June 2, 1999 Library Presentation

by Roger A. Pielke, Jr.

Scientist
Environmental and Societal Impacts Group
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado

Hurricane Season 1999!

SUMMARY

EIIP Virtual Library Online Presentation
Wednesday - June 2, 1999 - 12:00 Noon EDT

Hurricane Season 1999

Roger Pielke, Jr
Environmental and Societal Impacts Group
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado

EIIP Moderator: Amy Sebring

The June 2, 1999 Virtual Library featured Roger Pielke, Jr. from the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group (ESIG) of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. The presentation featured research about the impacts of hurricanes and some surprising facts recently discovered in light of Hurricane Season 1999.

The session primarily focused on (1) Hurricane Impacts, (2) Hurricane Forecasts, and (3) Hurricane Policies. Pielke expanded on each of the three areas with statistics, graphs, and URLs to demonstrate research findings about reasons for increased hurricane losses, both human and financial, and predictions for the future.

ROGER A. PIELKE, JR.
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Scientist
Environmental and Societal Impacts Group
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado

Roger A. Pielke, Jr. is a Scientist at the Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. He also holds an affiliate professorship in the Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado. With a B.A.in mathematics and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Colorado, his research focuses on the relation of scientific information and public and private sector decision making. His current areas of research are societal responses to extreme weather events, domestic and international policy responses to climate change, and United States science policy. He currently chairs the American Meteorological Society’s Committee on Societal Impacts, and serves on the Science Steering Committees of the U.S. Weather Research Program’s and the World Meteorological Organization's World Weather Research Programme among other advisory committees. He is a co-author (with his father) of Hurricanes: Their Nature and Impact on Society, published in 1997 by John Wiley & Sons Press.

Related Publications:

Pielke, Jr., R. A., B. Enosh, A. Gutierrez, and M. Mercer 1999. Extreme Weather Sourcebook: An Educational Report on Damages in the United States Related to Tornadoes, Floods and Hurricanes , Environmental and Societal Impacts Group National Center For Atmospheric Research, February. http://www.dir.ucar.edu/esig/HP_roger/sourcebook/report.html

Pielke, Jr., R. A. and C. W. Landsea, (in press). “La Niña, El Niño, and Atlantic Hurricane
Damages in the United States,” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
http://www.dir.ucar.edu/esig/HP_roger/bams/

Landsea, C. L., R. A. Pielke, Jr., A. Mestas-Nuñez, and J. Knaff, 1999. (in press). “Atlantic Basin Hurricanes: Indicies of Climate Changes,” Climate Change.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. and C. W. Landsea 1998. “Normalized Hurricane Damages in the United
States: 1925-1995,” Weather and Forecasting, 13:351-361.

Pielke Jr., R. A. 1997. "Reframing the U.S. Hurricane Problem," Society and Natural Resources 10:485-499.

Pielke, Jr., R. A. 1996. "Exposing Exposure: Societal Dimensions of Hurricane Risk,"
Insurance Specialist 2(1):46-47.

Pielke Jr., R. A. 1995. "Preparing for the Past: Global Warming and Responses to Hurricanes in the U.S.," Insurance Specialist, 1(7):15-16.

Roger Pielke
Email: rogerp@ucar.edu

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