Bay Area Education and Careers in Meteorology
Jan Null, CCM
July 2012
UNIVERSITY METEOROLOGY PROGRAMS

San Francisco State University - Department of Geosciences

San Jose State University - Meteorology

University of California at Los Angeles - Sept of Atmospheric Sciences

University of California at Davis - Atmospheric Sciences

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Listing of University Meteorology Programs

 

METEOROLOGY CAREER INFORMATION

AMS "Careers in Atmospheric Research and Applied Meteorology"

AMS "A Career Guide for the Atmospheric Sciences" - Very comprehensive look at the variety of careers and different job markets.

 

CURRENT JOB OPPORTUNITY LISTINGS

American Meteorological Society Employment Announcements

National Weather Association Job Corner

NOAA Jobs

 

BAY AREA METEOROLOGY EMPLOYERS

Aerospace and Marine International - providing weather services to the maritime industry (San Jose)  

Applied Weather Technology - weather services for the marine industry (Sunnyvale) - Current Job Opportunities

Bay Area Air Quality Management District - local air quality forecasting and research (San Francisco) - Current Job Opportunities

California Air Resources Board - state air quality forecasting and analysis - Current Job Opportunities

CustomWeather - internet provider of custom meteorological content (San Francisco) - Contact

Jeppesen - aviation weather forecasting and flight planning (Los Gatos) - Current Job Opportunities

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - applied research (Livermore) - Current Job Opportunities

National Weather Service - Monterey - public, aviation and marine forecasting (Monterey) - Current Job Opportunities

National Weather Service - FAA Center Weather Service - Fremont - weather support for the FAA (Fremont) - Current Job Opportunities

Pacific Gas & Electric - forecasting and research to support utility planning and operations (San Francisco and San Ramon) - Current Job Opportunities

Sonoma Technology, Inc - air quality research and forecasting (Petaluma) - Current Job Opportunities


Media

KTVU (Channel 2)

KRON (Channel 4)

KPIX (Channel 5)

KGO (Channel 7)

KNTV (Channel 11)

KSBW (Channel 8)

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Meteorological Society (AMS) - National, Northern California Chapter

National Weather Association (NWA) - National