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Maya Bartov

Hebrew
Contact Info

The Open University of Israel Department of Natural Sciences One University Road P.O.B. 808 Ra’anana 4353701, Israel
Office:09-7782129 Email:mayabar@openu.ac.il

Areas of Interest
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Meteorology
  • Learning Technologies
  • Space and Satellites

I am a weather forecaster and a researcher in Meteorology.
I have been teaching meteorology and the climate of Israel
Researching extreme precipitation events.
I am also researching the knowledge people have on Climate Change, 
and how we can understand the various misconceptions around it.

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current
PhD, program in Education Technologies in Learning Systems
Department of Education and Psychology, The Open University of Israel
Assessing science and activism knowledge about climate change in university students
Supervised by Prof. Anat Ben-David
2016-2018
PhD, program in hydrology and water resources
Earth Science institute, faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Research focus: Global rain patterns of extreme rainfall events
Supervised by Prof. Efrat Morin
- Discontinued due to a health problem
2010-2013
M.Sc., program in hydrology and water resources
Earth Science institute, faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Thesis titled: "Synoptic characterization and indices evaluation for flash flood prediction in Israel's southern and eastern regions"
Supervised by Prof. Uri Dayan and Prof. Efrat Morin
2007-2010
B.Sc., program in climate, atmospheric science, and oceanography
Earth Science Institute, faculty of mathematics and natural sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2017 - Current
The Open University of Israel - Teaching Associate
2016 - 2021
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Teaching Associate
2016 - 2018
The Hebrew University - Teaching Assistant 
2015 - 2017
The Open University of Israel - Teacher Part Time
Dec 2023 – Jan 2024
Israeli Dryland farming (falcha) workers organization
Guest Lecturer - Agrometeorology basics course
Nov 2019 – Mar 2020
Abiotix
Weather forecaster
Nov 2019
IsrAir
Guest Lecturer
Oct 2010 - June 2016
Israeli Meteorological Service
Weather forecaster; Certified aviation forecaster
Oct 2009 - Apr 2010
Shaham rainfall enhancement project
Weather Radar observer
Dec 2007 - June 2009
Israeli News Company
Weather forecast producer
June 2002 - Aug 2005
Israeli Air Force
 Weather forecaster and training officer
Dec 2001 - June 2002

Israeli Air Force
Meteorological observer

Hebrew – mother tongue; English – excellent

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Peleg, N., Bartov, M., Morin, E., (2015), CMIP5-predicted climate shifts over the East
Mediterranean: implications for the transition region between Mediterranean and semi-arid
climates. International Journal of Climatology, 35, p. 2144-2153

Garfinkel C. I., Adam O., Morin E., Enzel Y., Dayan U., Elbaum E., Bartov M., Rostkier-Edelstein
D. (2020) The role of zonally averaged climate change features in contributing to inter-model
spread in CMIP5 predicted local precipitation changes. Journal of Climate, 33, p. 1141-1154

2016 Bartov, M., Morin, E., Dayan, U., Synoptic characterization and indices evaluation for flash flood prediction in Israel's southern and eastern regions. The Israeli Meteorology Society (IMS) annual meeting, Ra'anana, Israel

2013 Bartov, M., Morin, E., Dayan, U., Synoptic characterization and indices evaluation for flash flood prediction in Israel's southern and eastern regions. Water Resources 2013 Students Conference, Jerusalem, Israel

2013 Bartov, M., Morin, E., Dayan, U., Synoptic characterization and indices evaluation for flash flood prediction in Israel's southern and eastern regions. The Israel Association of Water Resources (EYAL) annual meeting, Caesarea, Israel

2017 Convener of the Water Resources 2017 Conference (WaterConf2017)

2018 Consulting for the May 2018 DMBI@SISE-BGU Data Hackathon for Social Good

I am teaching different meteorological areas
- Forecasting and observing mostly the climate of Israel
- Climate and weather phenomena of other regions
- Basics of weather systems and air movement 

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  •  

    The Open University - Teaching Associate

    2022 - current
    2021 – current
    2017 – 2021
    2017 – current
    2015 - current​
    "The climate change problem"
    “Climate Theory”
    “Modern Problems in Atmospheric Science”
    “Meteorology Lab: Measurements, Observations, and Synoptic Analysis”
    "Introduction to Meteorology" ​
     

  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Teaching Associate

    2016-2021​ "Introduction to Aviation Meteorology" ​
     

  • The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Teaching Assistant​

    2017
    2017
    2018
    2017 – 2018
    2017​
    “Introduction to Tropical Meteorology”
    “Climate Change”
    “Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere”
    "Introduction to Climate"
    "Atmospheric Thermodynamics"​
     

  • Israeli Dryland farming (falcha) workers organization
    2024 - Guest Lecturer - Agrometeorology basics course

  • EnviroManager
    2018 - Lecturer - Observer Course

  • Israeli Meteorological Service
    2016 - Lecturer - Forecasting Course
    2012 - Lecturer - Advanced Observer Course

  • Israeli Air Force - Weather Forecasting unit
    2008 - 2022- Lecturer - Forecasting Course
    2004 – 2008 - Lecturer - ACC Course 

  • Meto-tech
    2009 - Lecturer - Observer Course

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    The Open University - Teaching Associate

    2022 
    2021-2022
    "The climate change problem"
    “Meteorology Lab: Measurements, Observations, and Synoptic Analysis”