astronomy

Jocelyne Blouin

Jocelyne Blouin is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Jocelyne Blouin rather than just read about it. In short: Jocelyne Blouin (17 October 1950 – 27 May 2019) was a Québécoise meteorologist and weather presenter. She worked for Canadian French-language public broadcaster Société Radio-Canada from 1978 to 2011, where she was known for her regular weather bulletins on the news.

Key takeaways

Jocelyne Blouin belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Jocelyne Blouin to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Jocelyne Blouin from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Jocelyne Blouin (17 October 1950 – 27 May 2019) was a Québécoise meteorologist and weather presenter. She worked for Canadian French-language public broadcaster Société Radio-Canada from 1978 to 2011, where she was known for her regular weather bulletins on the news.

Biography

Education Born 17 October 1950, Jocelyne Blouin obtained an honours degree in physics from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in 1973. She was then hired by Environment Canada and followed the Operational Weather Training Course. She obtained a certificate in meteorology from UQAM in 1974. Blouin completed the academic part of a master's degree in meteorology in 1986.

Career Blouin's first position with the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) was in 1974 in Edmonton, Alberta. During these early years, she taught Sea Scout weather courses and participated in the morning broadcast of CHFA Radio-Canada. In 1976 the MSC repatriated her to Montreal. In 1978 Radio-Canada Television offered her a part-time position as a weather presenter. She resigned from the MSC in July 1980 to devote herself full-time to this new job. In September 2005 Radio-Canada removed Blouin from the camera due to a "period of transition and testing". Several complaints were lodged in this respect and Blouin returned to her position the following week. In June 2011 Blouin announced her departure from Le Téléjournal to retire after 33 years with Radio-Canada. She was replaced by Pascal Yiacouvakis. Over the course of her career, she presented nearly 15,000 weather bulletins. On 12 July 2016, Blouin and Jean-Charles Beaubois, the former director of Belgian Radio-Television's weather department, launched the Blisly app. This smartphone program offers personalized health risk indexes from aggravating weather factors and is designed to help people suffering from non-food allergies, joint pain, respiratory or heart problems, or migraines. Jocelyne Blouin died from cancer on 27 May 2019.

Honours Jocelyne Blouin was the recipient of many national and international awards. In 1993 she received the Alcide-Ouellet Award, named after a Canadian meteorologist. At the International Weather Festival, she received the Best Weather and Environment Report in 1999, the 2000 Scientists Award, and the Best Weather and Environment Report in 2002.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Jocelyne Blouin

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Jocelyne Blouin claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Jocelyne Blouin before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Jocelyne Blouin ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Jocelyne Blouin

In research: Jocelyne Blouin appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Jocelyne Blouin in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Jocelyne Blouin is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1950 births, 2019 deaths, Canadian meteorologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Jocelyne Blouin outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Jocelyne Blouin in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Jocelyne Blouin in simple terms?

Why does Jocelyne Blouin matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Jocelyne Blouin?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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