Spotlight:Author Interview Series
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AMS Weather Band is pleased to announce our new Author Interview Series—offering unique opportunities to connect with and learn from experts across the weather community. In our first Author Interview, on Tuesday, 17 May, at 2:00 PM Eastern, Marisa Ferger (Weather Communications Group, Penn State) will interview Dr. Robert M. Atlas and discuss his new memoir Weather Forecaster to Research Scientist. Dr. Atlas’s career is a litany of scientific achievement, including the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and the AMS’s
Banner I. Miller Award.
Learn how the fields of satellite meteorology and operational numerical weather prediction grew during his 60-year career, and how his pioneering work on ocean surface winds using satellites led to improvements in understanding and predicting extreme weather. Bring your questions to ask Dr. Atlas at the end of the interview.
Register Now!
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What's New?
New AMS Policy Study: AMS Community Synthesis on GeoHealth
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“Summer thunderstorm” by Manievannan Shreenivasan, NOAA Weather in Focus Photo Contest 2015
The Earth system and human health are inextricably linked. In this period of widespread and rapid global change, understanding the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of health, geoscience, and the Earth system (broadly termed “geohealth”) has taken on a new level of importance. This study synthesizes input from the AMS community on the various connections, gaps, and opportunities that currently exist at the geohealth interface. Through these community discussions, this study identifies
1) a set of critical throughlines for effective convergence in geohealth research,
2) overarching challenges that currently impede progress, and
3) potential solution areas where significant progress might be made quickly.
Read the full Policy Study »
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Student Opportunities
Hey there students! Want to experience an AMS conference for free? Check out the
AMS Student Travel Grant Program! The grant covers air travel, hotel room, and conference registration fee and is open to senior undergraduate or graduate students who have an active AMS membership. The 20th Conference on Mountain Meteorology (deadline 6 May) and the Collective Madison Meeting (four symposia, deadline 10 June) are accepting applications.
View the list and apply here »
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DataStreme Project Distance Learning Courses
The AMS Education Program invites K–12 teachers to enroll in content-rich professional development courses in weather, ocean, and climate science. With major support from NOAA, all three courses are available to all K–12 teachers interested in promoting the teaching of Earth science. All participants in DataStreme Atmosphere, DataStreme Ocean, and DataStreme Earth's Climate System earn three graduate credits per course. Visit the website early to be paired with a mentor team—a limited number of free spots are available on a first-come basis and financial need-based scholarships are also available. Learn More »
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"Hurricane Bob in 1991 originally got me interested in meteorology. And also risk communication, at which I humorously admit I failed before this storm at age 10. My parents as music camp coordinators preparing to send 200+ students and parents off to Maine for a week were so hyperfocused that every time I interrupted to tell them about Bob, they politely encouraged me to play outside. My mom and I reminisce about her reaction the moment after the buses left, as she realized not only is Bob coming, but so too are the phone calls from the parents asking about the safety of the students. This event clearly showed the need to understand what influences people’s decision-making, and how to communicate weather risks within these social dynamics. Meteorology always fascinated me. How people interact with weather intrigues me even more."
—Gina Eosco, NOAA (shown with her coauthor, Castle Williams, and NOAA's Owlie Skywarn), whose BAMS article defines and encourages message consistency for weather enterprise researchers and practitioners. Read more of her interview in your March 2022 print or
digital BAMS.
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Meeting Notes and Dates
103rd Annual Meeting
Student Award Opportunities at the 103rd AMS Annual Meeting: Many conferences offer travel award, award certificates, and cash prizes for the best student oral and poster presentations and event awards at the conference. Check the list for specifics for each conference and award type.
Upcoming AMS Meetings
Did you know that ALL of the AMS Specialty Meetings for 2022 can be attended either virtually or in person? Look for hybrid meeting information for each of the specialty meetings, or contact us if you have questions.
Register and book your hotel now for these 2022 Specialty Meetings:
Submit Abstracts
Coming Soon!
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Recent Podcast Releases
In our April episodes of
Clear Skies Ahead, AMS talked to Alyssa Bates, Research Associate at the University of Oklahoma's Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations and NWS Warning Decision Training Division, in Norman, OK, and Ayesha Davis, Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Boulder, CO.
Subscribe to Clear Skies Ahead »
Upcoming Webinars
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Clearing the Clouds: Imposter Syndrome
5 May at 11:00 AM Eastern
Please join the Board for Early Career Professionals in kicking off May’s Mental Health Awareness month with its first of four webinars focused on topics important to the weather, water, and climate fields. Register here »
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Collaboration Opportunities between the AMS and Spiritual/Faith-Based Organizations to Build a Weather-Ready Nation
1 June at 2:00 PM Eastern
Spiritual and faith-based houses of worship are often places of safety, volunteerism, and crisis management during and after high-impact weather events. This AMS webinar is part of the Finding Common Ground among Science, Spirituality, and Environmentalism Series and is cosponsored by Interfaith Power & Light and Creation Justice Ministries to bring together perspectives on the roles of spiritual/faith-based communities and organizations in building a Weather-Ready Nation. Register here »
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New Virtual Short Course
EPIC Workshop: Running the UFS Short Range Weather Application on the Cloud
Monday, 6 June, 11:00 AM–3:00 PM Eastern
This virtual short course will teach participants how to configure and run NOAA's Unified Forecast System’s Short Range Weather Application on the Amazon Web Service cloud computing platform. Registration closes on Friday, 3 June 2022, at 11:59 PM Eastern. Register here »
AMS Certification holders receive professional development points for attending webinars and short courses.
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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 William Robertson, 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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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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Image source: NOAA
An exceptionally hot air mass that develops when high pressure aloft prevents warm air below from rising, thus trapping the warm air as if it were in a dome. The subsidence associated with the high pressure also causes further warming by compression. Heat domes are often associated with calm upper-level flow directly overhead and/or with blocking patterns. Learn more »
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