CHIME Publications

Project publications

• Morss, R. E., J. L. Demuth, H. Lazrus, L. Palen, C. M. Barton, C. A. Davis, C. Snyder, O. V. Wilhelmi, K. M. Anderson, D. A. Ahijevych, J. Anderson, M. Bica, K. R. Fossell, J. Henderson, M. Kogan, K. Stowe, and J. Watts: Hazardous weather prediction and communication in the modern information environment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98, 2653–2674. *Overview of the CHIME project conceptual framework, interlinked research methods, and initial findings.*
• Fossell, K. R., D. Ahijevych, R. E. Morss, C. Snyder, and C. Davis: The practical predictability of storm tide from tropical cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico. Monthly Weather Review , 145, 5103–5121, 5103–5121.
• Dilling, L., R. Morss, and O. Wilhelmi: Learning to expect surprise: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and beyond. Journal of Extreme Events, in press.
• Watts, J., C. M. Barton, R. E. Morss, and J. L. Demuth: CHIME ABM: Introducing an agent-based model of information flow and evacuation decisions during hurricane threats. Submitted to Environmental Modeling and Software.
• Demuth, J. L, R. E. Morss, L. Palen, K. Anderson, J. Anderson, M. Kogan, K. Stowe, M. Bica, H. Lazrus, O. Wilhelmi, and J. Henderson: “sometimes da #beachlife ain't always da wave”: Understanding people’s evolving hurricane risk assessments and responses through a qualitative analysis of Twitter narratives. Submitted to Weather, Climate, and Society.
• Morss, R. E., H. Lazrus, and J. L. Demuth: The “inter” in interdisciplinary hazards research: Achieving integration across fields. Submitted to Risk Analysis.
• Soden, R., L. Sprain, and L. Palen, 2017: Thin grey lines: Confrontations with risk on Colorado’s Front Range. Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017).
• Bica, M., L. Palen, and C. Bopp, 2017: Visual representations of disaster. Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW'17).
• Palen, L., and K. M. Anderson, 2016: Crisis informatics—New data for extraordinary times. Science, 353 (6296), 224-225.
• Anderson, J., M. Kogan, M. Bica, L. Palen, K. Anderson, K. Stowe, R. Morss, J. Demuth, H. Lazrus, O. Wilhelmi, and J. Henderson, 2016: Far far away in Far Rockaway: Responses to risks and impacts during Hurricane Sandy through first-person social media narratives . Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2016).
• Stowe, K., M. J. Paul, M. Palmer, L. Palen, and K. Anderson, 2016: Identifying and categorizing hurricane related tweets. Proceedings of the Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Social Media.
• Kogan, M., L. Palen, and K. Anderson, 2015: Think Local, Retweet Global: Retweeting by the Geographically-Vulnerable during Hurricane Sandy . Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing.
• St. Denis, L., L. Palen, and K. Anderson, 2014: Mastering Social Media: An Analysis of Jefferson County's Communications during the 2013 Colorado Floods . Proceedings of the Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2014) .

Related publications

• See also: Publications on the Weather Risks and Decisions in Society (WRaDS) web site
• Morss, R. E., C. L. Cuite, J. L. Demuth, W. K. Hallman, and R. L. Shwom: Is storm surge scary? The influence of hazard, impact, and fear-based messages and individual differences on responses to hurricane risks. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, in press.
• Bostrom, A., R. E. Morss, J. K. Lazo, J. L. Demuth, and H. Lazrus: Eyeing the storm: How residents of coastal Florida see hurricane forecasts and warnings. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, in press.
• Cuite, C. L., R. L. Shwom, W. K. Hallman, R. E. Morss, and J. L. Demuth, 2017: Improving coastal storm evacuation messages. Weather, Climate, and Society, 9, 155-170.
• Demuth, J. L., R. E. Morss, J. K. Lazo, and C. Trumbo, 2016: The effects of past hurricane experiences on evacuation intentions through risk perception and efficacy beliefs: A mediation analysis. Weather, Climate, and Society, 8, 327-344.
• Morss, R. E., J. L. Demuth, J. K. Lazo, K. Dickinson, H. Lazrus, and B. H. Morrow, 2016: Understanding public hurricane evacuation decisions and responses to forecast and warning messages. Weather and Forecasting, 31, 395-417.
• Demuth, J.L., R.E. Morss, B.H. Morrow, and J.K. Lazo, 2012: Creation and Communication of Hurricane Risk Information . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93, 1133-1145.
• Lazrus, H., Morrow, B. H., Morss, R. E., and Lazo, J. K., 2012. Vulnerability Beyond Stereotypes: Context and Agency in Hurricane Risk Communication . Weather, Climate, and Society, 4, 103-109.
• Morss, R. E., and Hayden, M. H., 2010: Storm Surge and “Certain Death”: Interviews with Texas Coastal Residents following Hurricane Ike . Weather, Climate, and Society, 2, 174-189.
• Palen, L., Anderson, K. M., Mark, G., Martin, J., Sicker, D., Palmer, M., and Grunwald, D., 2010: A Vision for Technology-Mediated Support for Public Participation & Assistance in Mass Emergencies & Disasters . Proceedings of the 2010 ACM-BCS Visions of Computer Science Conference .