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MEAS Department Seminar
October 18, 2021 | 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Speaker – Jared Rennie, NC State University’s North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies (NCICS), hosted by K. Dello 
Seminar Title – It’s All Relative: Examining Heat Severity Using the United States Climate Reference Network
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Bio – Originally from New England, Jared received both his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Meteorology from Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire. During his time there, he received NOAA’s Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship and participated in a summer internship at the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma. He also received funding from the New Hampshire Space Grant to work with the 45th Weather Squadron in Cape Canaveral, Florida on nowcasting microbursts for launch operations.
In 2010, Jared joined the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC), now known as the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS). There, he supported maintenance and expansion of major land surface datasets, including the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) and United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN). Recently, he became interested in data visualization and is constantly working on new ways to convey weather and climate data to the public. In 2019, he received a certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), from NC State University. He has also completed scientific research using various weather datasets, working with organizations such as FEMA, the Centers for Disease Control, the Society of Actuaries, and the Department of Defense.
He has been an active member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) since 2004 and currently serves on the AMS Committee on Applied Climatology. He has also served on the Board for Early Career Professionals, as well as the local AMS chapter committee. In 2018, was awarded the AMS recognition of Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM).