Spotlight: 2023 Hooke Lecture
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The AMS Policy Program is pleased to announce that the
2023 William Hooke Lecture in Science and Society will be given by Tegan Blaine, Ph.D., the Director of the Program on Climate, Environment, and Conflict at the U.S. Institute of Peace. The lecture will take place on Thursday, 8 June, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. in Washington, DC. The topic is Peace and Conflict under a Changing Climate.
Prior to joining USIP in 2020 Dr. Blaine worked at the National Geographic Society, the USAID’s Bureau for Africa, McKinsey & Company, and the U.S. Department of State. She has taught math and physics as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tanzania, and taught about climate change and international development at The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs and at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. Dr. Blaine holds a doctorate in oceanography and climate from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The lecture is free but all attendees
must register in advance, including those who participate virtually.
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AMS Weather Band
2023 Weather Band Photo Contest
Opens 12 June
Photography enthusiasts can showcase their best weather, water, and climate photos, and may win up to $500 in cash prizes. The contest will open 12 June and close 31 August. Winners will be announced in the fall and will have an opportunity to share their stories in an AMS Weather Band webinar.
Upcoming Webinars
International Meteorology: How TV Audiences Get Their Forecast Around the World 21 June | 3:30 PM ET/1:30 PM MT Join this conversation, coming to you from the 50th AMS Conference on Broadcast Meteorology in Phoenix, Arizona. Register to join online, or attend in person if you are at the conference! Learn from TV meteorologists in Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain how they deliver the weather forecast to their audience and share the needs and expectations of viewers.
So You Want to Go Storm Chasing?: Tips and Lessons Learned 28 June| 7:00 PM ET Learn about storm chasing from experts Amber Liggett and Dr. Ashton Robinson Cook. They’ll discuss the science, share anecdotes, and provide valuable lessons for weather enthusiasts interested in storm chasing.
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Friedrich Ritter and Dore Strauch in 1932 aboard the yacht Valero III owned by G. Allan Hancock, with Floreana Island in the background. (From the Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions Smithsonian Institution Archives. Image SIA2011-1147.)
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In 1929 Dr. Friedrich Ritter and Dore Strauch left Europe for an idyllic life on Floreana Island in the Galapagos. From 1933 to 1935 the island experienced extreme drought, which ultimately claimed the life of Dr. Ritter. How La Niña led to that drought, causing food shortages on Floreana and impacting other parts of the world, is detailed in an article by Michael McPhaden and Christina Karamperidou, “Ambushed in Paradise: La Niña Brought Deadly Drought to a Tropical Eden.”
McPhaden and Karamperidou use an atmospheric reanalysis and other data sources to describe the cold conditions and how they affected the human drama that unfolded on Floreana Island. Read the story and more in the
June BAMS Digital Edition.
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See you all in Baltimore next year! #AMS2024
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Specialty Meetings
Only a few weeks left until the 50th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology,
21-23 June in Phoenix, AZ and online—don’t forget to register! (And when you do, be sure to add the outing to Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.! Seats are filling up fast!) Explore all the sessions in the online program.
Apply by 6 June to be a student volunteer and receive complimentary registration and a daily stipend, plus the opportunity to network with leading broadcast professionals.
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Recent Podcast
In our May episode of
Clear Skies Ahead, AMS talked to Melissa Burt about the importance of internships in guiding career paths, seeing people for who they are and what they bring to the table, and how the climate and cultures of organizations can impact diversity, equity, and inclusion in the weather, water, and climate enterprise.
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Upcoming Webinar
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The Triple Point: Where Weather, Climate, and Society Meet – NOAA Weather Program Office
15 June | 1 PM ET
The AMS Board on Societal Impacts is excited to announce a new webinar series bringing together those interested in social, behavioral, and economic sciences and societal impacts within the weather, water, and climate enterprise.
The first webinar includes members of the NOAA Research Weather Program Office’s Social Science Program who will talk about their roles, the research they support, and how to build future partnerships with them. Attendees are encouraged to come ready to engage with the panelists and learn more about their program! Register now »
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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 Zachary Covey, Emily Cutting, Sara Foernssler, Justin Hobbs, and Kathleen Sherman who recently earned the CBM designation!
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Congratulations to Kevin Mahoney, who recently earned the CCM 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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While this term may be applied to any such stream regardless of direction (including vertical), it is coming more and more to mean only a quasi-horizontal jet stream of maximum winds embedded in the midlatitude westerlies, and concentrated in the high troposphere.
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