#37: Demystifying Weather from Space with Dr. Marshall Shepherd

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Today I am speaking with Dr. Marshall Shepherd, an American meteorologist, professor at the University of Georgia and the director of the university's atmospheric sciences program. Dr.Shepherd was the 2013 president of the American Meteorological Society and a past chair of the NASA Earth Sciences Advisory Committee.Dr. Shepherd is also the host of the popular podcast Weather Geeks and a contributor to Forbes Magazine.

In this episode, Marshall and I discuss his story, the fundamentals of weather, the gaps in weather observations and modeling, challenges in communicating weather and more.

I have been wanting to do an episode on weather for a while now, and I think this really was the perfect conversation to get started with this subject. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I did recording it.

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01:20: Marshall's story

07:21: How does weather work?

11:39: Are people taking weather for granted?

15:08: Explain the following terms in about a minute - i) weather vs climate, ii) meteorology vs atmospheric science and iii) climate modelling

20:08: Gaps in weather observations from space

23:00: Why do we have so many gaps in observations?

26:33: Gaps in weather modeling

30:05: Gaps in weather communication

33:50 Are we going to get tired of weather forecasts?

37:02: Why is weather not discussed a lot within the space industry?

39:42: Diversity and inclusion in the weather industry

43:23: Wrap-up

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