Marine meteorological forecasts for coastal ocean users – perceptions, usability and uptake

Rautenbach, Christo; Blair, Berill

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-361-2021

Articles | Volume 4, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-361-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-361-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 3

Research article

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13 Aug 2021

Research article |

| 13 Aug 2021

Marine meteorological forecasts for coastal ocean users – perceptions, usability and uptake

Christo Rautenbach and Berill Blair

Model code and software

Ucinet for Windows: Software for social network analysis S. P. Borgatti, M. G. Everett, and L. C. Freeman https://sites.google.com/site/ucinetsoftware/home

Short summary

We aim to address a proposed disconnect between science and the public. In this case, it is imarine meteorological information and the users of these data. Here, the focus is not only on the perceptions, usability and uptake of extreme event forecasts but rather on general, everyday situations. A survey was conducted in two Southern Hemisphere countries, South Africa and New Zealand, and subgroups within the communities (recreational and commercial users) were identified and elucidated.