AMS on the Air

AMS on the Air

We're podcasting about all things weather, water, and climate.

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February 24, 2022 76 mins

As part of our celebration of 150 years of Monthly Weather Review, we are sharing a wonderful conversation between Lance Bosart, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences at the University at Albany, State University of New York, and Louis Uccellini, recently retired director of the National Weather Service, about their seminal research around the Presidents' Day Cyclone of 1979, which sparked a lot of deb...

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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.

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Dakota sits down with Jeff Beamish (Meteorologist), Hilary Minor (Air Pollution Specialist, now with the California Air Resources Board), and Patrick Zahn (Air Quality Forecasting Program Manager). At the time of the interview, all three worked for Sonoma Technology (sonomatech.com), an environmental consulting firm based out of Sonoma County, California.

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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 Oklah...

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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.

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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 Resea...

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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.

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In this special crossover episode with Clear Skies Ahead: Conversations about Careers in Meteorology and Beyond, several professionals in the weather, water, and climate fields share how the sudden move to 100% working remote has changed or impacted their work.

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January 17, 2020

Irene, Dakota, and Jeff reflect on their Annual experiences and favorite moments, and we conclude our first-ever AMS on the Air Live miniseries!

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In the final interview of our AMS on the Air Live miniseries, AMS President-Elect Michael Farrar looks ahead to his presidency... and the possible themes of his 2022 Annual Meeting.

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Bob Henson joins us to chat about his writing career, covering cutting-edge research, as well as the latest weather and climate stories.

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Jeffry Evans digs into his experiences as the meteorologist in charge in the Houston, Texas, weather forecast office.

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Kathryn Prociv sits down with Dakota to talk about her work at NBC News and her motivation for becoming a Certified Consulting Meteorologist.

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Co-hosts Jeff and Dakota take stock of their Annual experience thus far and discuss their hopes for the final two days of the meeting.

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Jeff catches up with veteran radio meteorologists Craig Allen and Todd Glickman.

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Amber Liggett joined us for a lively conversation on her work aimed to strengthen the Weather-Ready Nation initiative.

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In this episode, Kate Becker from NESDIS explains to new co-host Andy how the satellite industry is changing and how she identifies U.S. observational needs many years in advance.

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Jeff welcomes AMS Policy Fellow Andy MIller to the show, and finds out what it's like to walk in his shoes as a scientist in the nation's capital.

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Dr. Paulo Artaxo sits down with Jeff to chat about his work dealing with land–atmosphere interactions in the Amazon rain forest.

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Bob Ryan joins Dakota to reflect on his legendary broadcast career as well as current challenges facing the broadcast meteorology community.

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