Episodes

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Jan. 12, 2021

Vanessa Alonso, Sunrise/Midday Meteorologist at WCBI in Columbus, Mississippi

We talk to Vanessa Alonso, the Sunrise/Midday Meteorologist at WCBI, about borrowing every book on weather from the library while in grade school, being the first student to graduate the University of Miami with a dual major in meteorology and broadcast journalism, job searching during a recession, and her success story achieving the CBM designation. Episode transcript Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by St...
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Dec. 22, 2020

Don Berchoff, CEO at TruWeather Solutions in Reston, Virginia

We talk to Don Berchoff, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at TruWeather Solutions in Reston, Virginia, about flying reconnaissance missions in the Air Force, integrating weather data into operational decision-making, and why he decided to start his own company. Episode transcript Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams...
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Dec. 22, 2020

Don Berchoff, CEO at TruWeather Solutions in Reston, Virginia

We talk to Don Berchoff, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at TruWeather Solutions in Reston, Virginia, about flying reconnaissance missions in the Air Force, integrating weather data into operational decision-making, and why he decided to start his own company. Episode transcript Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams...
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Dec. 22, 2020

Don Berchoff, CEO at TruWeather Solutions in Reston, Virginia

We talk to Don Berchoff, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at TruWeather Solutions in Reston, Virginia, about flying reconnaissance missions in the Air Force, integrating weather data into operational decision-making, and why he decided to start his own company. Episode transcript Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams...
25
Dec. 8, 2020

Carl Schreck, Research Scholar, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies at North Carolina State University in Asheville, North Carolina

We talk to Carl Schrek, a Research Scholar with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies at North Carolina State University, about experiencing the power of Hurricane Fran firsthand, how the extreme weather event led him into researching tropical meteorology, and the critical importance of math and computer programming skills in his field. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at http...
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Dec. 8, 2020

Carl Schreck, Research Scholar, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies at North Carolina State University in Asheville, North Carolina

We talk to Carl Schrek, a Research Scholar with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies at North Carolina State University, about experiencing the power of Hurricane Fran firsthand, how the extreme weather event led him into researching tropical meteorology, and the critical importance of math and computer programming skills in his field. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at http...
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Dec. 8, 2020

Carl Schreck, Research Scholar, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies at North Carolina State University in Asheville, North Carolina

We talk to Carl Schrek, a Research Scholar with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies at North Carolina State University, about experiencing the power of Hurricane Fran firsthand, how the extreme weather event led him into researching tropical meteorology, and the critical importance of math and computer programming skills in his field. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at http...
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Nov. 23, 2020

Melissa Huffman, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi, Texas

We talk to Melissa Huffman, a Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi, Texas about her experience with Hurricane Harvey and partnering with local emergency management, local government officials, broadcast meteorologists, and storm spotters to communicate weather risks. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/...
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Nov. 23, 2020

Melissa Huffman, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi, Texas

We talk to Melissa Huffman, a Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi, Texas about her experience with Hurricane Harvey and partnering with local emergency management, local government officials, broadcast meteorologists, and storm spotters to communicate weather risks. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/...
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Nov. 23, 2020

Melissa Huffman, Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi, Texas

We talk to Melissa Huffman, a Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Corpus Christi, Texas about her experience with Hurricane Harvey and partnering with local emergency management, local government officials, broadcast meteorologists, and storm spotters to communicate weather risks. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/...
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Nov. 10, 2020

Rob Cifelli, Research Scientist and Lead of the Hydrometeorology Modeling and Applications Team at NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado

We talk to Rob Cifelli, Research Scientist and Lead of the Hydrometeorology Modeling and Applications Team at NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory, about the difficulty of long-term planning with a government budget, bipartisan support for a research agenda that involves crucial issues like flooding and drought, and bonding with a diverse array of scientists on field campaigns. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Reso...
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Nov. 10, 2020

Rob Cifelli, Research Scientist and Lead of the Hydrometeorology Modeling and Applications Team at NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado

We talk to Rob Cifelli, Research Scientist and Lead of the Hydrometeorology Modeling and Applications Team at NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory, about the difficulty of long-term planning with a government budget, bipartisan support for a research agenda that involves crucial issues like flooding and drought, and bonding with a diverse array of scientists on field campaigns. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Reso...
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Nov. 10, 2020

Rob Cifelli, Research Scientist and Lead of the Hydrometeorology Modeling and Applications Team at NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado

We talk to Rob Cifelli, Research Scientist and Lead of the Hydrometeorology Modeling and Applications Team at NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory, about the difficulty of long-term planning with a government budget, bipartisan support for a research agenda that involves crucial issues like flooding and drought, and bonding with a diverse array of scientists on field campaigns. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Reso...
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Oct. 27, 2020

Karthik Mukkavilli, Machine Learning Project Scientist in the U.S. Department of Energy's Exascale Initiative at the University of California

We talk to Karthik Mukkavilli, Machine Learning Project Scientist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Exascale Initiative, about the next generation of computing, its transformative power, the emerging interdisciplinary space for machine learning and environmental science, and the cutting edge research taking place in industrial and tech labs. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/inde...
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Oct. 27, 2020

Karthik Mukkavilli, Machine Learning Project Scientist in the U.S. Department of Energy's Exascale Initiative at the University of California

We talk to Karthik Mukkavilli, Machine Learning Project Scientist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Exascale Initiative, about the next generation of computing, its transformative power, the emerging interdisciplinary space for machine learning and environmental science, and the cutting edge research taking place in industrial and tech labs. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/inde...
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Oct. 27, 2020

Karthik Mukkavilli, Machine Learning Project Scientist in the U.S. Department of Energy's Exascale Initiative at the University of California

We talk to Karthik Mukkavilli, Machine Learning Project Scientist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Exascale Initiative, about the next generation of computing, its transformative power, the emerging interdisciplinary space for machine learning and environmental science, and the cutting edge research taking place in industrial and tech labs. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/inde...
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Oct. 13, 2020

Azar Abadi, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska’s College of Public Health Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska

We talk to Azar Abadi, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska’s College of Public Health Medical Center, about how climate change is affecting people worldwide, the need for climate change expertise in many different sectors, and the challenge of communicating climate risks to rural communities in the United States. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/a...
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Oct. 13, 2020

Azar Abadi, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska’s College of Public Health Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska

We talk to Azar Abadi, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska’s College of Public Health Medical Center, about how climate change is affecting people worldwide, the need for climate change expertise in many different sectors, and the challenge of communicating climate risks to rural communities in the United States. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/a...
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Oct. 13, 2020

Azar Abadi, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska’s College of Public Health Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska

We talk to Azar Abadi, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska’s College of Public Health Medical Center, about how climate change is affecting people worldwide, the need for climate change expertise in many different sectors, and the challenge of communicating climate risks to rural communities in the United States. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/a...
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Sept. 22, 2020

Ryder Fox, Research Fellow in the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program at the University of Miami and Consultant at Diversity Learning Solutions

We talk to Ryder Fox, Research Fellow in the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program at the University of Miami and Consultant at Diversity Learning Solutions, about their nontraditional background, their time-management superpower, the need for diversity, equity, and inclusion advocacy in the sciences, and working for an organization that shares your values. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resource...
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Sept. 22, 2020

Ryder Fox, Research Fellow in the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program at the University of Miami and Consultant at Diversity Learning Solutions

We talk to Ryder Fox, Research Fellow in the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program at the University of Miami and Consultant at Diversity Learning Solutions, about their nontraditional background, their time-management superpower, the need for diversity, equity, and inclusion advocacy in the sciences, and working for an organization that shares your values. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resource...
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Sept. 22, 2020

Ryder Fox, Research Fellow in the Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program at the University of Miami and Consultant at Diversity Learning Solutions

We talk to Ryder Fox, Research Fellow in the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program at the University of Miami and Consultant at Diversity Learning Solutions, about their nontraditional background, their time-management superpower, the need for diversity, equity, and inclusion advocacy in the sciences, and working for an organization that shares your values. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resource...
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Sept. 8, 2020

Sheila Steinberg, Professor of Social and Environmental Sciences and Faculty President at Brandman University in Irvine, California

We talk to Sheila Steinberg, Professor of Social and Environmental Sciences at Brandman University, about her field work in the Peace Corps, infusing mixed methods research into curriculum, working in an interdisciplinary environment, and the social component of science. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us: skypodcast (at) ametsoc.o...
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Sept. 8, 2020

Sheila Steinberg, Professor of Social and Environmental Sciences and Faculty President at Brandman University in Irvine, California

We talk to Sheila Steinberg, Professor of Social and Environmental Sciences at Brandman University, about her field work in the Peace Corps, infusing mixed methods research into curriculum, working in an interdisciplinary environment, and the social component of science. Episode transcript Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose AMS Career Resources: https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/Contact us: skypodcast (at) ametsoc.o...