Internship Recap Meeting

1. Research2. Private Sector3. Public Sector/TV

2015 Research Experiences for Undergraduates(REU) Program In Climate Science at Penn State

• Ten weeks during the 2015 summer

• 40 hours per week• Preference will be given to rising juniors and sophomores who plan to go to graduate school

• March 15, 2015• Paid• Research activities may include field and laboratory work

• Responsibilities include research experimental design, data acquisition with state-of-the-art instruments, analyses of data sets, and numerical modeling

• Helpful Seminars• Get to meet other REU students

• Written report and symposia required at end of program

• Funding to travel to conference

Air Quality Forecasting Internship• State College, PA – Walker Building• 9am – 3pm, Monday – Friday• 30 hours a week• Paid• Synoptic Scale Meteorology/ Good

Forecasting Skills – Junior standing• Willing to learn about Atmospheric

Chemistry• Can work individually and on a team• Typical Day: Morning - output daily

forecasts for mid-Atlantic region, Lunch, Afternoon – SE PA and Delaware

• Send Resume to Amy Huff (akh157@psu.edu)

NOAA Hollings Scholarship Program

• Apply by January 30th of your sophomore year– Two years of academic assistance (junior & senior

year)– 10 week internship at a NOAA facility summer

between junior and senior year– NOAA Scholarship Orientation and Final

Presentations (Silver Spring, MD)– Funding to present summer research at a

conference

• Apply Online at: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/scholarships/hollings.html#page=timeline

• Assisted in the design and verification of a model that used current tornado probability forecasts and population data to assess the potential impacts of future severe weather outbreaks.

• Creation of a probabilistic forecast impact scale

NWS Storm Prediction Center Matthew Brothers

Mentor: Dr. Patrick Marsh Techniques Development Meteorologist

Model Storms Actual Storms

• Examined storm simulation sensitivity to different grid spacings in abnormal environments

• Results are operationally useful and give forecasters a sense of what to look for in severe storm situations

• Worked with NSSL/SPC researchers Matt Flournoy – mflournoy@psu.edu

Kelly Balmes email: kab5758@psu.edu

NOAA’s Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program

Pacific Marine Environmental Lab Seattle, Washington

University of Washington

Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean

Cloud effects on solar and longwave radiation from moored buoys in the North Pacific Data quality for redundant sensors

Regional and temporal variations

Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Deadline past Freshmen look out for it next year (typically end

of January deadline)

Columbia University REU Live in New York City

Over 20+ students all over the nation

Awesome mentors!

Potential topics: Earth, polar,

atmospheric or oceanic sciences

How to Apply…

http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/education/programs/summer-internship/lamont-summer-intern-program

2015 Program Dates: May 26th – August 4th, 2015

Application open February 2nd to March 15th

DO IT!!

Old Dominion University REU

• 2nd year of program• Oceanography Department

(CCPO)• Types of Research? • Why location matters

Application Information: • Deadline: February 15, 2015• May 24 - August 1, 2015 (10

weeks)• https://www.odu.edu/oeas/reu

• http://marycam.coas.oregonstate.edu/index.html

• Watching Videos!• Creating a “Secret Code”• Digitizing it/Making a Database• MATALB analysis for patterns and statistics

February 21st, 2014

• Bethesda, MD• Founded in 2012• ~ 20 employees• SUPER innovative

Kat Kobylt

AccuWeather State College, PA

• Newspaper and Radio Forecasts

• Get actual experience

• Forecast different weather climates

• Seminars

• Computer graphics

• Forecast Discussions

• Encourage you to find niche

• SOFTBALL!!!

JP Nicola

AccuWeather Enterprise SolutionsWichita, KS

• Hazardous weather maps

• Isoplething!!!

• Local forecasting

• Issuing warnings

Apply Now!!! Accuweather.silkroad.com (just Google “AccuWeather Careers”) Big topics in interview:

CWS THON Severe weather knowledge Quick forecast

Phone interview, in case that’s new to anyone.

• Commodity trading firm that exchanges physical assets and paper contracts from natural gas to sugar and coffee

• Analyze models/perform research to provide forecasts across the country for traders

• Build databases for analysts and traders to understand the effects of weather patterns on power demand/supply

• Drank Coffee (LOTS OF COFFEE)

Pool Use Forecasting

• Forecast outdoor pool use for a chemical company, Axiall, through a partnership with the Penn State Department of Meteorology based on precipitation, temperature, cloud, dew point, and wind conditions and created outdoor pool use maps for the CONUS using Adobe Illustrator

• Write forecast discussions complimenting the outdoor pool use maps explaining in detail how the weather/weather pattern will affect outdoor pool use

• Work with Bill Syrett• http://ppg.met.psu.edu/• http://mp1.met.psu.edu/~fxg1/GFSPUI/puiloop.html

Soybean Rust Project

• Forecasted spread of soybean rust disease for a private agricultural company, ZedX, through a partnership with the Penn State Department of Meteorology based on wind and precipitation conditions and created soybean rust hazard maps for the North American continent using Adobe Illustrator

• Wrote forecast discussions complimenting the soybean rust hazard maps explaining in detail how the weather/weather pattern will affect the spread of the soybean rust disease

• Work with Paul Knight and Jeremy Zidek • https://

drive.google.com/file/d/0BzNw4c07SKGFRmlMNUJyV2hpYUk/view?usp=sharing

Tower Observations

• Record weather observations for the Walker Building weather station, where the Penn State Department of Meteorology is located, to be sent to the National Weather Service as part of the Cooperative Observer Program

• Work with Bill Syrett

Weather World

• Produce weather graphics and direct a television show that is over 50 years old, Weather World, which currently airs on the Pennsylvania Cable Network and WPSU

• Work with everyone!

Tips

• Bill will be sending out a mass email sometime later this spring • “Summer Internship in Meteorology”

• Audition• Look for additional email from Bill about becoming Tower Worker and

helping out with Weather World• The hours per week all depend on how many people you are working

with• Look for another part time job in town if you desire to work more hours• State College in the summer is awesome

Ryan BretonWCVB-TV BostonHearst Television

• Average day: 10:30am to 7pm• Played the role of a weather

producer for the 12pm, 5pm, 6pm newscasts

• Assisted in coverage of severe weather, including 3 Tornado Warnings & Hurricane Arthur

• Learned a lot about the challenges of forecasting New England weather in the summertime, and how to balance TV and meteorology

Good Morning America & ABC World NewsJake DeFlitch

• Spent the summer in New York City interning at GMA & ABC!• Money money money… MONEY! But I would do it all over again.• Spent half my time with GMA.. half my time at ABC World News

Good Morning America

• Woke up approx. 1AM-3AM every morning.

• Collected information on past weather the day before for Ginger.

• Created graphics for morning show.

• Forecasted for certain cities after show for next day.

• Celebrities!

ABC World News

• Similar to GMA.. but better hours. Usual shift being 11AM-7PM.

• Wrote daily weather email out to ABC personnel discussing yesterday & today’s weather.

• Created graphics for ABC World News (usually Ginger)

• Social media HUGE

WTAJ-TVForecasting Internship

Altoona, PAJoe Murgo, Chief Meteorologist

My Contact Info:Bryant Sellbds5240@psu.edu

Engineering, Scientific & Technical Intern

Nichole Marsh

INTERESTED?Two options: Externship (unpaid) or Internship (paid)

Follow this link for the application: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/humanresources/interns/index.htm

ORGoogle: PA DNCR Internship

TIPS: Select Counties with Regional Offices

Butler, Cameron, Bedford, Bucks, Luzerne

Questions?Email: nwm5120@psu.edu