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Looking back at the Summer WAS*IS
week that was
The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy
of the next. Helen Keller
WAS*IS
Culture Change
summer weather & society * integrated studies
Changing from what WAS to what IS the future of integrated weather studies
Eve Gruntfest
July 21, 2006
It’s not just a summer romance
Six barriers WAS*ISers confronted
1. POWERlessness: I want to do it but I don’t
know how – we have knowhow!
2. Social science methods are a mystery – NO
They are NOT
3. Surveys are not encouraged – we have partners
who can help
4. Disciplinary blinders – excitement about
collaborations & new tools
Barriers WAS*IS confronted
5. It’s not in my job description - We will
foster greater partnerships to solve
important problems
6. WAS*IS ers emerge as charismatic
policy entrepreneurs
“Not just a resume boondoggle”
Britt W.
SYNERGIES of WAS * IS
Inventing creative, previously unimagined new tools,
case studies, & implementation strategies
Life- long commitment from many vantage points –
researchers, practitioners, various backgrounds,
public & private
New comrades
WAS*IS succeeds when we are
• Included in major scientific
initiatives
• Encouraged & treated as
equal partners
WAS* IS legacy projects
Warnings – Making them better
for everyone
The Weather Enterprise is already
feeling the changes
Movement on
Verification
Public/private
Partnerships!
Making warnings
better
Jumping on “uncertainty”
report recommendations
Powerful things have happened…. We
have moved from WAS……
• New leadership
• New partnerships
• New experiments
This is not a workshop where
NOTHING lasts- - -Energetic
WAS*ISers…you’ve got
MOMENTUM
What a full week! Very powerful
experiences – looking back & forward
A fieldtrip to meet with STAKEHOlders
& see real world flood impacts
We’ve overcome adversity!
and Lance’s
shirt too
Melissa’s newly
polka-dotted pants
WAS*IS lives on
• Summer 2007 workshop
• Applications for WAS*IS beyond weather
• Short course for AMS, for National Weather Service (in person
or distance learning)
• WAS*IS for introducing meteorology to social scientists
• Development of edited collection &/or book proposal
• Ongoing annual WAS * IS
• Shorter, more focused, courses (e.g., qualitative research
methods)
• Advanced WAS*ISes
• Development of Capstone course for meteorology students at
University of Oklahoma
• Funding to support WAS*IS research & applications
WAS * ISers present their work
•
Southwest Association of American Geographers meeting October 26-28, 2006
Norman, OK
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American Meteorological Society meeting San Antonio, TX, (abstract dealine
Aug 1) January
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Great Divide workshop Billings, MT October 3-5, 2006
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Great Plains/Rocky Mountain & Great Lakes Association of American
Geographers meeting Lincoln, NE, (abstract deadline Sep 1) October 5-7, 2006
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THORPEX Bavaria December 2006
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AUS WAS*IS Melbourne February 2007
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Association of American Geographers meeting, San Francisco, CA (abstract
deadline Oct 26) special sessions April 17-21, 2007
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Other WAS *ISes – NEXT SUMMER? W H E R E WILL WE MEET AGAIN?
Commitment to Change! BREAKING
through barriers!
The BEST & the BRIGHTEST &
the most FUN
MODEST GOAL –
CHANGING the missions of
meteorological research &
practice
R e m e m b e r …….
WAS * ISers are NOT the same old guys
with new toys
The new fiesta – SUMMER WAS * ISers!
WAS*IS
CULTURE CHANGE
weather & society * integrated studies
Some of What’s Said in
www.rap.ucar.edu/was_is/
Boulder STAYS in Boulder
WAS*IS
CULTURE CHANGE
weather & society * integrated studies
Our Lasting IMPACTS make
www.rap.ucar.edu/was_is/
Big BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
WAS*IS
PASSION
CULTURE CHANGE
weather & society * integrated studies
P A S S I O N
www.rap.ucar.edu/was_is/
Thanks to Julie & Sheldon for inspiration,
constructive criticism & commitment
Fairy tale comes true - Thanks to
US Weather Research Program
The National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA)
The National Center for Atmospheric Research
Linda Mearns, Institute for the Study of
Society & the Environment (ISSE) &
JEFF LAZO & the Societal Impacts Program (SIP)
We’ll always have Boulder!
WAS*IS
Culture change
summer weather & society * integrated studies
Changing from what WAS to what IS the future of integrated weather studies
Way more than a summer romance..
let’s stay in constant touch