AbstractIntegration of Hurricane Model with Socio-Economic DataTrack: Atmosphere, Climate, and Weather Author The integration of weather forecast models and socio-economic data is key to better understanding of the weather forecast and its impact upon society. The GIS program at NCAR is developing an interactive web mapping portal which will integrate weather forecasts with socio-economic and infrastructure data. This integration of data is essential to better communication of the weather models and their impact on society. As a pilot project, we are conducting a case study on hurricane Ike, which made landfall at Galveston, Texas on 13 September, 2008, with winds greater than 70 mph. This case study is an extreme event, which we are using to demonstrate how the Weather Research Forecasts (WRF) model can be used to answer questions about how storms impact society. We are integrating WRF model output with the U.S. Census and infrastructure data in a Geographic Information System (GIS) web mapping framework. Jennifer Boehnert NCAR PO Box 3000 Boulder, Colorado 80307 United States Phone: 303-497-2858 E-mail: boehnert@ucar.edu |