Weather Forecasting and Alerting Systems

Projects on forecast cognition, warning decisions, and weather application usability.

Weather Forecasting and Alerting Systems
Collaboration

Weather Forecasting and Alerting Systems

The lab has collaborated on projects involving flash flood forecasting, weather hazard detection, and usability of mobile weather alert applications.

  • weather
  • forecasting
  • usability
  • mobile apps
  • eye tracking

Project scope

Studying forecasters' cognitive processes and evaluating the usability of weather alert applications.

  • One line of work studies how forecasters use displays and develop situation awareness during warning decisions.
  • Another evaluates usability issues in weather alert applications and their effect on user attention and comprehension.

Researchers

  • Dr. Ziho Kang
  • Pamela Hiselman
  • Randa Shehab
  • Jonathan Gourley
  • Abdulrahman Khamaj
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