Spotlight: AMS Virtual 101st Annual Meeting
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Platform Now Open!
The virtual meeting platform is now open to registered attendees! More than 1000 presentations are available for advance viewing. Familiarize yourself with the platform, update your profile, and build your agenda. Watch the on-demand presentation recordings at your own pace and jot down your thoughts and questions to be ready for the live lightning sessions next week. This is your chance to maximize your AMS 101 experience!
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Registration
Register now for the meeting! You can get a preliminary look
at the conferences and symposia available in the Online Program, and once registered you can jump right into the Virtual Meeting Agenda and start viewing your "homework."
Need Help?
We are here to support you before and during the meeting—while in the virtual platform, click on the Info Desk to read the meeting FAQ, and if your question is not answered, ping us via the Live Support Chat, or email our support line at AMS101@ametsoc.org.
Networking and Events
Check out all the Networking
Breakouts available for your participation during the Annual Meeting and complete this survey to let us know which ones you plan to attend! Ping your friends on the the chat system within the meeting platform and let them know where to find you.
Don't miss any events and
special sessions that we will be holding during the Annual Meeting! Choose evening fun events that will let you see your colleagues' smiling faces—the platform facilitates face-to-face connections in the virtual space.
As you begin prepping for the 101st Annual Meeting, snap a picture and post it to Twitter using the hashtags #AMS2021 and #AMSPhotoContest. The post with the most likes will win a prize! You must be following @AMETSOC on Twitter and be registered for the 101st Virtual Annual Meeting in order to win!
Career Activities at the AMS Annual Meeting
Are you looking for an easy way to view all the career and networking activities that will be happening during the AMS Annual Meeting? Look no further. We have created a Career Activities page to make it easier for you to navigate all the great things that will be going on during the meeting, including the career fair, talks and sessions, networking/social events, and more!
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Did You Know?
AMS Scholarships and Fellowships
For over thirty years, AMS members, corporations, and government agencies have been providing support for students and early career professionals to advance into the fields of atmospheric and related oceanic or hydrologic sciences. Students, complete your applications soon for the 2021/22 school year!
Applications due 5 February:
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The AMS Women in Science Scholarship recognizes that gender diversity is essential in the pursuit of better science. It carries a $10,000 stipend for the final year of undergraduate study.
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Freshman Undergraduate Scholarships provide $5000 ($2500 each freshman and sophomore year) to high school students beginning their studies in the atmospheric and related sciences.
Applications due 12 February:
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AMS Minority Scholarships, for students traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, award a $6,000 scholarship ($3000 each freshman and sophomore year).
Applications due 12 March:
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Current Juniors should apply now for Senior Named Scholarship awards—ranging from $2000 to $10,000 for the 2021/22 school year.
Applications due 9 April:
Applications due 4 June:
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For Teachers
Happy New Year! While we don’t know what this year will bring, we do know there is still time for you to apply for an amazing summer professional development experience! American Meteorological Society courses Project Ocean and Project Atmosphere are accepting applications through 26 March. These competitive courses are open to K–12 teachers and include online and in-person components and field experiences. All travel expenses are covered and participants receive stipends and earn graduate credit upon successful completion. Learn more »
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“This idea [to measure land carbon uptake] arose from a Keck Institute for Space Studies workshop . . . [and] culminated with a human-sized model of photosynthesis employing most workshop participants and a box of 50 tennis balls."
— Mary Whelan, Rutgers University
For the full interview with Dr. Whelan about innovations in carbon cycle science, see your December 2020 print
or digital
BAMS.
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Recent Podcast Releases
On 8 December, AMS talked to Carl Schreck, a Research Scholar with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, about careers in climate research. Then on 22 December, Don Berchoff, CEO of TruWeather Solutions in Reston, Virginia, discussed his career as a weather industry executive.
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Image of tule fog in the Central Valley of California on 20 December 2020. The photo-like, true color corrected reflectance image was captured by the MODIS, aboard NASA's Terra satellite. | | | |
AMS Glossary Word of the Month |
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Water droplets suspended in the atmosphere in the vicinity the earth's surface that affect visibility.
According to international definition, fog reduces visibility below 1 km (0.62 miles). Fog differs from cloud only in that the base of fog is at the earth's surface while clouds are above the surface. When composed of ice crystals, it is termed ice fog. Visibility reduction in fog depends on concentration of cloud condensation nuclei and the resulting distribution of droplet sizes. Read more »
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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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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 Justin McKee and Jennifer Correa, who recently earned the CBM designation! | | |
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Congratulations to Jocelyne Comstock, 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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