Jeff talks to Dr. Karen Kosiba, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. In this role, Dr. Kosiba manages a fleet of doppler on wheels that travel the world monitoring a variety of severe and impactful weather events. At the time of this interview, Dr. Kosiba was stationed at the Center for Severe Weather Research. Follow us on... Twitter: www.twitter.com/AMSontheAir Facebook: www.facebook.com/AMSontheAir Instagram: www.instagram.com/amsontheair  AMS website: www.ametsoc.org/ontheair Music used in this podcast is from... Nostalgia by The Zombie Dandies is lice ..read more

Dakota sits down with Jeff Beamish, Hilary Minor, and Patrick Zahn, three atmospheric scientists with a focus in air quality monitoring and forecasting. At the time of the interview, all three worked for Sonoma Technology (sonomatech.com), an environmental consulting firm based out of Sonoma County, California. You can find their podcast, High Pressure Podcast, on Twitter at @highpressurepod. And you can find us on... Twitter: www.twitter.com/AMSontheAir Facebook: www.facebook.com/AMSontheAir Instagram: www.instagram.com/amsontheair  AMS website: www.ametsoc.org/ontheair Music used in thi ..read more

What is deep learning, exactly? And what are its possibilities for meteorology? Join us for a dive into the fascinating world of artificial intelligence and machine learning with Dr. Amy McGovern, Lloyd G. and Joyce Austin Presidential Professor, School of Computer Science and School of Meteorology, and Director of the NSF AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography, University of Oklahoma. Follow us on... Twitter: www.twitter.com/AMSontheAir Facebook: www.facebook.com/AMSontheAir Instagram: www.instagram.com/amsontheair  AMS website: www.amet ..read more

Dakota talks to Dr. Leigh Orf (Research Scientist, CIMSS/SSEC, UW-Madison) about the advantages and challenges of using high-performance computing to model supercell thunderstorms, tornados, and downbursts. Learn more about Dr. Orf's work at his website: http://orf.media. Follow us on... Twitter: www.twitter.com/AMSontheAir Facebook: www.facebook.com/AMSontheAir Instagram: www.instagram.com/amsontheair  AMS website: www.ametsoc.org/ontheair Music used in this podcast is from... Nostalgia by The Zombie Dandies is licensed under an Attribution License. Makie Elkino by Wi ..read more

How do you balance a successful career in meteorology with the many demands of parenthood? In honor of Mother's Day, Irene leads a conversation with three "mommy mets" who are attempting to navigate just that: Barb Mayes Boustead, Ph.D. (Instructor, National Weather Service’s Warning Decision Training Division), Karen Hatfield (Forecaster, National Weather Service, Tulsa, OK), and Elise Schultz (Senior Research Scientist, CFD Research, Huntsville, AL). Follow us on... Twitter: twitter.com/AMSontheAir Facebook: facebook.com/AMSontheAir Instagram: instagram.com/amsontheair  A ..read more

The AMS Policy Program brings us a terrific (and timely) conversation with Kizzy Charles-Guzman, Deputy Director at the Office of Recovery and Resiliency, New York City's Mayor's Office, and Sarah Johnson, Executive Director of the Air Quality Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, about their work on the Cool Neighborhoods NYC project. Follow us on... Twitter: twitter.com/AMSontheAir Facebook: facebook.com/AMSontheAir Instagram: instagram.com/amsontheair  AMS website: ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/about-ams/ams-on-the-air/ Music used in this podca ..read more

Dr. Amber Soja (National Institute of Aerospace) sat down with Jeff at the 2019 Annual Meeting in Phoenix to discuss her interdisciplinary research in wildfires, weather, and climate. Follow us on... Twitter: twitter.com/AMSontheAir Facebook: facebook.com/AMSontheAir Instagram: instagram.com/amsontheair  AMS website: ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/about-ams/ams-on-the-air/ Music used in this podcast is from... Dandy's Little Monsters by The Zombie Dandies is licensed under an Attribution License. Aim to Stay by William Ross is licensed under an  ..read more

Bernadette Woods Placky (Chief Meteorologist and Climate Matters Program Director at Climate Central) and Richard Smith (Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, OK) sat down with Dakota at the 2018 Annual Meeting in Austin to discuss forecasting across different timelines and the challenges and opportunities of communicating the science behind weather and climate change. Watch the "Broadcast Meteorologists Leading as Climate Change Communicators" panel discussion featuring Bernadette (https://ams.confex.com/ams/98Annual/webprogram/Paper3349 ..read more

Jeff sits down with Weather and Forecasting Chief Editor Gary Lackmann, handling editor Brian Ancell, and author Benjamin Kirtman to discuss the emerging area of seasonal prediction and share a behind-the-scenes look at the peer review process for a Weather and Forecasting article. Read Seasonal Forecasting of Wind and Waves in the North Atlantic Using a Grand Multimodel Ensemble by Bell and Kirtman (2019). If you have an article or you'd like to submit to Weather and Forecasting, visit www.ametsoc.org/submit. Publishing in an AMS journal is now more affordable than ever. Learn more about ..read more

Following the themed joint session "Mind the Gap" from our Annual Meeting in Phoenix this past January, Jeff sits down with Stephen Bennett from Riskpulse to discuss the courses that will prepare today's meteorology students for careers in the private sector. Watch the "Mind the Gap" themed joint session from our 2019 Annual Meeting (https://ams.confex.com/ams/2019Annual/meetingapp.cgi/Session/48732). Follow us on... Twitter: twitter.com/AMSontheAir Facebook: facebook.com/AMSontheAir Instagram: instagram.com/amsontheair  AMS website: ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/about-am ..read more