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Andrew Blum: Understanding How We Predict the Weather - MBM#35
Manage episode 349836917 series 2913396
Andrew Blum is the author of 'The Weather Machine', which provides a history & global overview of how we predict the weather, from the data collection to forecast modelling. His book came out in 2019 so we also discuss the current evolutions & changes since its release.
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Episode Sponsor: GeoAwesomeness & UP42 EO Hub
Geoawesomeness
UP42
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About Andrew:
Shownotes:
Andrew Blum's books
Micheal Lewis, author of the Big Short
Book & Podcast recommendation
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:50 Andrew Presents Himself
03:46 Difference between author and journalist
08:14 Choosing What to Write About
12:35 The Goal of Writing a Book
14:34 The Importance of Going on Location
17:04 The Duality of Talking About People / Facts
20:12 Initial Email Outreach is takes a lot of care
25:37 Weather Is International Yet Competitive
27:52 Bringing An Outsiders Perspective to Understanding the Weather
32:55 Being Knowledgeable is Simply Asking Better Questions
37:36 The Difference Between Facts, and how we Find those Facts
41:13 The Need for Separating Building & Owning
45:10 Feedback on the Weather Machine, a few years After its Release
51:52 The Dangers of Privatising Weather
01:01:11 How Good do we Actually Need Forecasts to be?
01:05:23 Weather is THE mainstream Earth Observation application
01:09:00 Data Inequality in Weather Forecasting Quality
01:14:44 How Much Does it Cost to run the Weather Machine?
01:18:15 Tips on Writing & Editing, for non-writers
01:21:44 Advice for the Scientific Community
01:27:21 Book/podcast recommendation
Feel free to reach out!
- Website
- My Twitter
- Podcast Twitter
- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter
- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work
82 episodes
Manage episode 349836917 series 2913396
Andrew Blum is the author of 'The Weather Machine', which provides a history & global overview of how we predict the weather, from the data collection to forecast modelling. His book came out in 2019 so we also discuss the current evolutions & changes since its release.
---
Episode Sponsor: GeoAwesomeness & UP42 EO Hub
Geoawesomeness
UP42
---
About Andrew:
Shownotes:
Andrew Blum's books
Micheal Lewis, author of the Big Short
Book & Podcast recommendation
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:50 Andrew Presents Himself
03:46 Difference between author and journalist
08:14 Choosing What to Write About
12:35 The Goal of Writing a Book
14:34 The Importance of Going on Location
17:04 The Duality of Talking About People / Facts
20:12 Initial Email Outreach is takes a lot of care
25:37 Weather Is International Yet Competitive
27:52 Bringing An Outsiders Perspective to Understanding the Weather
32:55 Being Knowledgeable is Simply Asking Better Questions
37:36 The Difference Between Facts, and how we Find those Facts
41:13 The Need for Separating Building & Owning
45:10 Feedback on the Weather Machine, a few years After its Release
51:52 The Dangers of Privatising Weather
01:01:11 How Good do we Actually Need Forecasts to be?
01:05:23 Weather is THE mainstream Earth Observation application
01:09:00 Data Inequality in Weather Forecasting Quality
01:14:44 How Much Does it Cost to run the Weather Machine?
01:18:15 Tips on Writing & Editing, for non-writers
01:21:44 Advice for the Scientific Community
01:27:21 Book/podcast recommendation
Feel free to reach out!
- Website
- My Twitter
- Podcast Twitter
- Read Previous Issues of the Newsletter
- Edited by Peter Xiong. Find more of his work
82 episodes
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