Projects
| Title | Superstorm '93 |
| Type | Research Project |
| URL | ccb.ucar.edu/superstorm/ |
| Abstract | On March 12-15, 1993, a major winter storm affected 26 U.S. states, Cuba and eastern Canada, causing high winds, severe weather, storm surges, heavy rain, record snowfalls, and record low temperatures. During this two year project, Michael Glantz, along with Rebecca Morss, and other NCAR scientists from MMM and CGD, will explore the potential for improving different types of forecasts of similar winter storms, as well as the potential value of such improvements to society. They are studying the event as being representative of a class of events and are approaching the project as a unique and exploratory effort to integrate meteorological and societal impacts knowledge, research, and research applications. The project involves external collaborators from Cuba, Canada, and the University of Colorado. |
| Participants | Michael Glantz Rebecca Morss |
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| Keywords | Extreme Climate Forecast Use & Value Storms Weather Impacts Weather Prediction |
| Research Themes | Use of Scientific Information in Decision Processes Vulnerability, Adaptation, Thresholds and Resilience Integrated Science and Regional Applications |
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| "Because the pathway to sustainability cannot be
charted in advance, it will have to be navigated through trial and error and conscious experimentation. The urgent need is to
design strategies and institutions that can better integrate incomplete knowledge with experimental action into programs of
adaptive management and social learning." |
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