{"559391":{"#nid":"559391","#data":{"type":"news","title":"10 QUESTIONS: THE METEOROLOGIST WHO SAVES LIVES","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPeter Webster is not your typical meteorologist. While your local TV weatherman is doing the green-screen dance and hedging bets against this afternoon\u2019s cloudburst, Webster, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, is using Big Data and advanced algorithms he personally developed to predict monsoons in Bangladesh and heat waves in India\u2014almost two weeks ahead of time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWebster\u2019s foresight is more than a matter of mere convenience to those affected by his forecasts. With advance notice, farmers and residents in these severe-weather-prone areas can get themselves and their possessions to safety. Indeed, Webster and his team are using Big Data to save lives\u2014and livelihoods\u2014on a large scale.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERead the full interview in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gtalumni.org\/s\/1481\/alumni\/magazine.aspx?sid=1481\u0026amp;gid=21\u0026amp;pgid=6663\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Association\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;article.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPeter Webster is not your typical meteorologist. While your local TV weatherman is doing the green-screen dance and hedging bets against this afternoon\u2019s cloudburst, Webster, a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, is using Big Data and advanced algorithms he personally developed to predict monsoons in Bangladesh and heat waves in India\u2014almost two weeks ahead of time.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"While your local TV weatherman is doing the green-screen dance and hedging bets against this afternoon\u2019s cloudburst, Peter Webster, a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is using Big Data and advanced algorithms."}],"uid":"27570","created_gmt":"2016-08-04 12:29:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:16","author":"Will Rusk","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"559381":{"id":"559381","type":"image","title":"Peter Webster","body":null,"created":"1470327843","gmt_created":"2016-08-04 16:24:03","changed":"1475895364","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:04","alt":"Peter Webster","file":{"fid":"206752","name":"peter_d1a8003_v1fs_web.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peter_d1a8003_v1fs_web.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/peter_d1a8003_v1fs_web.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":199550,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/peter_d1a8003_v1fs_web.jpg?itok=5mLo9cg4"}}},"media_ids":["559381"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}