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Spotlight: Student Opportunities
AMS Programs for Student Members

With Students of all ages back in classes, take a minute to share the array of programs AMS has for students! Applications are open for travel grants and meeting assistant positions for the 98th AMS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas. The Private Sector Mentorship Program is accepting registrations for 2018. AMS scholarships and fellowships range from $1000 to $20,000 and are open for applications - whether you will be a college freshmen or a graduate student, AMS supports your education and pursuit of a career in the atmospheric and related oceanic or hydrologic sciences.  

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What's New?
AMS Member Renewal Portal OPEN 

The recent hurricanes and their devastating impacts remind us that understanding the science and communicating with the public are among the most important things our community can do. Log into your account to renew your AMS membership today and remain a critical part of the weather, water, and climate community.

MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Technical Program for the 98th Annual Meeting now available!

40 conferences and symposia represent the core of the AMS Annual Meeting. Check out the program and start planning your meeting week!

READ FULL PROGRAM HERE
New Draft Statement Open for Member Comment

A new draft Statement on "Best Practices for the Communication of Weather Warnings to the Public" is being considered by the AMS Council for approval and  is now open to comments from full AMS members. 

READ STATEMENT HERE
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Journals
Have you been active as an author and reviewer for AMS Journals? You might be ready to step up to a role as an Associate Editor or Editor! Chief Editors (with guidance from the Publications Commissioner) are responsible for recruiting Associate Editors and Editors in all subject areas covered by their journal, as well as making efforts to diversify the pool of editors across gender, race, ethnicity, affiliation, and nationality when choosing candidates..
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38th RADAR Conference Student Awards
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AMS Meetings often offer prizes to students presenting their work - congratulations to Nicholas McCarthy, Annette M. Foerster, and Scott Loeffler, winners of student awards at the recent 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology!
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AMS Meetings News
Upcoming Dates
1 October 2017
Recordings and Supplementary Info for the 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology are now available! 
2 October 2017
Abstracts for 17th AMS Student Conference are Due 
13 October 2017
98th Annual Meeting Student Travel Grant Applications Due  
15 October 2017
Abstracts for Special Hurricane Impacts of 2017 Sessions at 98th Annual Meeting are Due  
27 October 2017
Apply to become an exhibitor at 2018 WeatherFest in Austin
27 October 2017
Submission Deadline for Abstracts and for Student Travel Grant applications for the 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology 
19 January 2018
Now accepting abstracts for the 12th Fire and Forest Meteorology Symposium 
12 February 2018
Now accepting abstracts for the 23rd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence  
12 February 2018
Now accepting abstracts for the 21st Conference on Air-Sea Interaction  
14-18 May 2018
Save the date for the 33rd Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology/12th Fire and Forest Meteorology Symposium/Fourth Conference on Biogeosciences in Boise, ID
11-15 June 2018
Save the date for the 23rd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence/21st Conference on Air-Sea Interaction in Oklahoma City, OK
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Careers
The AMS Career Center connects employers in the weather water and climate community with job seekers. Current opportunities include:
Sales Engineer - LIDAR Wind Energy
Hinesburg, Vermont
NRG Systems, Inc.
Visiting Support/Project Scientist
Princeton, New Jersey
UCAR/Visiting Scientist Programs
Assistant Professor
Seattle, Washington
University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Assistant Professor of Climate Adaptation: Plant Genomics
Davis, California
University of California, Davis
Assistant Professor of Climate Change Impacts on Weather Extremes
Davis, California
University of California, Davis
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows
Washington, Dist. Columbia
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Senior Climate Scientist
Oakland, California
Union of Concerned Scientists
Director, Institute for Sustainability
Northridge, California
California State University, Northridge
Assistant Professor, Physics (Atmospheric Sciences)
Reno, Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno
Full or Associate Professor (tenured), Chair, Environmental Science
Glassboro, New Jersey
Rowan University
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XBT
AMS Glossary Word of the Month
expendable bathythermograph
(Abbreviated XBT.) A device for obtaining a record of temperature as a function of depth to 1800 m from a ship with a speed as high as 15 m/s.
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