Learn all about the history of CoCoRaHS, how it grew to be the dominant network of weather observers, the impact of all this data collection, and how you can get involved yourself! Noah Newman takes the audience through this important citizen science initiative in this presentation from the 2022 AMS Community and Citizen Science Symposium.
Noah Newman is the education and outreach coordinator for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow (CoCoRaHS) network. Noah began his career teaching informal science education in 2002 at a local science museum – teaching topics such as astronomy, zoology, magnets and rocketry - but now loves educating people of all ages and backgrounds about how to measure precipitation.