Using Visualization Science to Improve Expert and Public Understanding of Probabilistic Temperature and Precipitation Forecasts


Dr. Melissa A Kenney, PhD1, Michael Gerst2, Allison Bredder3, Amanda Speciale4, J. Felix Wolfinger2, Jon Gottschalck5, Scott Handel6, Matthew Rosencrans7 and David DeWitt8, (1)University of Minnesota, Institute on the Environment, St. Paul, United States, (2)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park, Davidsonville, MD, United States, (5)NOAA, Climate Prediction Center, Washington, DC, United States, (6)Climate Prediction Center, NOAA / National Centers for Environmental Prediction, College Park, United States, (7)NOAA, Climate Prediction Center, College Park, United States, (8)NOAA CPC, College Park, MD, United States