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Using Climate Forecasts across a State’s Emergency Management Network

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dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Patrick S.en
dc.contributor.authorWernstedt, Kris F.en
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Statesen
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-28T02:59:48Zen
dc.date.available2016-12-28T02:59:48Zen
dc.date.issued2016-04-19en
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the application by emergency managers in rural areas of forecasts of El Niño and other seasonal climate events to (1) improve the understanding of how diffuse networks can help overcome the obstacles to the use of complex scientific information and (2) to widen the use of seasonal forecasts to improve flood management. The investigation draws on ethnographic techniques of observation and conversation with emergency management networks in the state of Oregon, interviews of nearly 50 emergency managers in the state, and two detailed case studies of Oregon counties that have used seasonal climate forecasts to improve flood management. Emergency managers are more likely to use climate information tied to a time-specific and place-specific forecast and to feasible actions, and when the emergency managers are part of robust professional networks that include scientific professionals as well as end-users of forecast information.en
dc.description.notesfalse (Extension publication?)en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extent1 - 11 (11) page(s)en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000222en
dc.identifier.issue3en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/73868en
dc.identifier.volume17en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherASCEen
dc.relation.urihttp://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000222en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.titleUsing Climate Forecasts across a State’s Emergency Management Networken
dc.title.serialNatural Hazards Reviewen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-02-04en
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