Comments on “Understanding User Decision Making and the Value of Improved Precipitation Forecasts: Lessons from a Case Study”

DOI:10.1175/BAMS-86-10-1484 T he article “Understanding user decision making and the value of improved precipitation forecasts” (Stewart et al. 2004, hereafeter SPN) is an interesting study of a particular decision-making activity that is critically dependent on weather and weather forecasts. The specific purpose of the study is not clearly defined, but it appears to be just what the title implies—an effort to understand, through a case study, how improved weather forecasts might be translated into economic and other societal benefits.