In this episode of The WeatherPod hosts David Rogers and Alan Thorpe invited Shruti Nath of Oxford University into the studio. Shruti’s research is about using data-driven, Artificial Intelligence or AI techniques for improving weather forecasts - and rainfall forecasts in particular. The emphasis of her work is very much on linking research to action. A key part of this is collaboration with local meteorological departments in the Greater Horn of Africa on the development of operational AI-base...
Apr 17, 2025•50 min
The growing use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of weather prediction and forecasting is likely to have profound implications for national meteorological services in the coming years. In this fifth episode in our special WeatherPod series on AI, we've invited Dr. Alan Hally into the studio to examine how one met service - Met Éireann - is approaching the use of AI in its operations. Alan is the Scientific Lead in Met Éireann's recently formed AI Transformation Team. This team's primary a...
Nov 12, 2024•43 min•Ep. 5
In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts Alan Thorpe and David Rogers invite Irina Sandu, the Director of Destination Earth at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts - the ECMWF - into the studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 26, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 4
The guest this episode is Florian Pappenberger, Deputy-Director General & Director of Forecasts at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, the ECMWF. Hosts David Rogers and Alan Thorpe delve into the ECMWF's use of AI and how this may impact it's future products and services, especially when it comes to their use in the developing countries by meteorological services and other customers. Florian leads the ECMWF's Forecast Department which is responsible for the production of ...
May 20, 2024•1 hr
In this special AI Episode, hosts Alan Thorpe and David Rogers invite Amy McGovern into the studio to discuss the meaning of "trustworthy AI". Amy is Director of the National Science Foundation AI Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography - or AI2ES for short. She's also a Professor at Oklahoma University's School of Computer Science and School of Meteorology. Working under the University of Oklahoma's leadership, AI2ES brings together researchers in ...
Mar 08, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts Alan Thorpe and David Rogers invite David Richardson of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts - the ECMWF - into the studio. About David Richardson David Richardson has over 35 years’ experience in weather forecasting research and operations at the UK Met Office and, until recently, as Head of Evaluation at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts or ECMWF. His work on ensemble prediction includes the configuration of ensemb...
Feb 14, 2024•57 min•Season 1Ep. 27
In this special AI episode of The WeatherPod, hosts Alan Thorpe and David Rogers open a new series of discussions which focus specifically on the use of Artificial Intelligence across the weather enterprise. In this first discussion, our hosts invite Professor Kirstine Dale of the UK Met Office into the studio. About Kirstine Dale Kirstine Dale is the Met Office's Chief AI Officer (CAIO) and Principal Fellow for Data Science. As CAIO she is charged with embedding AI in the Met Office’s core busi...
Nov 20, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 1
In this special episode of the WeatherPod, hosts Alan and David have invited into the studio Irene Amuron of the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, Paul Davies of the UK Met Office, and Terrence Fernando the University of Salford, to debate the question: “How do we improve outcomes for everyone at risk from the impact of hydrometeorological hazards?” Societies are increasingly challenged by the need to cope with complex interconnected threats. Either a single hazard leads to a cascade of add...
Apr 24, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 26
In this episode if The WeatherPod, hosts Alan Thorpe and and David Rogers invite Dr. Carlo Buentempo into the studio. Carlo is the Director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which is part of the European Union's Copernicus earth observation programme. After doing a PhD in Physics at the university of L'Aquila in Italy, Carlo joined the the UK Met Office Hadley Centre where he led the climate adaptation and services teams before taking his current role at ECMWF. The main mission of ...
Feb 28, 2023•50 min
In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts Alan and David meet Paul Davies, Chief Meteorologist and Principal Research Fellow of the UK Met Office, to discuss the implications of 'impact-based forecasting' for the future of weather forecasting and of the weather forecaster. About the guest Paul Davies has a number of years experience in meteorology and is now recognized nationally and internationally as an authority in the field of operational meteorology. As Principal Fellow, Paul will ensure the...
Jan 30, 2023•47 min•Ep. 24
In this episode of The WeatherPod hosts David and Alan talk to Tim Palmer to explore some of the thoughts developed in his new book 'The Primacy of Doubt' (Basic Books) and their potential implications for weather forecasting. About the guest Tim is an eminent research scientist in weather and climate prediction and predictability. He has worked at the Met Office, at ECMWF and now is a Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford. He is well known as an architect of ensemble weather predicti...
Jan 05, 2023•49 min
In this episode of the WeatherPod, hosts David and Alan talk to Dr Shipra Jain and Dr Marisol Osman about their experience as early career scientists of working within the global weather enterprise. Both Shipra and Marisol are members of the Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) community. Please send your feedback on The WeatherPod to us at: support@gweforum.org About the guests Dr Shipra Jain (University of Edinburgh – climate science) is a physicist by training and particularly interested in h...
Jan 05, 2023•45 min
In the second episode of this two part WeatherPod exploring aspects of public weather services, hosts David and Alan invited Haleh Kootval, Gerald Fleming and Kevin O’Loughlin into the studio to discuss how the landscape for the provision of public weather services is changing with the growth of the private sector within the Global Weather Enterprise and the way digital technologies are changing the way people receive services. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 13, 2022•45 min
In the first episode of this two part programme, hosts David and Alan interview Haleh Kootval, formerly of the WMO and now with the World Bank, about the development of Public Weather Services. Part 2 to follow will be a roundtable discussion where Alan and David together with guests Haleh Kootval, Gerald Fleming, and Kevin O’Loughlin, will follow up and expand on the discussion started in Part 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 10, 2022•32 min
Weather & climate information and the transition to a decarbonised global economy Hosts David Rogers & Alan Thorpe interview two leading figures about how their own organisations ar contributing to the decarbonisation of Singapore and elsewhere. The huests are Prof. Dale Barker, Director, Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS), and Dr Thomas Reindl, Deputy CEO, Solar Energy Research Institute Singapore (SERIS) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 21, 2022•35 min
In this special episode of The WeatherPod, hosts Alan Thorpe & David Rogers take stock of the 17 episodes of The WeatherPod to date. They examine the key issues that have emerged which suggest how – and why – the Global Weather Enterprise could provide better and more useful products to support a growing number of weather affected activities and to help address climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Feb 14, 2022•51 min
Alan Thorpe & David Rogers welcome into the studio Alberto Troccoli, Managing Director of the World Energy & Meteorology Council, and visiting Professor at the University of East Anglia. As more and more of our energy requirements are met by renewables, weather data products have an increasingly important role to play i ensuring continuity of supply. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 26, 2021•45 min
In this episode, hosts David Rogers and Alan Thorpe meet Thomas Frei to explore the economics of weather information, the increasing sensitivity of business and society to the weather, and the evolving roles of the public, private and academic sectors in the global weather enterprise. Over the past two decades or so, great efforts have been made to create an economic framework for the provision of meteorological services. The main aim being to make a case to sustain or increase public investment...
Nov 15, 2021•40 min
In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts David Rogers & Alan Thorpe meet Dr Nina Ridder, of the University of New South Wales and Dr Faith Taylor, of King's College London to discuss the huge impact extreme weather & climate events - especially compound events, such as heatwaves followed by heavy rainfall - are having on urban areas and human settlements. Dr Nina Ridder is a Research Associate at the Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC)...
Nov 15, 2021•37 min
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence methods are gaining popularity in weather & climate research and, in some cases, enhancing forecasting skills. Looking ahead, they may even replace traditional methods of forecasting. In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts David Rogers & Alan Thorpe meet Yuhan (Douglas) Rao, a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies in the US, and Chen Chen, a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Climate Resea...
Sep 30, 2021•52 min
In this episode of The WeatherPod, hosts Alan Thorpe & David Rogers meet Dr. A R Subbiah of the The Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia (RIMES). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 17, 2021•41 min
In this special video episode of The WeatherPod, hosts Alan Thorpe & David Rogers invited into the studio two colleagues – Jerry Lengoasa and Makoto Suwa – to discuss the role played by government, development partners, national meteorological and hydrological services and private sector weather services in reducing the risks on business and society of extreme weather & climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 17, 2021•58 min
In this episode of The WeatherPod Allan Thorpe & David Rogers welcome Professor Hannah Cloke of Reading University into the studio. Hannah is a physical geographer, natural hazards researcher and hydrologist specialising in earth system modelling, flood forecasting, catchment hydrology and applications of Numerical Weather Predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 09, 2021•35 min
In this episode of The WeatherPod, we’rve invited into the studio two guests with considerable experience in scientific research on tropical weather systems and in operational weather forecasting in Africa – Professor Doug Parker from the University of Leeds, UK and Dr Mariane Diop-Kane from the WMO Africa Regional Office, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2021•47 min
Weather risk insurance provides capital resources after an extreme weather-related event and typical applications include agriculture, green energy, budget defence and catastrophe protection. To discuss the value of such insurance, The WeatherPod hosts Alan Thorpe and David Rogers have invited into the studio Rebecca Leonardi, the Managing Partner of weather risk insurance specialist, WX Risk Global. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 14, 2021•35 min
The impact of COVID-19 on our lives and livelihoods shows clearly that protecting our health is a huge concern for all societies. This is especially so in the face of climate change which threatens to create environments that may exacerbate existing climate-sensitive diseases and introduce new ones. To discuss these concens, The WeatherPod hosts Alan Thorpe and David Rogers have invited into the studio Madeleine Thomson, the Interim Head of Our Planet, Our Health at the Wellcome Trust. Hosted on...
Mar 18, 2021•44 min
In this episode of The WeatherPod hosts Alan Thorpe and David Rogers have invited Florence Rabier, Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts into the studio. This is a special extended episode of The WeatherPod devoted exclusively to ECMWF and the recent publication of its 10-year strategy 2021 to 2030 As many listeners will know, ECMWF is an independent intergovernmental organisation supported by 34 countries, working closely with their national meteorological s...
Feb 14, 2021•49 min
In this episode of The WeatherPod, Alan and David invite Michael Staudinger into the studio to discuss how Austria's national meteorological service, ZAMG, interacts with the private sector and examine the tensions that can arise between a public sector met service and private sector providers of weather services. Michael is the Director of the Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), which is Austria’s national meteorological & hydrological service. He is also the Permanent ...
Jan 21, 2021•41 min•Ep. 6
In this episode of the WeatherPod, Alan Thorpe and David Rogers have invited Catalina Jaime, Senior Risk Adviser at the Red Cross-Red Crescent Climate Centre, into the studio. Catalina coordinates the Forecast-based Financing concept worldwide for the Red Cross-Red Crescent Climate Centre and provides technical support for national Red Cross societies. Forecast-based Financing is a highly innovative way of applying weather forecasts. The aim is to enhance humanitarian action to protect lives and...
Jan 13, 2021•42 min•Ep. 5
In this episode of The WeatherPod, we've invited Peter Lennox, formerly the CEO of the New Zealand Met Service, into the studio to discuss the operation of a national meteorological service as a commercial enterprise. Peter, from Belfast Northern Ireland, is uniquely qualified to talk on this topic. From 2011 to 2020 has was the Chief Executive of the New Zealand Meteorological Service which was established as a state-owned enterprise on 1 July 1992. This came about mainly as a result of pressur...
Nov 23, 2020•43 min•Ep. 4
