About the Author: Thomas Viguier is an Arctic researcher working at the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network in Akureyri, Iceland. He is an expert in global and Arctic shipping and maritime industries, having worked as Safety and Security Officer in the Merchant Marine. He is focusing his research ...[Read more]
Gone with the Wind: Providing Forecasts to the Polar Windsled Expeditions
About the Authors: Sergi González is a weather forecaster and research scientist at the Spanish State Meteorological Agency AEMET. He earned his PhD in Physics from the University of Barcelona in 2019. Sergi has been a weather forecaster at the Spanish Research Station Juan Carlos I and ...[Read more]
Improving Weather Forecasts in the Arctic
About the Author: Matilda Hallerstig is a PhD candidate in meteorology at the Norwegian Research Center NORCE and the Bjerknes Center for Climate Research in Bergen, Norway. The topic of her PhD study is on the evaluation of weather forecasts in the Arctic. Matilda received her master in ...[Read more]
Giving the People What They Want: “Translating” Weather and Climate Information in the North American Arctic
About the authors: Richard Thoman is a Climate Specialist with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, USA, (see an earlier post by Rick here) and Gita Ljubicic is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies ...[Read more]
Looking North: Perspectives of European Arctic Users
PPP-SERA Open Session with the European Polar Board, The Hague, Netherlands, April 18, 2018 About the authors: Rick Thoman works as the Climate Science and Services Manager for the U.S. National Weather Service Alaska Region and is based in Fairbanks, Alaska. He works as a translator of subseasonal ...[Read more]
Engaging Users of Sea Ice Forecasts
Engaging Users of Sea Ice Forecasts to Improve the Next Generation of Products and Services About the author: Lawrence Hislop is the Executive Director of the global Climate and Cryosphere project (CliC) of the WMO World Climate Research Programme. He has fifteen years of international experience ...[Read more]
To turn or not to turn
How the right advice enables informed decisions The Authors: Dr Jan Lieser and Dr Tomas Remenyi are researchers at the Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre (ACE CRC) of the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Jan Lieser is a meteorologist and sea-ice ...[Read more]