Daniel Rothenberg
@danielrothenberg.com
Tech-evangelizing Atmospheric Scientist | co-founder @brightbandtech | Formerly Tech Lead @Waymo, Chief Scientist @tomorrowio_, @eapsMIT
How good are the frontier AI weather forecast models from Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and NVIDIA? See for yourself on @brightband.com's Operational WeatherBench dashboard - owb.brightband.com! We're happy to run these models operationally and share our evaluation stats with the community!
Operational WeatherBench | AI Weather Forecast Leaderboard
Live skill rankings for AI and physics-based weather forecast models, scored daily with standard metrics and an open toolkit.
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Are folks in mainstream climate science aware of the large and growing number of VC-backed tech startups pursuing all manners of geoengineering approaches? The genie seems to be completely outside the bottle at this point.
Wow, my health insurance is legitimately going to increase by 20% next year according to the Connect For Health Colorado portal.
Watch a recording of the Brightband panel "Future of AI Weather" #NYCW2025: youtu.be/Yw8TJXt6lAU @juliangreen.bsky.social @brightband.com Mike Pritchard, NVIDIA @rabernat.bsky.social @earthmover.io Denise Pearl, Google Austin Tindle, Sorcerer MC @maeveallsup.bsky.social @latitudemedia.bsky.social
New York Climate Week AI Weather Panel 2025
YouTube video by Brightband
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Hey folks, @brightband.com would appreciate your support for this!
@juliangsf.bsky.social · 10mo ago@brightband.com is finalist to win Webby Anthem Community Voice Award! Need your vote, and help rallying GeoSpatial Data and AI Weather Community Follow link, search "Brightband" celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting... #AnthemAwards #AIWeather #GeoSpatial #Data Thanks @juliangsf.bsky.social
Many thanks to AMS Editor's Award recipient Daniel Rothenberg for insightful and timely reviews! Learn more: bit.ly/48gR7vJ #AIforEarthSystems #PeerReviewWeek
Dumbest. Idea. Ever. I would imagine this would require Congress to repeal Bayh-Dole, but it's ridiculous that it would even be suggested out loud. Completely undermines our innovation economy. www.newsweek.com/trump-admini...
What's going on at the @ncar-ucar.bsky.social Mesa Lab?
It's been death by a million papercuts to U.S. weather forecasts by the Trump administration, but yesterday's detailed 2026 budget feels like a deathblow. In today's @nytimes.com I ask: How far can we degrade our hurricane forecasting before people end up dead?
Opinion | How Far Can We Degrade Our Hurricane Forecasting Before People End Up Dead?
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In solidary, watching The Magic School Bus with my daughter this morning. The weather episode, of course!
Is it just me or is 90% of social media content (particularly on TikTok) about student loans? Like... I don't have student loans. No reason I should be fed this content through organic engagement. Gotta say, there's some _discontent_ out there right now...
Friendly reminder for colleagues at Harvard facing disappointing NSF news today - there's a pretty good law school across campus with an impressive alumni network. I seem to recall them also facing the ire of the current Administration. Perchance a coffee chat with a colleague to align incentives?
I think I should start charging for prospecting calls. I respect the hustle for folks selling services to startups, but time is my single most valuable resource. If I politely reply that I don't need or want your service, please respect that - or be prepared to compensate me.
Are sprinkles kosher for Passover? My daughter is worried her matzah+honey+sprinkles may break the rules...
Don't 👏turn on 👏 your sprinklers 👏before 👏 Mother's Day. All these front rangers watering their lawns already taunted Mother's Nature and now this? SMH.
Russ Schumacher @rschumacher.cloud · last yr.NWS Boulder with an opening bid of 2-5" of snow here in FoCo on Thurs night-Friday, with more in the foothills. #cowx From www.weather.gov/bou/winter
I think the hardest challenge of working independently / leading an organization is being satisfied that you've "done enough" on any given day. It's like the early PhD phase on steroids - there's always so much to do, and priorities aren't always obvious!
Oh no, I just realized if we do end up moving to Erie I'll be 5 minutes further away from Buc-ee's :(
Words you probably never thought I'd utter in anything other than dripping sarcasm - "Great job, Harvard!"
Might need a CAPTCHA for future economics discussions with people: If on Monday the market loses 10% of its value, and on Tuesday it recovers 10% during the course of the day, then what is the net impact on the market as of Wednesday morning?
www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-weat...
Surprise storms and chaos theory: How AI is about to cause a ‘weather revolution’
A model pioneered by the person who came up with the concept of the butterfly effect is still being used in forecasting systems, writes Anthony Cuthbertson. A new method uses similar tech to ChatGPT –...
independent.co.uk
Running mate on a serious(?) Presidential ticket, folks. SMH.
nooo SNL stole my joke, I've been calling this Adminstration's trade policy a "tariff"-ic idea since it was rolled out on the campaign trail last year!
Bad Randall! This is supposed to be a classic PhD orals question! youtu.be/WH4g1ptJ-70?...
What if the Earth rotated 90 degrees?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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Had a really cool idea for a new NCAAM win probability forecast, similar to 538's, but using my own ELO-based model. Unfortunately there's a showtime bug and I doubt I'll have time to get it running this evening :( Maybe next year!
Agreeing to give an invited seminar on the first day of the NCAAM tournament may not have been my smartest move...
What is your soundtrack for the day and why is it a lo-fi/electronic re-mix of Claire de la Lune on loop?
Hmmm what was the third chapter of Half-Life called again?
Dennis Mersereau 🛰️@wxdam.com · last yr.More fallout from the indiscriminate NWS firings: "Effective immediately, and until further notice, the [NWS] is temporarily suspending some weather balloon launches in Albany, New York, and Gray, Maine, due to a lack of Weather Forecast Office (WFO) staffing." www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
