Services? |
From the Director |
10,15 |
| Emily Laidlaw |
Readers Share Thoughts through Satisfaction Survey |
Reader Survey |
11 |
| Number 1 - October 26, 2007 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
Eve Gruntfest,
Cedar League |
Incorporating IMPACTS into Your Research, the Right Way! |
Editorial, Online Resources |
1,7 |
| Ernest Ostuno |
Life and Death Decisions in the Path of a Violent Tornado |
Tornado, Interview, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Fatalities, Decision Making |
2,11 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: A Visit to Obninsk, Russia |
From the Director, Economics |
3 |
| Nathaniel Bushek |
How Much Does a Natural Disaster Really Cost? |
Damage Estimates, FEMA, NCDC, Storm Data, Statistics |
4,8,9 |
| Ilan Kelman |
Scientific Outreach for Scientific Advocacy |
Scientific Outreach, Media |
5,6 |
| Ilan Kelman |
Simple Tips for Interacting with the Media |
Scientific Outreach, Media |
6 |
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| Volume 1 |
| Number 4 - July 20, 2007 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Michael H. Glantz |
USABLE Science vs. Usable SCIENCE: Choose Your Emphasis |
Editorial, Funding, NSF |
1,6 |
| Vincent T. Wood |
Impact of Severe Weather on People with Hearing Loss |
Severe Weather, Deaf, Hearing Loss, Emergency Weather Information |
2,7,11 |
| Jeff Lazo |
From the Director: Thank You! |
From the Director |
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| Havidán Rodríguez, Jenniffer Santos, William Donner, and Walter Diaz |
Science, Technology and Disasters: Integrating End-User Needs |
CASA, Emergency Managers, Decision Making |
4,9 |
| Donna J. Kain |
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Storm-related Risk and Emergency Communication |
Decision Making, Hurricane, Risk Communication, Emergency Communication, Interviews |
5,8 |
| Number 3 - April 20, 2007 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Raymond Ban |
Moving toward Symbiosis between Physical and Social Sciences |
Editorial |
1,7,11 |
Mark S. Roulston,
Todd R. Kaplan |
Testing User Understanding of Forecast Uncertainty Information in the Experimental Economics Laboratory |
Ensemble Forecasting, Uncertainty, Decision Making |
2,11 |
| Stu Ostro |
What Are Societal Impacts? Reexamining a Common Phrase |
Defining Societal Impacts |
3 |
| Ilan Kelman |
Weather-Related Disaster Diplomacy |
Disaster Diplomacy, Cuba |
4,9 |
| Ashley Coles |
Perhaps Our Science Is Really Only as Good as Society's Willingness to Use It: A response to Weather and Society Watch's January editorial |
William H. Hooke, Response to Editorial, Editorial |
5,8 |
| Jeffrey K. Lazo |
From the Director: A Perspective on Better Integrating Atmospheric and Social Science |
From the Director, Research funding, THORPEX, CASA |
6,7 |
| Emily Laidlaw |
Weather Impacts Information: More Accessible Than You Think! |
SOCASP, Weather impacts Information, Database |
8 |
| Number 2 - January 10, 2007 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| William H. Hooke |
Our Science is Only as Good as Society's Ability to Use It |
Editorial |
1,8,9 |
J. Anthony Stallins,
Mace L. Bentley |
Urban Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Enhancement in Atlanta, Georgia, and its Relevance to Urban Weather Hazards |
Lightning, Climate Change, Urbanization, Climatology |
2,11 |
| Jeffery K. Lazo |
From the Director: Integrating Societal Impacts Research and Applications with Weather |
From the Director, THORPEX, CASA |
3 |
| Daniel Sutter |
The Fujita Scale and Societal Vulnerability to Tornadoes |
Tornado, Damage, Urbanization, SPC, Vulnerability |
4,5 |
Eve Gruntfest,
Charles Benight,
Mary Hayden,
Sheldon Drobot,
Lindsey Barnes,
David Schultz,
Julie Demuth |
The Warning Project: Toward Improved Understanding of Warnings for Short-Fuse Weather Events |
The Warning Project, Survey, Trauma, Flash Flood, Tornado, Warnings |
6,7 |
| Emily Laidlaw |
Extreme Weather Statistics at Your Fingertips |
Extreme Weather Sourcebook, Statistics |
8 |
| Ilan Kelman |
Review of Marshall Frech's The Water's Edge |
Book Review, The Water's Edge, Vulnerability, Flood |
9 |
| Number 1 - October 20, 2006 |
| Authors | Title | Keywords | Pages |
| Roger A. Pielke Jr. |
Watch This Space |
Editorial, Extreme Weather Sourcebook, Societal Aspects of Weather, SIP, WAS*IS |
1 |
| Jeffery K. Lazo |
From the Director: Issuing the First Weather and Society Watch |
From the Director |
2 |
| Julie Demuth |
WAS*IS Changes Culture |
WAS*IS |
2,3 |
| Ilan Kelman |
Focus on Research: Framework for Weather-Related Fatalities Research |
Fatalities, Vulnerability |
4 |
| Emily Laidlaw |
Information Resources Make a Move |
Extreme Weather Sourcebook, Societal Aspects of Weather, WeatherZine, WxSoc |
5 |
