Spotlight: 102nd AMS Annual Meeting
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From the opening Presidential Forum—featuring an elite panel of experts including Sylvester Turner, Mayor of Houston, pictured above—to the closing session on Thursday afternoon, this virtual Annual Meeting featured the sharing of groundbreaking science, honoring of outstanding achievement, and networking among the attendees that all combine to make this a wonderful experience every year. Many thanks to our 4450+ attendees, 3400+ virtual presenters, and all those who worked to organize the sessions. Those who attended can access all recorded sessions in the meeting program.
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Thank you to the Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Contributor sponsors of the AMS 102nd Annual Meeting
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21st Annual Student Conference
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AMS Executive Director Stella Kafka gets a selfie with the Student Conference Organizing Committee.
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The 2022 AMS Student Conference returned to an in-person modality this year, with nearly 300 students attending the meeting in Houston, Texas. They were joined by almost 200 more students virtually, marking the first time the Student Conference was held in a hybrid format. The meeting itself truly exemplified its own theme: securing a better future by working to bring everyone together.
With a focus on environmental security, experts from all across the weather, water, and climate enterprise provided guidance for student attendees, aiming to educate tomorrow's leaders and prepare them for the challenges ahead. Although the meeting certainly held its own challenges, the resilience of our community was on full display with attendees adapting to make the best of the meeting. We would like to give a special thanks to AMS President Mike Farrar, the Student Conference Planning Committee, and everyone else who contributed to the meeting—none of this would have been possible without you all. It was a wonderful experience for everyone involved to be able to interact safely in person again, and we hope you all are able to join us next year in Denver!
Sincerely, Student Conference Co-Chairs Margaret, Nick, and Tyler (MNT)
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News from AMS Publications
Monthly Weather Review turns 150 in 2022!
Join us throughout 2022 as the Monthly Weather Review (MWR) community celebrates 150 years of history and looks forward to the next 150 years of publishing impactful research.
Sign up for updates and find out more here, starting with a deep-dive Historical Review “Monthly Weather Review at 150 Years: Its History, Impact, and Legacy” by MWR's Chief Editor David M. Schultz and meteorologist and weather historian Sean Potter.
Weather and Forecasting moves to monthly publication schedule
AMS Publications is happy to announce that Weather and Forecasting (WAF), now entering its 37th year, has moved to a monthly publication schedule starting with the January 2022 issue. Founded in 1986, WAF was published quarterly until moving to a six-issue-per-year bimonthly journal in 1999. Its progress to a monthly publication reflects the growing number of submissions it receives, and is a testament to the journal's value to the research and operational forecasting community.
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Policy Opportunity
Participate in the 2022 AMS Summer Policy Colloquium—in a new hybrid format, including in-person meetings 5–10 June in Washington, DC—and you’ll take a big step toward mastery of science policy and its application. Attendees of this year's Colloquium will also have the opportunity to participate in several additional virtual events throughout the summer. Participation in the Colloquium is open to all but will be limited to 40 individuals. Registration will open soon (get started on the reading list now)!
The AMS Policy Program is pleased to announce that the 2022 competition for support to attend the Summer Policy Colloquium is accepting applications now! The national competition for support is open to graduate students and postdocs from all universities and faculty from HBCUs and MSIs. Those seeking NSF funding must apply by 31 March 2022. (Applicants to the national competition should not register for the SPC until the funding selection process is complete.) Please email Paul Higgins if you have any questions.
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Did You Know?
Symposium Success!
AMS Weather Band held its first Community and Citizen Science Symposium in January! Members and public attendees were able to learn about and connect with community and citizen science in the weather, water, and climate
fields. Symposium attendees heard from a range of professionals and citizen scientists sharing their data and observations. If you missed it, don’t worry—the symposium recordings will be uploaded soon to the Weather Band website!
Last Chance for Annual Meeting T-Shirt
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The 2022 Annual meeting was unique—order your souvenir t-shirt now before they are gone! And check out other
fun items in your AMS Store to keep you cozy and stylish through the winter. While you are shopping, don't forget the AMS Bookstore has biographies, histories, guides, and textbooks for experts and enthusiasts.
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“There is so much that we do not understand about the mechanisms of epidemic thunderstorm asthma. I am going back to the cases and looking for how the convergence lines ‘weaponize’ the pollen to cause such dramatic effects.”
— Tony Bannister (Bureau of Meteorology), whose BAMS article about a newly developed forecasting system for epidemic thunderstorm asthma is helping the health sector in Victoria, Australia, prepare for rare but potentially deadly events. Read more of his interview in your December 2021 print or
digital BAMS.
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“U.S. Capitol Building” by Frankie Leon (CC BY 2.0) | | | |
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Three Policies Shape Enterprise Value: Minor Adjustments Could Enhance the Societal Benefit
In Bill Hooke’s latest study, he examines the role that public policy plays in determining the sum societal value of Earth Observations, Science, and Services (EOSS) and how this value is allocated across society. This study explores three critical policy frameworks: the 2003 Fair Weather Report, the 2017 Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act, and WMO Resolution 42. This analysis takes views of individual stakeholders in the so-called Weather, Water, and Climate (WWC) Enterprise as its point of departure. Their perspectives were captured through informally solicited public and private comments from senior members of the Enterprise. Findings from this study focus on opportunities for extending and improving Enterprise value by broadening collaboration, fostering innovation, and making the Enterprise more equitable.
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Recent Podcast Releases
In our January episodes of
Clear Skies Ahead, AMS talked to Dr. Rosimar Rios-Berrios, Research Meteorologist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO, and Steven Glazier, Lead Meteorologist at WeatherNation in Denver, CO.
Subscribe to Clear Skies Ahead »
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Upcoming AMS Short Courses
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Introduction to the Community WRF-Hydro Modeling System: Interactive Hands-on Tutorial
10 February, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM Eastern
In this virtual AMS Short Course, participants will gain experience with hands-on model configuration and execution and run experimental model simulations and comparisons with a prepared example test case. Register by 7 February.
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Using GOES-R and JPSS Remote Sensing Capabilities to Enhance Weather, Climate, Water, and Environmental Security
16–17 February, 11:00 AM–3:00 PM Eastern
This virtual short course will teach participants how to access, use, and apply GOES-R and JPSS satellite data and products by exploring operational scenarios that address forecasting challenges and improve data-driven decision making to mitigate the impact of environmental disasters. Register by 10 February.
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Strategies for Building an Inclusive Hydrometeorology Community 25 February 2022 at 2:00 PM Eastern
The AMS Hydrology DEI subcommittee is proud to present this installment of "Their Career, Their Stories" webinar series to promote inclusiveness in the hydrology community. This webinar brings great minds together to share ideas and best practices in building an inclusive culture for a diverse community.
Register here.
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Finding Common Ground Among Science, Spirituality, and Environmentalism: How can spiritual and faith-based knowledge systems inform the weather, water, and climate enterprise? 22 February 2022 at 12:00 PM Eastern
Presented by the AMS Interfaith Committee, this is one of a series related to conversations, work, and ideas on collaboration and relational building between the AMS and faith/spiritual communities.
Register here.
AMS Certification holders receive professional development points for attending webinars and short courses.
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Certification Corner
AMS certifications are respected credentials that provide you with professional recognition and strengthen your connections to the public, the atmospheric science community, and its resources.
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Congratulations to Dontae Jones, who recently earned the CBM designation! | | |
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Congratulations to Lenore Teevan, who recently earned the CAT designation! | | |
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Visit our web page to learn more about how AMS certifications can help enhance your career in the private, public, or academic sector.
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Careers
The AMS Career Center connects employers in the weather, water, and climate community with job seekers. Current opportunities include the following:
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AMS Glossary Word of the Month
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- The process of combining different surface characteristics from neighboring heterogeneous regions into an average value for the area.
It is used in boundary layer studies for surface fluxes, drag, and roughness. This process is often necessary to define surface characteristics for numerical models that have coarse horizontal grid mesh and that cannot resolve the individual surface areas.
- The process of clumping together of snow crystals following collision as they fall to form snowflakes.
This process is especially important near the melting layer where snow particles stick to each other more easily because of the liquid water on the surface. It also occurs at lower temperatures especially between dendritic snow crystals and occasionally rosette crystals in cirrus.
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