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Virtual Annual Meeting, DataStreme Waivers, Elections, and more

Spotlight: Virtual AMS Annual Meeting

Registration for the 101st Annual Meeting is Open!

All components of the 101st Annual Meeting have been moved to a virtual format that allows us to safely share our science and interact with one another. With travel costs eliminated and registration rates set as low as possible, we hope to maximize participation despite the different look and feel from past Annual Meetings—we are hoping this will be the best one yet!

Early registration rates are valid through 1 December. Please visit the registration page to review registration policies and for additional information. Start planning your 101st Annual Meeting week: check out the conference at a glance and block off your calendar! The program will be posted (and acceptance emails will be sent) in early November.

The Annual opens with the Presidential Forum: Building a Culture of Anti-Racism in the Weather, Water and Climate Community on Sunday, 10 January, 4–5 PM EST, and runs through Friday, 15 January. Check out the 101st Annual Meeting Safe and Inclusive Meetings page for the steps we are taking to ensure that the 101st Annual meeting is safe and inclusive for all.

Did you know that Child Care Grants are available to assist conference attendees who will incur additional expenses by virtually attending and/or presenting at the Annual Meeting? Apply by 16 November.

We are happy to announce that we will be having virtual networking opportunities throughout the 101st Annual Meeting. Each day's schedule will include themed Networking Breakouts, and each day will wrap up with fun Networking Events after sessions end, hopefully organized by groups that have held receptions at past Annual Meetings. Also, attendees will be able to connect with other attendees, speakers, exhibitors, and poster presenters via text chat and video chat functions on the meeting platform.

Lots more information will be coming soon—if you have questions about the Annual, check out our FAQ now and often as we'll be updating frequently over the next few months!

What's New?

Special Spring 2021 Opportunity for Teachers

Hey teachers! You’ve faced enormous pressure through the pandemic, and we want to make things a bit easier for you as you seek to learn more about weather, ocean, and/or climate science and inspire your students.

Thanks to our sponsors, NOAA and Lockheed Martin, we have a special one-time opportunity for you: we are waiving all course fees for the first 25 participants that are successfully matched to a mentor team for each of the three online Spring 2021 DataStreme courses (75 waivers total)! Participants will still earn three accredited graduate credits per course. More than 22,000 teachers have completed an AMS DataStreme Teacher Professional Development course, helping them leverage real-time data in their classrooms, advance their careers, and become science leaders in their schools and communities. Fill out the DataStreme Interest Form now to get matched with your mentor for the spring semester. Read more »

Where We Stand

In September, AMS Council approved two new statements:

Best Practices for Large Retail Outlets in Preparation for Severe Wind and Tornado Emergencies discusses sheltering issues specific to large retail outlet stores and how store managers should proactively evaluate their store’s risk and plan for a refuge area.

Priorities for a New Decade: Weather, Water, and Climate provides specific recommendations to ensure economic and societal well-being over the next decade.

AMS also joined with 49 other professional and scientific groups in a multisociety letter to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget expressing concerns on restrictions on diversity, equity, and inclusion training in federal programs.

Student Opportunities

Student Conference Registration Open

The Virtual 20th Annual Student Conference theme is Engaging the Future: Improving Today's Community for Tomorrow's Scientists, and with no travel and a super-low registration cost of just $20, AMS hopes all our Student Members will be able to attend! Save the weekend before the Annual Meeting for this special event! Learn more »

Annual Meeting Student Opportunities—Extended Deadline to 6 Nov

AMS offers outstanding opportunities for students in the weather, water, and climate sciences to take part in an AMS Annual Meeting. This year, the 101st AMS Annual Meeting virtual format will provide awesome experiences whether you work remotely with AMS staff supporting the virtual platform, receive a grant to attend, or win an award for presenting your research. We trust you will come away from this conference with the same level of experience and benefits as you would participating in an AMS annual meeting onsite. Reach out to Donna Fernandez if you have questions. Apply by 6 November for grants and assistantships!

Applications Are Open for 2021 AMS Scholarships and Fellowships

AMS administers a wide array of graduate fellowships and undergraduate scholarships with the support of its members, corporations, and government agencies. Get the details here on fellowships and scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $25,000! Applications due between January and June 2021.

Profiles from BAMS

Gary Wick with NASA's Global Hawk UAS in the background

"As a kid, I would frequently ride my bicycle out to the end of the runway of the old Denver airport and watch planes take off and land. My interests in planes led me to study Aerospace Engineering. I just happened to take a class one year in environmental aerodynamics taught by a scientist from a predecessor of my current NOAA laboratory. This class introduced me to remote sensing and I ended up pursuing graduate studies primarily in satellite-based remote sensing. The work with unmanned aviation in general and the SHOUT project in particular allowed me to come full circle, combining my many interests in aircraft, remote sensing, and weather."

—Gary Wick, NOAA, on the path to testing the effect of Global Hawk observations on forecasts of high-impact weather. Read more of the interview in your September 2020 print (or digital) BAMS.

Did You Know?

AMS Elections Are Closing on 11 November!

All members, please visit the information pages to read the candidate statements and vote today for 2021 President-Elect and Councilors from the Private, Government, and Academic sectors.

Time to Renew

Membership renewals for 2021 are underway; don’t let your membership expire! Renew now and be part of our mission to advance the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, applications, and services for the benefit of society.

New Statements in Process

AMS Statements being considered by the AMS Council for approval are posted on the AMS website; active members are invited to comment on them. We currently have two draft statements open for comment:

AMS Policy Statement on Software Preservation, Stewardship, and Reuse
Expectations Concerning Media Performance During Severe Weather

Submit all comments by Monday, 23 November 2020.

AMS Weather Band

We're almost ready for the opening of Weather Band membership later this month! Consider which weather fans on your holiday list might enjoy a gift membership! And don’t forget to tune in for updates and join the fun on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram.

Career Development News

Recent Podcast Releases

In our most recent episodes of Clear Skies Ahead, AMS talked to Azar Abadi, a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska’s College of Public Health Medical Center, and Karthik Mukkavilli, a Machine Learning Project Scientist at the University of California.

AMA on Careers in Hydrology

AMS members are invited to join us in the online AMS Community on 17–18 November for an Ask Me Anything on Careers in Hydrology! Members of the AMS Committee on Hydrology—John McHenry (Baron Services), Guiling Wang (University of Connecticut), and Melissa Wrzesien (NASA)—will be answering your questions about this interesting field. Submit your questions ahead of the event via this form.

August 2005: Eyewall of Hurricane Katrina seen from NOAA P-3. Credit: NOAA/OMAO/AOC

AMS Glossary Word of the Month

eyewall

A ring of cumulonimbus that encircles the eye of a tropical cyclone.

In radar depictions, the clouds must occupy at least 180° of arc to be called an eyewall.


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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:

Graduate Students - Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Earth Sciences at George Mason University

District of Columbia

George Mason University Graduate Studies

Ecology Senior Staff Scientist and Staff Associates

Stanford, California

Carnegie Institution for Science

Assistant to Full Professor

Taipei, Other / Non-US

National Taiwan University

Graduate Assistantship

Laramie, Wyoming

University of Wyoming

IT Specialist, GS-2210-12/13 (MAP)

Grand Forks, North Dakota

USA Jobs

Research Staff Members

Texas

The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG)

Customer Support Meteorologist Installer/Trainer

Huntsville, Alabama

Baron Services, Inc.

Customer Support Meteorologist

Huntsville, Alabama

Baron Services, Inc.

Digital Repository Project

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison Area Technical College

Postdoctoral Fellow I Land Surface Modeler

Boulder, Colorado

UCAR

View all jobs »

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.