What are the duties of meterology researchers ?

Question

what are the duties of someone with a BS in meterology that is involved in research?

\what meterology careers are available to someone working for noaa? what are the different kind of duties?

Answer 1

An Operational meteorologist career involves undertake many tasks in analyzing data and predicting shorter term weather conditions, including:

    * Researching weather patterns.

    * Analyzing weather balloon, radar and satellite data.

    * Studying data reports.

    * Issuing weather warnings.

    * Preparing forecasts for specific agencies.

    * Predicting long or short range weather conditions.

    * Preparing weather forecasts for broadcast media.

    * Operating computer graphic software for reports and broadcasts.

    * Broadcasting forecasts.

Climatologists' duties vary according to the particular role. However, duties may include:

    * Informing officials of threatening weather events.

    * Staffing weather centres.

    * Analyzing past weather data reports.

    * Collating and issuing data reports.

    * Collaborating with other agencies.

    * Ensuring that reports or services are suitable for intended users.

    * Establishing an evaluation procedure for predictions.

    * Contributing to the development of weather calendars.

    * Liaising with other meteorological agencies.

A dynamic meteorologists career is concerned with the movements of weather systems and what controls them. Duties may include:

    * Working with hydrodynamics (the forces of fluids in motion) and with thermodynamics (the forces of heat).

    * Studying jet stream winds or small-scale air currents that exchange heat and moisture in the lower atmosphere.

    * Developing large-scale numerical models that help forecasters predict winds, temperature, and rainfall.

A physical meteorologists career involves:

    * Studying the physical nature of the atmosphere, including its chemical composition and electrical, acoustical and optical properties.

    * Studying environment related problems such as global warming and ozone depletion.

    * Studying the electrical and chemical properties of the atmosphere.

    * Examining the processes by which water vapour becomes clouds, rain, snow and hail.

    * Observing the processes by which the radiant energy of the sun becomes kinetic energy in the form of air moving over the earth.

    * Examining trace gases and particles of both natural and human origin.

    * Researching how the atmosphere affects the transmission of light, sound, and radio waves.

Industrial meteorologists work in industries to study and solve problems related to pollution and emissions.

meteorology careers in NOAA is divided into three main types of jobs for meteorologists:

    * research (basic and applied)

    * operational (forecasting)

    * teaching / consulting

Answer 2

they try to predict when we will get hit by a meteor