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Project Ocean - Sea Kayaking “Observational Paddle” on the Chester River, MD
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Project Ocean Group at Seamans-Griswold Environmental Hall at Washington College Chestertown, MD | | | |
In July, the AMS Education Program leveraged support from the Office of Naval Research, NOAA, and NASA to hold the 30th Project Atmosphere professional development course for K–12 teachers and the 27th physical oceanography companion course, now called Project Ocean. Despite the COVID pandemic, more than 30 outstanding teachers, including one participant made possible through a CMOS partnership, engaged in these two courses.
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Participants were overheard saying, “I finally understand the Coriolis force and the Ekman spiral!” and “I learned so much from the other teacher participants too!" The success of these courses is the result of AMS collaborations with California University of Pennsylvania, Washington College, and USNA faculty, as well as many partners in all of the sponsoring agencies including the NWS and the NASA Natural Disasters program. These teachers report being inspired to incorporate new data and science into their classrooms and will complete their tuition-free graduate experience by leading peer training sessions nationwide.
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What's New?
New Annual Meeting Virtual Options
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AMS staff and volunteers have been working to develop a flexible framework for the 102nd Annual Meeting to include equal options for presenters and attendees both in person and virtual. We are excited to announce that
all in-person participants will have access to both all in-person offerings AND all virtual content listed below before, during, and six months after the meeting takes place.
All remote participants will have access to all virtual content before, during, and six months after the meeting takes place, including
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40+ live streams from the in-person oral sessions, for a total of 600+ sessions for the week, including access to interact/ask questions via Slido
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Recordings from all in-person oral sessions
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Online meeting room links and presentation schedule for individual remote poster presentations
- Abstracts and supplementary material for all presentations
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Asynchronous Q&A chat with presenters (in-person and remote) before and after presentations take place
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Attendee to attendee messaging
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Online exhibitor listing
Learn more online about virtual and in person presentations (and how to change your mind), and submit your abstract before the EXTENDED 8 September deadline!
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New Society Partnership for Community Science
AMS has joined forces with four other leading societies—the American Anthropological Association (AAA), American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Public Health Association (APHA), and Citizen Science Association (CSA)—with the support and partnership of Wiley, to form a portal for fostering Community Science. Learn how this new initiative will advance collaborative, multidisciplinary and solutions-oriented scientific work done in close partnership with community leaders and community members.
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New Volunteer Opportunity Access
Volunteers are an essential part of AMS—our volunteers serving on boards and committees, in local chapters, as journal reviewers, mentors, and more allow AMS to promote the advancement of the atmospheric, oceanic, hydrologic, and related sciences to the weather, water, and climate community and beyond. Now there is a new way to volunteer with AMS, and it’s part of an online platform you already know: the AMS Community. Log in and visit the “Volunteer with AMS” page to browse current offerings, or select the opt in tab to receive new opportunity notifications that match your expertise and availability. There are many ways to volunteer your time—hopefully you will benefit from your volunteer experience as much as our community will from your contributions!
New AMS Department
In our continuing effort to prioritize community engagement as an area of growing importance, we are excited to announce that we have created a new department within AMS: the Department of Community Engagement. Claudia Gorski will be leaving her position as Director of Meetings and moving into the role of Director of Community Engagement. This department will focus on volunteer engagement, public outreach, chapter engagement, Weather Band, and moving AMS Centennial initiatives forward. Claudia will be working not only with the STAC committees she has supported for many years, but she will also be providing broader support across the commissions and focusing efforts on engaging with the entire weather, water, and climate community.
Jen Ives, formally Associate Director of Meetings, is moving into the role of Director of Meetings. Jen will lead the great team that makes up the Meetings staff and provide oversight on all of the AMS specialty conferences and will work closely with the AMS President and their Overall Planning Committee to plan and implement Annual Meetings.
Both Claudia and Jen are excited and energized about these changes, and we are all confident that this will provide much stronger support for the community and AMS programs.
AMS Statement Revisions
The AMS Statement on a Bachelor’s Degree in Atmospheric Science is due for revision to reflect the current and near future best practices for preparing students for careers within the academic, private sector, government, and broadcast communities. The AMS Council is currently seeking volunteers to serve on the drafting committee for updating this Statement and also the AMS Statement on Geoengineering. Get details »
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"I started my working life as a newspaper reporter. I have always been interested in how places affect us—what we experience, what we think is possible, what we think is important. How people describe drought is often rooted in their experience of place. Social media is a whole new way to explore that, and it naturally leads to a 'big data' approach."
—Kelly Helm Smith, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, whose BAMS article suggests that social media can contribute to a drought early warning system. Read more of her interview in your July 2021 print or digital BAMS.
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State of the Climate in 2020
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Greenhouse gases and global sea levels both reached
record highs in 2020—as the planet sweltered in a near-record warm year—according to the 31st annual State of the Climate Report. The report is compiled by scientists at NOAA's NCEI based on contributions from more than 530 scientists in over 60 countries. It provides the most comprehensive update on 2020’s global climate indicators, notable weather events, and other data collected by environmental monitoring stations and instruments located on land, water, ice, and in space.
The
full report is openly available; view it by chapter or download it in its entirety on the BAMS website. You might also want to read the Executive Summary, which touches on the highlights of the report and its importance.
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Attention Undergraduate and Graduate Students!
With students of all ages back in classes, we want to share the array of programs AMS has for students:
- AMS Scholarship and Fellowship Programs - AMS scholarships and fellowships range from $1000 to $25,000 and are open for applications—whether you will be a college freshmen or a graduate student, AMS supports your education and pursuit of a career in the atmospheric and related oceanic or hydrologic sciences. Check out the details!
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AMS Annual Meeting Opportunities - AMS offers outstanding travel grant and student assistant opportunities for student members and graduate student members in the weather, water, and climate sciences who wish to attend the meeting. We hope that promising young scientists will take advantage of these benefits! The 102nd AMS Annual Meeting will take place from 23 to 27 January 2022 in Houston, Texas. Learn more »
Contact Donna Fernandez if you have any questions about Student Programs.
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Meetings Notes and Deadlines
7 September - last day to register for the
Virtual 2021 Summer Community Meeting (to be held 21–23 September) at early bird rates!
15 October - Deadline to submit a Session Topic Proposal to the Collective Madison Meeting, consisting of the following Conferences: the 25th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, the 17th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, and the 16th Conference on Cloud Physics/16th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
10 January 2022 - Deadline to submit your abstract to the
35th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology
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The 102nd Annual Meeting abstract submission deadline has been extended to Wednesday, 8 September. Learn more about virtual and in-person presentations, and submit your abstract now! AMS Student Members: submit your abstract to the 21st Annual Student Conference before the 17 September deadline.
Registration Rates for the 102nd Annual Meeting are now available online. Keep an eye on this page for Registration opening in mid-October.
Planning for Your Health and Safety - Like all of you, we are trying to stay up to date on changing pandemic protocols. Click here to download a PDF of the most current AMS Commitment to Care. For additional tips and more information on planning for your health and safety at the 102nd Annual Meeting, visit the web page. (Information on masking recently added.)
Webinar Series - Check the Upcoming Webinars information below for details on our Annual Meeting Webinar Series—the September Edition takes place Monday, 20 September, at 2 PM Eastern.
Exhibitors - Apply for your spot at the 102nd Annual Meeting Career Resource and Graduate School Fair today!
AMS is offering Child Care Grants of up to $400 per family to assist attendees at the 2022 Annual Meeting—apply before 10 November.
Make your plans for Houston, and book your hotel
now at the discounted AMS rate!
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Recent Podcast Releases
In our August episodes of Clear Skies Ahead, AMS talked to Jan Dutton, CEO of Prescient Weather in State College, PA, and Irene Sans, an Editorial Manager and Meteorologist at Weather & Radar in Miami, FL. Subscribe to Clear Skies Ahead »
Organize a Virtual Short Course
We invite you to teach an AMS short course on a topic in which you have expertise. AMS staff will provide you with the tools and the training to get your course off the ground! Virtual short courses are requested often by members of the weather, water,
and climate community. Submit your course proposal today »
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Upcoming Webinars
AMS Annual Meeting Webinar Series
Monday, 20 September, 2 PM Eastern
AMS and the 102nd Annual Meeting Planning Committee are excited that we can offer robust, flexible, and equal participation and presentation options for everyone, whether you are in person or remote. In this third installment of our Annual Meeting webinar series, members of the Committee and AMS Meetings staff will walk you through what a virtual and an in-person Annual Meeting experience will look like for attendees and for presenters, as well as key dates for making changes to your participation method. Questions from the audience will drive
this discussion so please submit your questions on this form or via chat during the webinar. Register here »
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Post-Pandemic Workplace Webinar
Wednesday, 22 September, 11 AM Eastern
As the world slowly shifts beyond the pandemic, some jobs are becoming more virtual, some hybrid, and others require employees right back into the office. Emerging workplace dynamics have also presented opportunities for many to reconsider how and where they want to produce. Join the Board for Early Career Professionals to discuss these trends and how they will affect future jobs and job searching. Register here »
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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 Kaj O'Mara, who recently earned the CCM designation!
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Congratulations to Joie Bettenhausen and Alyssa Triplett, who recently earned the CBM designation!
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Congratulations to Catherine Carpenter, Awilda Velez Chambers, Jon Goodman, and Mitch Ziesemer, 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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Career Opportunities
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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Visible satellite image of Hurricane Ida, 28 August 2021. (Image credit: NOAA) | | | |
AMS Glossary Word of the Month |
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When a tropical cyclone exhibits concentric eyewalls, the outer eyewall often contracts and replaces the inner one.
A cycle typically takes about one day to complete and is accompanied by significant fluctuations in central surface pressure and maximum wind speed. Learn more »
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A Last Word
The July BAMS challenges you to test your vocabulary skills with a puzzle that shows why MIT Lincoln Laboratory's John Cho is #morethanascientist.
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