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Winter 2018–19 CCM Newsletter

 

Happy New Year! Welcome to the new CCM electronic newsletter. This improved format will make it easier for you to read online and through your mobile device. The newsletter is intended to enhance communications between CCMs, the BCCM, and the AMS. It is published quarterly to provide information about the ongoing activities of the CCM program. Please remember to use the CCM LinkedIn page for your communication and exchanges between CCMs.

From the Chair


2018 was an extraordinarily productive year thanks to the energy and dedication of an amazing group of Board members. The most significant accomplishment was completion of the ambitious, two-year project to comprehensively review and refresh the CCM written exam. In the final tally, 33 new questions were created, 23 retired, 50 revised, and 6 reviewed with no change. New questions were introduced to strengthen the examination of ethics and core knowledge as well as in key consulting practice areas of climate change, meteorological instrumentation, artificial intelligence, remote sensing (radar and satellite), education, air quality, marine meteorology, analysis and forecasting, and applied climatology. Twenty-five CCMs were actively involved in the project during 2017–2018 including: Elizabeth Austin, Mitch Baer, Ron Baskett, Randy Bass, Lou Cantrell, Joe Chang, Gary Ellrod, Paul Francioli, Julie Gaddy, Tim Hall, Steve Hanna, Gale Hoffnagle, Pam Knox, Stan Lanham, David Legates, Tony Lupo, Sam Miller, Mike Mogil, David Moran, Gerry Mulvey, Rick Shema, Lance Steele, Ron Stouffer, Alicia Wasula, and Morgan Yarker. The combined efforts on this team amounted to hundreds of hours of time and they should be lauded for their efforts. Special thanks go to the team leaders (indicated in bold in the list) as well as to Tony for getting the project underway in 2017 and Mitch Baer for co-leading the project.

 

Other BCCM highlights for 2018 include:

  • Updated the scoring rubric for the written exam to increase consistency in scoring
  • Introduced two new “pop quizzes” for use at oral exams with retirement of the previous pop quiz
  • Developed new ethics and professional practice questions for use in oral exams
  • Reviewed and updated (through the EC) the professional development portfolio audit process
  • Selected Pam Knox as Chair-elect
  • Conducted a combined Board meeting with the Association for Certified Meteorologists (ACM) to collaborate on outreach activities
  • Kicked off planning for the BCCM-sponsored meteorological consulting short course at 2020 Annual Meeting (including collaboration with ACM)

In early December incoming Chair for 2019, Alicia Wasula, started to assume the duties of the Chair. As is now standard procedure, she will plan and conduct the Board business meeting in Phoenix in order to assure a running start to the pre-Centennial year. The most significant project on the Board’s plate will be a comprehensive review and refresh of all aspects of the written paper element of the CCM exam. The Board will also be actively engaged in planning for a BCCM-sponsored short course aimed at the Annual Meeting in Boston in 2020.

 

To all CCMs, I make a plea for you to nominate deserving peers for the AMS Harrison Award. Henry Harrison was CCM #1 certified in 1957. He then served as the first Chair of the BCCM. was established to recognize a consulting meteorologist for outstanding contributions to the profession, clients, and society. Nominees should demonstrate expertise in weather or climate and their applications, adherence to ethical behavior, and a high level of service to clients and/or the weather and climate enterprise. Nominations are due to the AMS by 1 May 2019.

 

As a final note, it has been my distinct honor to serve the AMS as Chair of the BCCM in 2018 and as a Board member for the past four years. It was an engaging experience that provided a grand opportunity to forge relationships with fellow professionals from across the nation. I am confident that the CCM Program is on solid footing following this incredible year and will be in good hands with Alicia Wasula, who will have the distinction of serving as Chair throughout 2019 and into the Centennial Meeting in Boston.

 

Tim Hall, CCM #641

Chair, Board of Certified Consulting Meteorologists

American Meteorological Society

Access to Meteorological Data

The government shutdown is affecting normal access to meteorological data. For example, radar data is no longer available on the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) site. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has available. If you have any similar tips for alternate links for weather data, please share through the CCM LinkedIn page. See below for how to join.

Aerospace Meteorology: A Historical Note Regarding the Origin and Development of the Term "Aerospace Meteorology"

by William W. Vaughan, PhD, AMS Fellow, NASA Emeritus, CCM

 

This historical note is based on recollections and a preliminary search of some past issues of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. In March 1964, the AMS Bulletin made reference to a proposed statement on meteorology and aerospace vehicles prepared by the AMS Committee on Atmospheric Problems of Aerospace Vehicles and the American Institute of Aeronautics (AIAA) Atmospheric Environment Technical Committee. The statement was published in the June 1964 issue of the Bulletin. It seems the first conference to use the words "aerospace meteorology" was entitled Sixth National Conference on Applied Meteorology (aerospace meteorology) sponsored with the AIAA Atmospheric Environment Technical Committee Committee and held on 28–31 March 1966 in Los Angeles, California. Just who "coined" the term aerospace meteorology I am not sure.

 

The term aerospace meteorology encompassed both meteorological support activities at the various test ranges and within the organizations developing meteorological requirements for the design and development of aerospace vehicles. Somewhere along the way, there was an attempt within AMS to distinguish between the two support activities as aerospace meteorology and range meteorology (rather like distinguishing between aviation meteorology activities as being aviation meteorology and airport meteorology). This subsequently led to the usage by AMS of the term ARAM to represent aviation, range, and aerospace meteorology activities and thus the AMS's ARAM technical Committee and conferences.

Let the Celebration Begin!

The AMS has officially kicked off its Centennial celebration! Get involved by viewing the to learn all the ways you can participate in the AMS 100th Anniversary!

NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Program

by William W. Vaughan, PhD, AMS Fellow, NASA Emeritus, CCM

 

The Fall issue of the CCM News contained an item about the NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) program which is based on the utilization of unique space-based observations to improve short-term forecasting. The most recent and excellent is now available.

New Online CCM Application Portal

CCM applicants are now able to submit their CCM application online along with supporting documents. Please share this news with colleagues who are thinking about applying. The is available through the CCM website.

Professional Development Opportunities

Below you will find links to COMET’s newest publications on MetEd. CCMs receive between 0.5 and 1.25 professional development points per COMET Module depending on the difficulty rating.

 

New COMET Lessons:

 

COMET lesson updates:

 

Tropical

 

Satellite

 

New Spanish lessons:

 

Currently, these materials are freely available to everyone, courtesy of COMET's primary sponsors. They are NOAA's NWS, NESDIS, and NOS programs, EUMETSAT, the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, the Meteorological Service of Canada, Bureau of Meteorology, and the USACE and DOI/Reclamation.

Women Certified Consulting Meteorologists

by Jill F. Hasling, CCM

 

The AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) Program was established in 1957. The first two women to earn CCMs were Charlotte Hopper in 1970 (CCM number 95) and Dr. Joanne Simpson in 1974 (CCM number 139). Dr. Simpson was also the first woman CCM to become a Councilor of AMS and elected to President of AMS.

 

There have been 30 women to earn the CCM credential out of a total of 740 CCMs issued as of 31 December 2018. The first woman member of the Board of Certified Consulting Meteorologist was Lysa Modica iin 1998 and she became the first woman Chair of the Board of Certified Consulting Meteorologists in 2001. The second woman Chair of the Board was Jill F. Hasling in 2007.

 

First 10 women to earn their CCMs:

 

95 Charlotte Hopper

139 Joanne Simpson

341 Janet Heeter

376 Dr. Alexis Long

465 Elaine Koo

489 Lysa Modica

496 Jill F. Hasling

537 Karen Kowalewsky

551 Cynthia Burkhart

572 Dr. Elizabeth Austin

 

Since 1957, there have been five women Chairs of the CCM Board and Pam Knox will make the sixth board Chair in 2020. The Chairs were:

 

Lysa Modica 2001

Jill Hasling 2007

Elizabeth Austin 2012

Jennifer Call 2016

Alicia Wasula 2019

Pam Knox 2020

 

There have been three women CCMs who have served on the AMS Council while they have had their CCMs: Dr. Joanne Simpson, Jill Hasling, and Dr. Elizabeth Austin. Jill Hasling was the second woman CCM to become an AMS Councilor. There were two other women AMS Councilors who earned their CCMs while or after they received their CCM: Valerie Voss and Dian Siedel.

 

There have been five women to become Fellows of the AMS. Dr. Simpson was also the first woman to become a Fellow of the AMS in 1967 prior to her becoming a CCM in 1974. Valerie Voss became a Fellow in 1992 and earned her CCM in 1997. Jill Hasling became a Fellow in 2000 after earning her CCM in 1991. Dr. Dian Seidel became a Fellow in 2003 and Dr. Elizabeth Austin became a Fellow in 2018.

 

There are three women who have earned both their CCM and CBM: Maureen McCann, Linda Paige and Valerie Voss Crenshaw.

LinkedIn

The CCM LinkedIn page is becoming more active. If you have not joined, please do! The LinkedIn page is accessible and open only to CCMs. You must join LinkedIn (it is free) first before requesting to join the CCM page. Once you join LinkedIn (or if you are already a member), then just simply type “Certified Consulting Meteorologist” in the search box on the top right to search for our group. The LinkedIn site is an easy way for CCMs to communicate with each other and to keep abreast of news, developments, and items of interest.

Facebook

For all CCMs, colleagues, and the general public, we have a CCM Facebook page. It can be found by searching in Facebook for “Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM).” This page needs much more interest to be generated, beginning with every CCM “liking” the page.

Twitter

For all CCMs, colleagues, and the general public, we also have a Twitter account. If you are on Twitter, please follow the handle @AMS_BCCM and use it to promote your activities and events.

Thanks to all of our contributors for this issue

 

We encourage you to share your experiences, views, findings, or studies for the next newsletter. E-mail your articles to and . This newsletter as well as past issues are available .

 

The Spring 2019 Newsletter submission deadline is 15 March 2019.
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