Spotlight: AMS Centennial
In 2019, the American Meteorological Society is turning 100! Our
newly launched AMS Centennial website includes ways you can participate in this milestone event. More information will be added over the next several months—historical timeline, contests, videos, oral histories, additional AMS stories and more—so check back regularly. You can also follow along on Twitter #AMS100 and share the news with others. Everyone is invited to join in on the celebration.The last 100 years have been amazing; just imagine what we’ll do together in the next 100!
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Call for Papers open for AMS2019
Share your science with the rest of the weather, water and climate community at the 99th AMS Annual Meeting! The meeting theme is Understanding and Building Resilience to Extreme Events by Being Interdisciplinary, International, and Inclusive (III). Submit your abstract by 1 August.
New AMS Statement
The AMS information statement “Weather Safety at Venues and Public Gatherings” was approved by Council and is now in force.
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AMS Election News
We are pleased to announce the following individuals will be on the slate for the AMS election this fall. Voting will open 1 August.
PRESIDENT-ELECT:
Mary Glackin, IBM
Kevin Petty, Vaisala
COUNCIL:
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Private sector:
Erica Grow, WNBC-New York
Jamie Hawkins, Lockheed Martin
Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications
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Government:
Bruce Doddridge, NASA
Wayne Higgins, NOAA
Kim Klockow-McClain, CIMMS/NSSL
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Academic:
Belay Demoz, UMBC
Rebecca Haacker, NCAR
Jim Steenburg, University of Utah
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Volunteer Opportunities
Space Wx Survey
AMS Ad Hoc Committee for Exploring Space Weather Certification is evaluating the growing Space Weather needs in
the AMS community and is exploring a potential certification program to serve this emerging industry. Please take their interest survey (before 15 June) to help the committee assess the need for credentialing expert practitioners in Space Weather. Contact committee co-chair Tamitha Skov if you have any questions or feedback.
Mentoring365
Learn more about this global mentoring service in a recent article published in EOS. Virtual mentoring is rewarding to scientists at all career levels and we encourage you to apply today.
Drafting Committee
Volunteers are sought to serve on the drafting committee for the approved précis for the AMS Policy Statement AMS Statement on Full and Open Access to Data. Interested? Email drafting_committee@ametsoc.org.
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Careers
The AMS Career Center connects employers in the weather water and climate community with job seekers. Current opportunities include:
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Survey and Results
Question for June
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May Results
With the launch of the AMS Community, what topic of conversation are you most looking forward to hearing more about?
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image from timelapse by Willian Nguyen Phuoc
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AMS Glossary Word of the Month
Term used by World War II pilots to refer to thunderstorms that form regularly over the Tiwi Islands (Melville Island and Bathurst Island) just to the north of Darwin, Australia.
The pilots used these storms as navigation aids to return to Darwin after flying sorties.
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