[118] Cars, trains, and weather

Curtis Walker, a scientist at NCAR's Research Applications Laboratory, studies how weather impacts travel, specifically cars and trains. Whether you're traveling to work or school, driving across the country on vacation, or waiting for a package, all kinds of weather can have big impacts on surface transportation. He will share his story of how he came to work at this unique intersection, overview weather impacts to roads and rails, and preview the future of self-driving cars in a world of weather!

Season 1: 2020/2021 Meet the Experts Program, Episode 18

Curtis Walker, Research Applications Laboratory (RAL), NCAR