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Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Investigate atmospheric phenomena and interpret meteorological data, gathered by surface and air stations, satellites, and radar to prepare reports and forecasts for public and other uses. Includes weather analysts and forecasters whose functions require the detailed knowledge of meteorology.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Develop or use mathematical or computer models for weather forecasting.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Interpret data, reports, maps, photographs, or charts to predict long- or short-range weather conditions, using computer models and knowledge of climate theory, physics, and mathematics.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Conduct meteorological research into the processes or determinants of atmospheric phenomena, weather, or climate.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Formulate predictions by interpreting environmental data, such as meteorological, atmospheric, oceanic, paleoclimate, climate, or related information.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Broadcast weather conditions, forecasts, or severe weather warnings to the public via television, radio, or the Internet or provide this information to the news media.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Prepare forecasts or briefings to meet the needs of industry, business, government, or other groups.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 07Gather data from sources such as surface or upper air stations, satellites, weather bureaus, or radar for use in meteorological reports or forecasts.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Develop computer programs to collect meteorological data or to present meteorological information.AI could speed this up a lot
- 09Prepare weather reports or maps for analysis, distribution, or use in weather broadcasts, using computer graphics.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 10Develop and deliver training on weather topics.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss4%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
56%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 92% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 31% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
AI touches every main task of this job in some way. Your edge is judgment: knowing when AI’s work is right, and checking it before it counts.