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(Last updated: March, 2008)

Transportation Individual Sector Sensitivity Assessment (ISSA-T)

ISSA-T is a broad assessment of the transportation sector's sensitivity to weather aimed at better understanding how the sector uses and values weather forecast information. This assessment, which also involves the research and efforts of SIP's Dr. Jeff Lazo and Julie Demuth, will improve our understanding of how the transportation sector is affected by weather and what weather forecast information the sector deems useful, as well as help improve the provision of weather forecast information and support public investments in weather observing and forecasting systems. More generally, this project will help establish reliable methods for assessing the use and value of weather information in all economic sectors.

Disaster Loss Estimation

Emily is also working with SIP's Dr. Jeff Lazo and Nathaniel Bushek, a student research assistant for SIP, on a project examining the challenges and caveats associated with current disaster loss estimation practices.

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