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.
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In this episode of The WeatherPod we 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.
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In this episode of The WeatherPod, we’re delighted to have two guests who have 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.
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In this episode of The WeatherPod, it’s our pleasure to welcome into the studio Rebecca Leonardi, Managing Partner of WX Risk Global.
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In this episode of The WeatherPod, it’s our pleasure to welcome Dr. Madeleine Thomson of the Wellcome Trust into the studio.
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In this episode of The WeatherPod we’ve invited Florence Rabier 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
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In this episode of The WeatherPod we’ve invited Michael Staudinger into the studio.
Continue reading “The WeatherPod Episode 6: Public and private weather services in Austria”The WeatherPod Episode 5: Forecast-based Financing
In this episode of the WeatherPod, we’ve invited Catalina Jaime, Senior Risk Adviser at the Red Cross-Red Crescent Climate Centre, into the studio.
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In this episode of The WeatherPod, we’ve invited Peter Lennox into the studio to discuss the operation of a national meteorological service as a commercial enterprise.
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In this episode of The WeatherPod, Alan Thorpe and David Rogers have invited Christoph Ramshorn into the studio to discuss just how the public and private sectors can work together to maximise the socio-economic benefits of weather information.
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