OF
OF ARTS
OF ARTS AND SCIENCES RECENTLY4@ PARTNERED ON AN EXCITING COLLABORATION
CALLED "WEATHER SMART" -- WHERE
WE
WE
WE EXPLORE COMPLEX WEATHER-RELATED 4@
MATERIAL AND THE EXPERTS MAKE IT
EASY
EASY
EASY TO
EASY TO UNDERSTAND. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FIRST
DISCUSSION --
WHICH CENTERED AROUND SOMETHING
I
0
0 OOFRMENTS WE EXPLORE COMPLEX WEATHER RELATED MATERIAL
AND THEN THE4@ EXPERTS MAKE IT
RELATIVELY EASY TO UNDERSTAN4@D.
YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK4@ AT OUR FIT
DISCUSSION WHICH CENTERED AROUND
SOMETHING4@ FASCINATED ATMOSPHEC
RIVERS.
RIVERS.
RIVERS. >> WHSA 11 AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND4@
SCIENCES RECENTLY PARTNERED ON A
PROJECT CALLED CLIMATE SMART
WHERE WE EXPLORED COMPLEX
CLIMATE RELATED MATERIAL AND4@
MAKE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.
THANKS TO PROFESSIONALS LIKE
DR.4@ JASON NAYLOR.
WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING CURRENTLY?
>> MY RESEARCH EXPERTISE IS MORE
INTO SEVERE WEATHER AND STORMS.
I'M WORKING ON4@ A PROJECT
SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION TO LOOK AT
HOW BIG CITIES LIKE LOU4@ISVILLE
IMPACT THE DISTRIBUTION OF
SEVERE STORMS AND WEATHER EVENTS
LIKE TORNADOS4@ AND HEAVY RAIN D
HAIL.
HAIL.
HAIL. AND
HAIL. AND HOW CITIES CAN MODIFY THAT
AND CREATE POCKETS AROUND THEM
MORE AT4@ RISK FOR SEVERE WEATH.
>> I HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE AFRAID
TO4@ ADMIT TO OUR GREAT DAY LIVE
VIEWERS.
VIEWERS.
VIEWERS. MUCH RESPECT FOR PEOPLE IN MATH
AND SCIENCE.
AND SCIENCE. WE HAVE H4@AD WONDERFUL SCIENTIS
WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW BUT
LET ME MAKE SURE4@ THAT I
UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS WHAT
YOU'RE STUDYING IS HOW THE4@
ACTUAL PHYSICAL CITY CAN AFFECT@
WEATHER.
WEATHER.
WEATHER. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. AND THAT'S BEEN KNOWN FOR
DECADES THAT CITIES CAN4@ IMPACT
WEATHER.
WEATHER.
WEATHER. SO PLACES LIKE ST. LOUIS4@ AND
CHICAGO ACTUALLY HAVE THESE4@
DOWNWIND AREAS OF RAIN ENS
HANSMENT.
HANSMENT.
HANSMENT. AREAS WHERE THEY GET MORE
FREQUENT RAIN AND I'M GOING TO
LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY SEVERE
WEATHER LOOKING AT HOW THAT
MIGHT IMPACT WHERE YOU MIGHT GET
TORNADOS AND HEAVY RAIN4@ BUT AO
LOOKING AT LOUISVILLE IN
PARTICULAR.
PARTICULAR. >> SO WHAT ARE THE THINGS WITH
THE PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE BEEN
TRYING TO SCHOOL THOSE OF US WHO
ARE4@ QUITE EDUCATED IN THE FIE,
SOMETHING CALLED ATMOSPHERIC4@
RIVERS.
RIVERS.
RIVERS. I
RIVERS. I TERM I NEVER KNEW UNTIL I GOT
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK4@ TO YOU.
WHAT IS THAT?
>> AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER IS
BASICALLY A STREAM OF WATER
VAPOR TRAVELING IN THE
ATMOSPHERE.
ATMOSPHERE. IT'S CALLED AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER
BECAUSE IN A LOT OF WAYS IT'S
SIMILAR TO AN ACTUAL RIVER AT
THE EARTH'S4@ SURFACE WITH THE
MAIN DIFFERENCE BEING THAT
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER TRANSPORT
WATER VAPOR WHEREAS4@ THE RIVERS
AT THE SURFACE TRANSPORT LIQUID
WATER.
WATER.
WATER. IN
WATER. IN FACT.
IN FACT.
IN FACT. TH4@E ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS CAN
TRANSPORT JUST AS MUCH IF NOT4@
MORE WATER4@4@4@ WHAT'S IMPORTAT
ABOUT THAT?
ABOUT THAT? >> ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS ARE A BIG
PART OF THE CLIMATE SYSTEM.
SPONTSABLE FOR MOST OF THE4@
TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE AWAY FROM
THE T4@ROPICS TOWARDS THE HIGH
LATITUDE PLACES.
LATITUDE PLACES. SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME ON THE
PLANET,4@ THERE MIGHT B4@E TEN F
THEM OCCURRING OF VARIOUS
DIFFERENT SIZES AND STRENGTHS
THERE, ROUGHLY ABOUT 300 MILES
WIDE AND ABOUT 1,000 MILES OR
LONGER IN LENGTH AND THERE VERY
IMPORTANT IN COASTAL AREAS LIKE
IN CALIFORNIA OR EVEN WESTERN
YAURP, THEY BRING A LOT OF THE
MOIZ THAT RESULTS IN
PRECIPITATION.
PRECIPITATION. AN AREA LIKE CALIFORNIA MORE
THAN HALF OF THE4@ PRECIPITATION
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS
ATTRIBUTABLE TO ATMOSPHERIC
RIVERS.
RIVERS.
RIVERS. >> FANTASTIC.
>> FANTASTIC. A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY
AND JAE OWE SCIENCES.
THIS IS DOCTOR SONG AND4@ DJ BIT
L.
L.
L. OVERALL IT REALLY IS EXC4@ITING
WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
>> YES, AND WE HAVE A GREAT4@
GEOGRAPHY AND THE GEO SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. WE OFFER INTERDISCIPLINARY
EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AND WE
HAVE A4@ BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
DEGREE APPLIED TO GEOGRAPHY4@ A@
SPECIFICALLY WE OFFER FOUR
TRACKS.
TRACKS.
TRACKS. ONE IS DEALING WITH TABS AROUND@
MENTAL PROBLEMS AND A SECOND ONE
IS THE GEO SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY.
WE DEVELOP AND USE THE SPATIAL
AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF THE PROBLEMS.
THE THIRD TRACK IS THE URBAN
ANALYSIS.
ANALYSIS.
ANALYSIS. THE STUDY OF CITIES AND A METRO
POLL TAN AREAS IN4@ THE U.S. AND
ACROSS THE WORLD.
THE LAST ONE IS HUMAN THE
CULTURAL DYNAMIC4@ AND WE OFFER
THE LAST ONE IS HUMAN THE CULTURAL DYNAMIC4@ AND WE OFFERA
CERTIFICATE4@ PROGRAM FOCUSINGS
CULTURAL DYNAMIC4@ AND WE OFFERA CERTIFICATE4@ PROGRAM FOCUSINGSN
THE GEO SPATIAL TECHNOLOGY
GIVING THEM TOOLS WE HAVE TO
LEARN THE ESSENTIAL TECHNOLOGY
TO SOLVE THE REAL WORLD PROBLEM.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. DJ, WE'RE GOING4@ TO WRAP IT UP
WITH4@ YOU.
WITH4@ YOU. GIVE US THIS SCOPE.
I KNOW WHAT'S OCCURRING IN YOUR
DEPARTMENT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING
AROUND THE WORLD.
SO REALLY QUICKLY, JUST PUT THAT
IN A PORTRAIT FOR4@ US.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. AS YOU ELUDED TOO, GEOGRAPHERS
WORK FROM LOCAL TO4@ GLOBAL AND
RESEARCHERS WORKING IN THE
COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT ISSUES OF
URBAN HEAT ISLAND, TO
CONTINENTAL SCALES LOOKING AT
INDIGENOUS CULTURES IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN4@ THEIR
RELATION TO DIFFERENT NATURAL
SYSTEMS AND RESEARCHERS WOR4@KI@
AS FAR4@ AS AFRICA.
LOOKING AT THE4@ LIVELIHOODS OF
FARMERS AND THEIR VULNERABILITY
IN TERMS OF GLOBAL CHIEMENT
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. WE WORK AT EVERY SCALE AND
LEVEL.
LEVEL.
LEVEL. THERE'S NO PROBLEM THAT
GEOGRAPHY CAN'T LOOK AT AND MAKE
A MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION.
>> THANKS TO ALL THREE.
YOU CAN BECOME THE EXPERT.
VIFRT THE UNIVERSITY OF
LOUISVILLE COLLEGE OF SCIENCES
AND ITS DEPARTMENT OF