Walter Diaz

Disaster Decision Support Tool (DDST): An Additional Step Towards Community Resilience (2008)

Santos-Hernandez, Jenniffer, Rodriguez, Havidan, Diaz, Walter

The Disaster Research Center (DRC) at the University of Delaware (UD), with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the University of Puerto-Rico-Mayagüez Sea Grant College Program...

Technology, Society & Severe Weather Events: Developing Integrated Warning Systems (2008)

Rodriguez, Havidan, Santos-Hernandez, Jenniffer, Diaz, Walter, Donner, William

PowerPoint presentation created as part of the Engineering Research Centers (ERC) Program of the National Science Foundation under NSF Cooperative Agreement No. EEC-0313747 in cooperation with the...

Una nueva especie de Oregmopyga (Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) de Perú, descripción de estadios inmaduros (2007)

Granara De Willink, María Cristina, Diaz, Walter

Se describe e ilustra la hembra adulta, el primer estadio ninfal (sexo indefinido) y el segundo estadio ninfal de la hembra y del macho, de Oregmopyga peruviana sp. nov., que fue encontrada sobre...

Allocation of Radar Resources and Policy Implications: The End-User Community in Oklahoma (2005)

Rodriguez, Havidan, Diaz, Walter, Donner, William R., Santos, Jenniffer, Marks, Daniel

Social scientists at the Disaster Research Center (DRC) at the University of Delaware, the Center for Applied Social Research (CISA) at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, and at the University...

Rainfall Estimates or Tornado Detection?: An Assessment Based on the Needs of Emergency Managers (2005)

Donner, William R., Grainger, Desiree, Rodriguez, Havidan, Diaz, Walter, Santos, Jenniffer

The following research brief uses data obtained from twenty six (n=26) interviews with emergency managers, National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters, and amateur radio operators (HAM) to determine...

Communicating Risk and Warnings: An Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research Approach (2004)

Rodriguez, Havidan, Diaz, Walter, Aguirre, Benigno E.

Forecasting weather has become a very important scientific, economic, and political endeavor. With the development of new and enhanced technology, weather forecasting skills have improved...