The Evolving Weather Service: Forecasters’ Perceptions of Their Relationships with Core Partners

Liu, Brooke Fisher; Seate, Anita Atwell

doi:10.1175/WCAS-D-20-0097.1

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The Evolving Weather Service: Forecasters’ Perceptions of Their Relationships with Core Partners

2021
By Liu, Brooke Fisher ; Seate, Anita Atwell

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Journal Title:

Weather, Climate, and Society
Personal Author:

Liu, Brooke Fisher ; Seate, Anita Atwell
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
Description:

Since the tragic tornado outbreaks in central Alabama and Joplin, Missouri, in 2011, the National Weather Service (NWS) has increasingly emphasized the importance of supporting community partners who help to protect public safety. Through impact-based decision support services (IDSS), NWS forecasters develop relationships with their core partners to meet their partners’ decision-making needs. IDSS presents a fundamental shift in NWS forecasting through highlighting the importance of connecting with partners instead of simply providing partners with forecasts. A critical challenge to the effective implementation of IDSS is a lack of social science research evaluating the success of IDSS. This paper addresses this gap through a cross-sectional survey with 119 NWS forecasters and managers in the central and southern regions of the United States. Findings uncover how NWS forecasters and management team members evaluate the importance of IDSS. Findings also provide a new instrument for NWS field offices to assess and improve their relationships with core partners.
Keywords:

Atmospheric Science Global And Planetary Change Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Global And Planetary Change Global And Planetary Change
Source:

Weather, Climate, and Society, 13(3), 437-448
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-20-0097.1
ISSN:

1948-8327 ; 1948-8335
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PDF
Publisher:

American Meteorological Society
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

Grant no. NA17OAR4590194
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