Usefulness of Weather Information to Texas Agricultural Producers

Vining, Kevin C.; Pope, C. Arden; Dugas, William A.

doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1984)065<1316:uowitt>2.0.co;2

Cited by 19 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 2 publications

(2 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The timing of a forecast is often cited as a characteristic that affects forecast use (see Stuart 1982;Weiss 1982;Vining et al 1984;Easterling 1986;Easterling and Mjelde 1987;andMjelde et al 1988, cited in Mjelde andDixon 1993;Bohn 2000). The intuitive assumption is that the farther in advance information gets into the hands of a decision maker, that is, the longer the "lead time," the better (Cash et al 2003, manuscript submitted to Sci.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors that Influence the Use of Climate Forecasts: Evidence from the 1997/98 El Niño Event in Peru

Orlove

Broad²,

Petty

2004

Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The use of forecasts in coastal Peru during the 1997/98 El Nino differed from patterns described in the literature, particularly in the influence of user education and the time of hearing the forecasts on levels of forecast use. A PPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF CLIMATE FORECASTS.The promotion of the use of seasonal to interannual climate information by U.S. government and international agencies has increased the number of studies that address the use of forecasts. This work has largely been applications oriented. These studies seek to identify the current and potential patterns of forecast use, the integration of forecasts into decision making, and the most appropriate ways to communicate information to various groups. Much of this work has rested on models that calculate the influence of forecasts on different socioeconomic activities in various societal contexts (Stern and Easterling 1999). In addition, empirical research has complemented these modeling studies by examining concrete patterns of forecast perception and communication and, in some cases, of forecast use as well. Numerous factors have been identified that influence perception, communication, interpretation, and use of forecasts [see Stern and Easterling (1999) for a recent review of climate forecast applications studies]. Our study of the fishery sector in five Peruvian ports during the 1997/98 El Nino concurs with earlier studies that indicate that subpopulations differ significantly in their use of this information; it also supports the long-established claim that perceived accuracy influences forecast use. However, our study suggests that the timing of forecast dissemination, sectoral sensitivity, and socioeconomic variables influence forecast use in ways different from those commonly presented in modeling studies and in

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors that Influence the Use of Climate Forecasts: Evidence from the 1997/98 El Niño Event in Peru

Orlove

Broad²,

Petty

2004

Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Of the 239 questionnaires sent out, 142 (59 percent) were returned. This high rate of response (the expected response to this type of survey is about 30 percent; Vining et al, 1984) indicates that the survey generated considerable interest in the area of weather-related information.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Our interest in this survey was not only in meteorological data and methods of dissemination of weather-related information, but in the types of information that those surveyed considered important. Previous surveys, e.g., Getz (1978), Johnson and Perry (1983), and Vining et al (1984), have concentrated only on weather data and mechanisms of effective distribution.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Results and Interpretations from a Survey on Agriculturally Related Weather Information

Weiss¹,

Robb²

1986

Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A survey of "top" wheat farmers in 12 counties in western Nebraska was undertaken to help guide future research and extension programs (in agricultural meteorology and economics) in the region. One hundred forty-two farmers (59 percent of those receiving questionnaires) responded to the survey. Of the respondents, 42 percent own or are considering purchasing a personal computer; the vast majority of farmers own a rain gage and some form of temperature-measuring device; the respondents were moderately familiar with an existing Automated Weather Data Network in Nebraska; commercial and NOAA weather radio and commercial television are the main sources of weather data and information; short-term weather forecasts (1 day and 3-5 days) are most important to overall farm planning; respondents considered market and cost-of-production information and more-accurate weather forecasts most important in better management of their farm operations; the risk factors that impacted farm net income were economic followed by weather factors and marketing decisions; and most farmers would be willing to forward contract before the crop was half developed if good projections of crop status and yield could be made. A major constraint to preharvest forward contracting from some of the farmers' perspective appears to be variability in yield due to hail.

show abstract

“…The attribute of timeliness implies that the information is supplied at the right time required by users. Several of the quality attributes of information discussed above have been analysed based on surveys of agricultural producers using basic public weather services (Getz, 1978;Vining et al, 1984;McNew et al, 1990). However, there has been limited published work in the evaluation of userpays, specialist weather services.…”

Section: Attributesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Producers' evaluation of an enhanced weather information service for the cotton industry in Australia

Anaman

Lellyett

1996

Meteorological Applications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Usefulness of Weather Information to Texas Agricultural Producers

Cited by 19 publications

References 2 publications

Factors that Influence the Use of Climate Forecasts: Evidence from the 1997/98 El Niño Event in Peru

Factors that Influence the Use of Climate Forecasts: Evidence from the 1997/98 El Niño Event in Peru

Results and Interpretations from a Survey on Agriculturally Related Weather Information

Producers' evaluation of an enhanced weather information service for the cotton industry in Australia

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About