Weather on the Air: A History of Broadcast Meteorology pdf

Robert Henson 是 Weather Underground（The Weather Company 的一部分，IBM 业务的一部分）的天气和气候科学作家，也是 WU 的第 6 类新闻网站的合著者，在那里他报道突发天气和气候新闻以及新兴研究。从 1990 年到 2015 年，他是国家大气研究中心和大学大气研究公司的科学作家，在那里他发表了数百篇关于 UCAR/NCAR 研究的文章，并担任了几份 UCAR 年度报告的执行编辑，包括“ UCAR at 40”和“UCAR at 50”，以及 UCAR Quarterly 和 UCAR Magazine 时事通讯。在 UCAR 期间，Henson 还参与了一些公共展览，并帮助开发了 Walter Orr Roberts Weather Trail，这是北美第一条以天气为导向的自然小径。汉森获得了学士学位。莱斯大学气象学和心理学学位，俄克拉荷马大学新闻学硕士，主攻气象学。他参与了国家强风暴实验室的闪电研究，并经常撰写有关恶劣天气的文章。

Weather on the Air: A History of Broadcast Meteorology pdf 罗伯特·汉森

From low humor to high drama, TV weather reporting has encompassed an enormous range of styles and approaches, triggering chuckles, infuriating the masses, and at times even saving lives. In Weather on the Air,meteorologist and science journalist Robert Henson covers it all—the people, technology, science, and show business that combine to deliver the weather to the public each day. The first comprehensive history of its kind, Weather on the Air explores the many forces that have shaped weather broadcasts over the years, including the long-term drive to professionalize weathercasting, the complex relations between government and private forecasters, and the effects of climate-change science and the Internet on today’s broadcasts. Dozens of photos and anecdotes accompany Henson’s more than two decades of research to document the evolution of weathercasts, from their primitive beginnings on the radio to the high-gloss, graphics-laden segments we watch on television every morning. This engaging study will be an invaluable tool for students of broadcast meteorology and mass communication and an entertaining read for anyone fascinated by the public face of weather.