A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather . Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists in research, while those using mathematical models and knowledge to prepare daily weather forecasts are called weather forecasters or operational meteorologists .
6-683: Paul Kocin (born May 6, 1955) is an American meteorologist and winter weather expert. He grew up on Long Island , New York and received his B.S. from Cornell University , followed by his M.Sc. from Pennsylvania State University . After graduation, he briefly worked for NASA as a contractor then was hired by the US National Weather Service at the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center in 1989. Kocin worked as an on-air personality with The Weather Channel from 1998 to 2006. He returned to NOAA afterward, first as
12-529: A climatologist or meteorologist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Meteorologist Meteorologists work in government agencies , private consulting and research services, industrial enterprises, utilities, radio and television stations , and in education . They are not to be confused with weather presenters , who present the weather forecast in the media and range in training from journalists having just minimal training in meteorology to full-fledged meteorologists. Meteorologists study
18-477: A surface weather analyst and then to the medium range desk, forecasting weather for Alaska up to eight days in advance. Along with Louis Uccellini, Kocin developed the Northeast snowfall impact scale , which categorizes significant Northeastern United States snowstorms from "notable" to "extreme". They also created volumes concerning these storms during the 1990s and 2000s. This biographical article about
24-654: The Earth's atmosphere and its interactions with the Earth's surface, the oceans and the biosphere . Their knowledge of applied mathematics and physics allows them to understand the full range of atmospheric phenomena, from snowflake formation to the Earth's general climate . Research meteorologists are specialized in areas like: Operational meteorologists, also known as forecasters: Meteorologists can also be consultants for private firms in studies for projects involving weather phenomena such as windfarms , tornado protection, etc. They finally can be weather presenters in
30-502: The media (radio, TV, internet). To become a meteorologist, a person must take at least one undergraduate university degree in meteorology. For researchers, this training continues with higher education, while for forecasters, each country has its own way of training. For example, the Meteorological Service of Canada and UK Met Office have their own training course after the university, while Météo-France takes charge of all
36-624: The training once the person has passed the entrance examination at the National School of Meteorology after high school. In United States, forecasters are hired by the National Weather Service or private firms after university, and receive on-the-job training, while researchers are hired according to their expertise. In some countries, such as in United States, there is a third way where a graduate in meteorology and communication at
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