About the Author

Robert Henson is an editor at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, contributing editor of Weatherwise magazine, and a frequent guest blogger for Capital Weather Gang. He is the author of The Rough Guide to Weather and Weather on the Air: A History of Broadcast Meteorology. He is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Reviews

"Weather on the Air captures the full breadth and depth of the engaging-and to many enthusiasts, intoxicating-world of broadcast meteorology. The history, the personalities, the science, the challenges, the beauty, and the warts of weathercasting: It's all here." (Ray Ban, retired executive vice president of programming and meteorology, Weather Channel) "Terrific.... authoritative, entertaining, and fascinating." (Chicago Tribune)"