Open AccessMeteorology as Citizen Science
Author(s) -
Eirik Mikal Samuelsen,
Per Pippin Aspaas
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2703-674X
DOI - 10.7557/19.5621
Subject(s) - norwegian , meteorology , arctic , service (business) , the arctic , weather prediction , corporation , broadcasting (networking) , national weather service , environmental science , geography , computer science , business , finance , oceanography , computer security , marketing , geology , philosophy , linguistics
Eirik Samuelsen, senior meteorologist at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (Met) and UiT The Arctic University of Norway, discusses the importance of citizen science to current meteorology in Norway. Amateurs contribute to the improvement of weather forecasts in various ways, from anecdotic but valuable feedback on errors in the forecast to a large network of private weather stations providing precious data for the free-to-use weather service www.yr.no. Besides yr.no as such, which is maintained by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), there is mention of Eiriks værblogg (Eirik's weather blog) on Facebook, the network of Netatmo Weather Stations, the open database of meteorological models and weather data thredds.met.no, and the project Smart Senja.
First published online September 23, 2020.