The Development of an Academic and Industry Atmospheric Science Student Research Project

There are numerous instances of academia and private industry collaborations and projects which include students. These can occur as part of undergraduate or graduate student internships, shared research, and other forms of engagement. More recently the AMS has been more actively supporting student engagement with the private sector through boards and committees such at the Mind the Gap Committee, the Board for Private Sector Meteorologists, the Board on Higher Education and the Board on Student Affairs among several others.

In particular, the Mind the Gap committee had developed resources including skills recommendations, action plans and educational materials to assist students as well as advise academia and the provide sector. Among these is a recommended framework for shared data between private industry and academia to facilitate student learning and engagement with the private sector. Within that context, IBM Research and the University at Albany have been collaborating to develop a project to engage undergraduate students in shared research on high resolution numerical weather prediction models.

The initial phase of the project will engage students in data analysis of operational NWP model data to assess model skill. We will provide an overview of the project and some goals.