{"id":1536,"date":"2015-02-05T22:29:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T22:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2015-02-05T22:29:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T22:29:35","slug":"celebrating-weatherpeople","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/celebrating-weatherpeople\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Weatherpeople!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Jeffries Source: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Because the weather has a significant impact\u00a0on our daily lives, National Weatherperson’s Day\u00a0recognizes the scientists who track our major storms and atmospheric climate changes. The day commemorates the birth of John Jeffries who was born in Boston in 1745. He\u00a0was\u00a0a Harvard graduate and\u00a0surgeon who became\u00a0fascinated with observing the weather. Beginning\u00a0in 1774, he\u00a0daily measured and recorded\u00a0the weather in Boston.\u00a0Then, in 1784, he made a historical balloon flight across the English Channel to observe atmospheric conditions up close.<\/p>\n

Weather balloons, anemometer cups\u00a0and rain gauges have since been replaced with earth-orbiting satellites and computer-aided\u00a0atmospheric modeling\u00a0used\u00a0for gathering data to predict\u00a0long- and short-term\u00a0meteorological events which will significantly impact our global atmosphere in terms of ozone levels and and\u00a0movement of storms. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)\u00a0is the United States\u00a0governmental body responsible for monitoring and forecasting the weather and conducting meteorological research. NASA, too, is instrumental in researching and mapping atmosopheric changes using telescopes and space stations.<\/p>\n

Take a moment and think of your favorite and trusted meteorologist…big hint…she is your very own engineering librarian.<\/p>\n

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Satellite Weather Radar Source: IIHR Hydroscience & Engineering University of Iowa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

References<\/p>\n

infoplease: meteorology<\/a><\/p>\n

infoplease: weather balloon<\/a><\/p>\n

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration http:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/<\/p>\n

National Aeronautics and Space Administration http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/<\/p>\n

Meteorological Technology World Expo 2015 http:\/\/www.meteorologicaltechnologyworldexpo.com\/<\/p>\n

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\"Atmospheric<\/a>
Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Change Engineering Library QC879.6 .A85 1999<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Books<\/p>\n

Atmospheric chemistry and global change. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999<\/a>. Engineering Library QC879.6 .A85 1999<\/p>\n

Wallace, John M. Atmoshperic science: an introductory survey, 2d edition. Boston: Elsevier Academic Press, 2oo6.<\/a> Engineering Library FOLIIO QC861.3 .W3 2006<\/p>\n

Understanding Weather and Climate,\u00a06th edition. Engineering Library QC861.3 .A38 2013.<\/a> Engineering Library QC861.3 .A38 2013<\/p>\n

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Because the weather has a significant impact\u00a0on our daily lives, National Weatherperson’s Day\u00a0recognizes the scientists who track our major storms and atmospheric climate changes. The day commemorates the birth of John Jeffries who was born in Boston in 1745. He\u00a0was\u00a0a Harvard graduate and\u00a0surgeon who became\u00a0fascinated with observing the weather. Beginning\u00a0in 1774, he\u00a0daily measured and recorded\u00a0theContinue reading “Celebrating Weatherpeople!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"syndication":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1548,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"syndication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/syndication?post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}