Rebecca Morss
Rebecca Morss is a Scientist III at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, where she has an appointment in the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division and leads the Weather Communication and Warning project in the Integrated Science Program. She studies meteorological, socioeconomic, and public policy aspects of weather, including floods, hurricanes, and other hazards. Her recent research includes work on the communication and interpretation of hazardous weather risk; use of weather and climate information in decision making; design of meteorological and oceanographic observing networks; and extreme weather in the climate context. Among other activities, she recently served on the National Research Council Committee on Progress and Priorities of U.S. Weather Research and Research-to-Operations Activities, the NOAA Science Advisory Board’s Environmental Information Services Working Group, and the National Academies Keck Futures Initiative Steering Committee on Ecosystem Services. From 2009-2012, she served as an elected member of the Council of the American Meteorological Society. She received a B.A. from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in atmospheric science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Workshop Abstracts
Warning Decisions in Extreme Weather Events: Perceptions and Perspectives on Hurricane Forecasts, Warnings, Decisions and Risks
How Do People Interpret and Respond to Flash Flood Alerts?
Expert and Public Perceptions of Flash Flood Risk: A Mental Models Approach
Understanding Public Responses to Hurricane Risk Messages
Related Resources from Rebecca Morss
Creation and Communication of Hurricate Risk Information
With Julie Demuth, Betty Hearn Morrow, and Jeffrey Lazo
BAMS, August 2012