edu.ucar.opensky::articles:25892 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-24T20:07:50.661654 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d72b92w3 https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1912.12132 https Related Preprint #1 Machine Learning for Precipitation Nowcasting from Radar Images The evolving role of humans in weather prediction and communication 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d72b92w3 https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0326.1 Stuart, N. A. author Hartfield, G. author Schultz, D. M. author Wilson, K. author West, G. author Hoffman, R. author Lackmann, G. author Brooks, H. author Roebber, P. author Bals-Elsholz, T. author Obermeier, H. author Judt, Falko author Market, P. author Nietfeld, D. author Telfeyan, B. author DePodwin, D. author Fries, J. author Abrams, E. author Shields, J. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher A series of webinars and panel discussions were conducted on the topic of the evolving role of humans in weather prediction and communication, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the AMS. One main theme that arose was the inevitability that new tools using artificial intelligence will improve data analysis, forecasting, and communication. We discussed what tools are being created, how they are being created, and how the tools will potentially affect various duties for operational meteorologists in multiple sectors of the profession. Even as artificial intelligence increases automation, humans will remain a vital part of the forecast process as that process changes over time. Additionally, both university training and professional development must be revised to accommodate the evolving forecasting process, including addressing the need for computing and data skills (including artificial intelligence and visualization), probabilistic and ensemble forecasting, decision support, and communication skills. These changing skill sets necessitate that both the U.S. Government's Meteorologist General Schedule 1340 requirements and the AMS standards for a bachelor's degree need to be revised. Seven recommendations are presented for student and forecaster preparation and career planning, highlighting the need for students and operational meteorologists to be flexible lifelong learners, acquire new skills, and be engaged in the changes to forecast technology in order to best serve the user community throughout their careers. The article closes with our vision for the ways that humans can maintain an essential role in weather prediction and communication, highlighting the interdependent relationship between computers and humans. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2022 American Meteorological Society (AMS). None eng geoscientificInformation