CREATION AND COMMUNICATION OF HURRICANE RISK INFORMATION

• Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Vol. 93; no. 8; pp. 1133 - 1145
• Main Authors: Demuth, Julie L., Morss, Rebecca E., Morrow, Betty Hearn, Lazo, Jeffrey K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston American Meteorological Society 01.08.2012
• Subjects: Collaboration; Emergency management; Emergency preparedness; Employment forecasting; Evacuation; Hurricanes; Meteorology; Private sector; Product development; Social sciences; Statistical weather forecasting; Storm surges; Studies; Warning systems; Warnings; Weather; Weather forecasting; Florida; United States > US

Reducing loss of life and harm when a hurricane threatens depends on people receiving hurricane risk information that they can interpret and use in protective decisions. To understand and improve hurricane risk communication, this article examines how National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters at th...