The Mount Washington Observatory Weatherwise Radio Outreach Project

小行星9614340 华盛顿山天文台将在三年内制作一个全国联合的短格式天气广播系列节目。 所要求的数额在这三年中逐年减少，在这三年结束时项目将实现自我维持。 每天两分钟的节目介绍有关大气层各个层次的物理过程的事实和解释，气象系统的性质，天气观测和预报，以及与天气和气候对人类影响有关的第一手和第二手资料。 在15个月的试验阶段，天气预报（标题改为天气笔记本）已在115个公共和商业电台进行。 美国国家科学基金会的拨款将为生产商提供所需的资源，以扩大运输，目标是在至少225个车站进行运输，实施形成性和总结性评估，升级生产，增加推广，并向公众提供辅助材料。 辅助资料包括一本印刷的天气笔记本，作为听众的野外指南，他们可以在其中进行自己的天气观测和得出结论，一张教育性的天气海报，天气笔记本的成绩单和学习建议，以及在华盛顿山天文台博物馆的天气观测展览。 该项目的PI将是华盛顿山天文台的大卫瑟洛，他将担任作家、主持人和项目协调员。 制片人将是道格拉斯迈耶，他以前的经验包括与全国公共广播电台的汽车谈话。 评价将由RMC Research Corporation进行。

9614340 Thurlow The Mount Washington Observatory will produce a nationally syndicated, short-format radio series on the weather over a three year period. The request is for a declining amount in each of the three years with the project becoming self-sustaining at the end of that period. The daily, two-minute programs present facts about and explanations of the physical processes in all levels of the atmosphere, the nature of meteorological systems, weather observation and forecasting, and first- and second-hand accounts relating the effect weather and climate have on people. During a fifteen month pilot stage, Weatherwise (Title to be changed to The Weather Notebook) has been carried on 115 public and commercial stations. The NSF grant will provide the producers with the resources needed to expand carriage with a goal of carriage on at least 225 stations, to implement formative and summative evaluation, to upgrade production, to increase promotion, and to make ancillary material available to the public. The ancillary materials will include a printed weather notebook which serves as a field guide for listeners in which they can make their own weather observations and draw conclusions, an educational weather poster, The Weather Notebook transcripts and study suggestions, and a weather observation exhibit at the Mount Washington Observatory Museum. The PI for the project will be David Thurlow of the Mount Washington Observatory who will serve as writer, host, and program coordinator. The producer will be Douglas Mayer whose previous experience includes with NPR on Car Talk. Evaluation will be conducted by RMC Research Corporation.