Claire Martin (meteorologist)

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Claire Martin BSc is a national television weather presenter with CBC Television in Canada. She is a niece of Barbara Edwards, who in 1974 became the BBC's first female weather presenter in the UK. She is Chair of the International Association of Broadcast Meteorologists since October 2007.[1]


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[edit] Education and career

[edit] UK

Claire Martin worked for the UK Met Office in an unknown position. She received a Higher National Certificate, a first year university degree, with distinction in Mathematics, Statistics and Physics from University of Reading in the United Kingdom while on day release from her job. She was later transferred to the Central Forecast Office in Bracknell, UK[2]

[edit] Canada

She moved to Canada in July 1990 hired as a support staff by Environment Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) in 1990. Seeking improved career prospects at Environment Canada, she enrolled at the University of Alberta in Edmonton in 1993 to complete her Bachelors of Science with specialization in Meteorology, which she obtained in 1995. She worked on the "media bench" for Environment Canada's Northern Alberta Weather Centre.[2]

She moved to a job as a staff meteorologist and weather presenter with ITV (now Global Television Edmonton) in August 1996. In 2005, she moved from Edmonton to join CBC Television's news operations in Toronto. CBC introduced nationally-televised weather features at that time for its news programs The National and Canada Now. In 2007, she moved to CBC Vancouver to host regional weather forecasts.[3]

She became member of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) in 1993, of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) in 1994, of the International Association of Broadcast Meteorologists (IABM) in 1996, of the UK Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) in 1998, and of the National Weather Association (NWA) in 1999. She is highly involved in the broadcasting quality of meteorological information as the Chair of the IABM, and she also sat on AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorology which judges AMS approbation of their "Seal of approval" for on-air meteorologists.[2]

[edit] Awards and recognition

The International Weather Festival awarded Claire Martin the honour of "Best Weather Presenter in the World" in 2000, 2001 and 2003. The festival is produced annually by meteorologists and broadcast weather presenters from various nations and has been supported by the World Meteorological Organization.

[edit] Childhood

As a child Claire appeared in the video for Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" but did not sing.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Claire Martin Elected. International Association of Broadcast Meteorology. Retrieved on 2007-11-18.
  2. ^ a b c Claire Martin profile. International Association of Broadcast Meteorology. Retrieved on 2007-11-18. Indicates BSc with Meteorology specialisation.
  3. ^ CBC: Claire Martin profile
  4. ^ {{cite news | date=5 June 2008 | title=On The Coast, CBC Radio One | publisher= CBC Radio One | }

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