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Welcome to AMS Soundings, a monthly newsletter from the American Meteorological Society.
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Below are some of the exciting professional opportunities that are available on the AMS Job Board:
Research Associate IV IV (JCSDA Observing System Assessment Standing Capability Development) 15-119 College Park, MD CIRA at Colorado State University
Research Associate III (JCSDA Observing System Assessment Standing Capability Development)College Park, MD CIRA at Colorado State University
Research Associate III (Aviation Weather Testbed Coordinator - Meteorologist/ Developer) Kansas City, MO CIRA at Colorado State University
Atmospheric Sciences Data Systems Administrator Lyndonville, VT Lyndon State College
Fixed-Term faculty in meteorology Mount Pleasant, MI Central Michigan University
JAMSTEC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme NA JAMSTEC
Assistant or Associate Professor of Dendroclimatology Logan, UT Utah State University
Scientist I Boulder, CO National Center for Atmospheric Research NCAR/UCAR
METEOROLOGICAL ENGINEER Edwards AFB, CA Jacobs Director of the Water Institute University Park, PA Pennsylvania State University
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With summer in full swing, the topic of heatstroke fatalities in hot vehicles is a timely one. CCM Jan Null, a lecturer at San Jose State University presented his research on Heatstroke Fatalities of Children in Hot Vehicles last year at the 42nd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology. Read the abstract and watch the recorded presentation and learn more about essential information and safety recommendations to help prevent future tragedies.
Paul Higgins, Director of the AMS Policy Program provides an overview of the troubling U.S. House of Representatives vote to cut funding for Earth system science and services. Read the blog post. Members of the AMS Communications department interviewed a number of presenters at the 43rd Conference on Broadcast Meteorology/Third Conference on Weather Warnings discussing with each various topics and issues related to their areas of expertise. You can find view the interviews along with the taped Katrina Panel discussion on the AMS YouTube channel.
The AMS 2014 Annual Report is now available.
AMS has a page of weather education resources for students, parents, and weather enthusiasts that includes several different topics to explore. AMS has hashtags for all its journals? Be sure to reference the below, when tweeting about journal articles in AMS publications.
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