Webinar
If you missed our highly attended webinar Anxiety and Action in the Age of Quarantine: Strategies for Success, we've made the recording available to the entire weather, water, and climate community. Join the Board for Early-Career Professionals as they examine best practices on working remote, discuss strategies to combat anxiety, manage stress, and maintain your emotional well-being in these challenging times. Watch now »
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New Journals Online Platform
The new platform for AMS's online journals and meteorological monographs will go live on 7 May, with improved accessibility for mobile devices, smoother navigation, and an updated layout. The URL remains the same: journals.ametsoc.org brings you to our high-impact, peer-reviewed scientific journals.
As part of AMS's response to COVID-19, currently all AMS journal articles are freely available, effective 25 March through 30 June 2020. We hope this is helpful to those in our communities who may have challenges with their usual access methods, as well as to the librarians who serve them.
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For Students!
The Father James B. Macelwane Award program is accepting applications until 5 June 2020! The recipient of this award will receive a stipend of $1000 supported by member donations to the AMS Giving Program. If you completed an original research paper during your undergraduate studies, submit it now for a chance at receiving the monetary award and partial support to attend the AMS Annual Meeting.
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Meeting News and Deadlines
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Extension for Nominations
Each year AMS presents more than 25 awards to individuals, teams of people, and institutions for their outstanding contributions to the atmospheric and related sciences. The awards are open to all sectors of the Society—academia, government, and industry. Please consider nominating a peer or colleague for one of these prestigious awards. Nominations are being accepted until 15 May.
(Note that nominations for AMS Fellows are due today, 1 May, by midnight.)
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Fall DataStreme
If you are a teacher (or know one!) looking for affordable professional development this fall, it is not too soon to connect with a DataStreme Mentor Team for the fall semester. Mentor teams provide personal contact and mentoring on course concepts and activities, and once connected you will be notified when fall registration opens up. Learn more »
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AMS Scholarships and Fellowships
Each spring volunteers review more than 300 applications from students for the fellowships and scholarships offered by AMS. Generously supported by members, corporations, and government agencies, these awards are highly competitive, and it takes a considerable amount of time to review the applications and make the difficult decisions on the final slate of recipients. We thank our volunteers for their amazing efforts.
AMS also commends the student applicants for their commitment to academic goals and for the dedication and hard work that has made them eligible for one of these fellowships or scholarships. We only wish we could provide an award to each of those who have applied, as we strongly believe in fostering the growth of the next generation of scientists. Our sponsors share that belief, as demonstrated by the support they have generously provided.
We look forward to announcing the 2020 fellowship and scholarship recipients in the June Soundings. Stay tuned! For information on sponsoring a scholarship or fellowship, please contact Stephanie Armstrong.
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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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Photo by Spencer Basoco (NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015) | | | |
AMS Glossary Word of the Month |
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A low-level, horizontal, wedge-shaped arcus cloud associated with a convective storm's gust front (or occasionally a cold front).
The shelf cloud is attached to the convective storm's cloud base. Rising motion can be seen in the leading (outer) part of the shelf cloud, while the underside appears turbulent and tattered. Read more »
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