Interact with Yarker Consulting at The AMS Annual Meeting Yarker Consulting and its partners are heading to Phoenix this weekend for the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS’s) annual meeting. The government shutdown has had a significant impact on the conference, in largely negative ways. However, we have been working hard all year to prepare for this […]
3 Ways in which Climate Uncertainty is Impacting Children Michel d. S. Mesquita, PhD I have been part of a number of climate studies, meetings and conferences. While discussions often have focused on modeling (my field), policy, water cycle, energy, among others- very little has been about the effect climate change could have on […]
An Introduction to R: Advanced Resources These are links to various resources that help you go beyond the introductory course at m2lab.org. We hope you find them helpful! Tutorial on how to use Google Maps to create publication-ready maps in R R package that will allow you to work with World Bank climate data With […]
An Introduction to Parameterization Options in WRF This post is the first in a series about parameterization schemes in WRF. We hope they will help demystify the role these schemes play in the model, so that you can make a more informed decision about which schemes to use for your own run. This post provides […]
The end of p values? This is the second of a two-part post discussing the scientific journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology editor’s controversial decision to ban the use of p-values in their publications. Part one can be found here. The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) 2015 Conference featured a debate on the use of p values. […]
Data Assimilation in WRF: An Overview One of the greatest benefits to using atmospheric computer models is the ability to experimentally test the influence of new and unusual forces on weather and climate. Have you ever wanted to include additional data into your WRF run? Perhaps you have sea surface temperature, a specific set of […]
Are Statistically Significant Results also Meaningful? This is the first of a two-part post discussing the scientific journal Basic and Applied Social Psychology editor’s controversial decision to ban the use of p-values in their publications. I was recently reminded of a debate between colleagues a few years ago, about the meaningfulness of scientific […]
How to Design Publication-type Maps Using Google Maps and R The statistical software R has become a widely used tool in science these days. It is free of charge, it is easy to use and it is very flexible. One of its flexibility features is the ability to create geographical maps using Google Maps (and […]
Book Discussion: Argument-Driven Inquiry in Biology The other day, I was reading the February issue of NSTA’s The Science Teacher and came across an insert previewing one of their new books Argument-Driven Inquiry in Biology. I found some of the lab examples to be extremely useful, especially the addition of argument components. As an educator […]
Science Models should be part of the K-12 Science Curriculum There is certainly a lot of excitement over the recent release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), particularly about how the classroom dynamic will change as teachers work to incorporate them into their classrooms. I, for one, am excited about the new standards […]
