The Engagement Ring

Improved Weather Forecasting and Outage Prediction

Episode Summary

Dr. Nick Bassill, director of research and development at the University at Albany’s NYSTAR Center of Excellence (COE), discusses the work of the center in advancing innovative weather and climate research applications that aid New York State government and industry. Dr. Bassill describes the COE’s partnerships with a number of power utilities throughout the state that are focused on improving weather forecasting and predicting -- and responding to -- power outages.

Episode Notes

Dr. Nick Bassill's bio:  https://www.albany.edu/daes/faculty/nick-bassill

Visit the Center of Excellence in Weather & Climate Analytics:  https://weatheranalytics.org/

Follow the center on Twitter:   https://twitter.com/UAlbanyWxCOE

Visit the NYS Mesonet online:  https://www2.nysmesonet.org/

Visit the Office for Public Engagement online.