PA44A:
Science to Action: Toward More Effective Decision Maker-Scientist Partnerships II

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Session ID#: 30577

Session Description:
Climate extremes, variability, and change and their consequences for hydrological, ecological, and human systems require decisions be made now to avoid future system failures. The traditional model of science calls for scientists to understand what future changes may be and then decision makers will take action on this knowledge. In reality, this linear model rarely works and results in a disconnect between the information generated by scientists and decisions being made. This session will explore how scientists and decision makers can work together to produce more actionable science. We seek experiences that reveal what effective partnerships between science and applications look like and how they can be improved and shared. We especially welcome specific examples of processes or products that demonstrate and teach better practices, or practices to avoid, when including science in decision making.
Primary Convener:  Julie A Vano, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Mr. David H Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (PEERS), San Francisco, United States and Daniel B Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Mr. David H Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (PEERS), San Francisco, United States, Daniel B Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Oriana Chegwidden, University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Julie A Vano, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
4327 Resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6344 System operation and management [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Actionable Science in the Gulf of Mexico: Connecting Researchers and Resource Managers (291064)
Julien Lartigue1, Frank Parker1, Rebecca Allee2 and Caitlin Young1, (1)NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)NOAA National Ocean Service- Office for Coastal Management – Gulf Coast, Stennis Space Center, United States
States, Earth Science, and Decision-Making: Five Years of Lessons Learned by the NASA DEVELOP National Program Working with a State Government (294071)
Jamie Favors1, Michael L Ruiz2, Lindsay Rogers2, Dr. Kenton W Ross, PhD3, Lauren M Childs-Gleason4 and Karen N Allsbrook5, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, (2)NASA DEVELOP Program, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)NASA DEVELOP Program - Wise County, National Program Office, Hampton, VA, United States, (5)NASA DEVELOP Program, National Program Office, Hampton, United States
The slightly-less-wild West: managing climate and water the “Oregon Way” (Invited) (286917)
Kathie Dello, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Is all co-production created equal? Understanding drivers and outcomes across different users and forms of engagement (240242)
Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Katherine Browne, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Leveraging Research Partnerships to Co-Produce Actionable Science and Build Institutional Capacity (286012)
Paul Fleming, Alan Chinn, James Rufo Hill, John Edgerly and Elizabeth Garcia, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, WA, United States

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