Peer Review Week 2017: 1. Looking for Reviewers
It’s natural that AMS–an organization deeply involved in peer review–participates in Peer Review Week 2017. This annual reflection on peer review...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Harvey-Irma reveal.
“Forecasting the weather” vs. “protecting life and property?” Hurricanes Harvey and Irma reveal important policy implications. An earlier pair of...
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Disaster Do-Overs
Ready to do it all over again? Fresh on the heels of a $100+ billion hurricane, we very well may be...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Hurricane Harvey: The REAL world intrudes on the VIRTUAL one… and sharpens minds.
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion.” “Ooh” said Susan. “I’d thought he was a man. Is he-quite...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Living on the REAL world: suffering and sorrow.
“Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is but for a...
The Trouble with Harvey: Hurricane Intensification Dilemmas
Hurricanes like rapidly-changing Harvey are still full of surprises for forecasters. The remnants of Caribbean Tropical Storm Harvey made a startling...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
“Forecasting the weather” vs. “protecting life and property?”
A big leap. Just how big a leap? And why? Why is it so difficult to go beyond a forecast...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Weather services and social science: the tail (re)-discovers the dog.
For the past year or so it’s been my privilege to be part of a National Academy of Sciences study...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
A televised red-blue debate on climate change?
One of the topics that came up while I was on the road for the past month. Haven’t seen anything...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Remembering C. Gordon Little, 1924-2017
I returned to my desk this morning after a month out of the office to the (belated) unhappy news that...
