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Spotlight: AMS 100th Anniversary Campaign

We're Building the Next 100 Years of AMS

Our community of scientists, broadcast meteorologists, educators, policy makers, and weather enthusiasts has spent the past century improving severe weather forecasts, pioneering scientific breakthroughs, and promoting the understanding necessary to ensure that our planet, and the people on it, can thrive. With your support, just imagine what we will accomplish in the next 100 years. to a targeted fund or the general campaign.

What's New?

Kelvin Droegemeier speaking at the Washington Forum

2019 AMS Washington Forum

A record number of about 200 participants from all sectors of AMS attended the annual , organized by the Board on Enterprise Economic Development (BEED), and held 27-29 March. As always, presentations, panel discussions, and the all important hallway conversations, covered a wide range of topics relevant to the enterprise. Attendees and presenters included students just entering the field, private sector leaders pushing innovation, and federal leaders from many agencies essential to the weather, water, and climate community—including AMS member, and newly appointed OSTP Director, the Honorable Kelvin Droegemeier.

 

Mahoney Lecture

This year’s was presented on 26 March by Dr. William Easterling, Director of the Geosciences Division of NSF. The lecture covered aspects of transformational adaptation to climate change. Dr. Easterling is pictured here with previous Mahoney lecturers Richard H. Moss (left) and Susan K. Avery (right).

 

2020 AMS Awards Nominations

Submit a nomination before 1 May to help us recognize the extraordinary work and service being done by scientists, broadcasters, teachers, volunteers, and students across our community. Below are descriptions of just three of the 35 awards now open for nominations:

The is presented to an individual who has made important contributions to the AMS, usually over a period of years. We have wonderful volunteers serving at all levels or AMS programs; please take a minute to nominate a candidate today!

The is granted to a corporation for contributions to the advancement of the atmospheric and related sciences or their application.

The recognizes a CCM's outstanding contributions to the profession, clients, and society. Nominees should demonstrate expertise, ethical behavior, and a high level of service to clients and/or the weather and climate enterprise.

 

 

Did You Know?

Upcoming Webinar

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) will present a one-hour webinar 17 April on Identifying and reducing landslide risk. This will provide an overview of landslide risk assessment and landslide impacts in the United States, discuss various policy approaches and funding for landslide risk mapping, and feature case studies of work done with communities to reduce landslide risk.

 

Oral Histories

Have you listened to the recordings and read the transcripts in the growing archives? From Chet Ropelewski to Becky DePodwin to Ron Holle (and more to be posted soon), catch the fascinating diverse stories of how leaders in our sciences support and enrich the AMS community in the course of their careers.

Meeting Dates and Deadlines

1 April - Today is your last chance to !

 

1 April - Abstract submission deadline for the has been extended to today!

 

Early April - The program for the will be posted in early April.

 

19 April - Preregistration and hotel deadline for the are 19 April. Don't miss out on these rates!

Community Thread of the Month:

Having respectful and productive conversation online can sometimes be a struggle, especially when those conversations cover difficult or controversial subjects. How can we better engage issues on social media? What do you think?

 

Nontraditional Careers AMA

Are you a student beginning your job search, or are you thinking about a career change? There are a variety of private sector positions available in the atmospheric and related sciences—sometimes in industries that you might not consider. Join us in the AMS Community on 7–8 May as we discuss nontraditional careers with a panel of experts, including Christopher Melhauser (SCOR), Dennis O’Donnell (IBM Watson Advertising), and Elise Schultz (CFD Research). Please submit your questions ahead of the event using . Note that any questions submitted will be posted to the Community on your behalf. We look forward to hearing from you!

Careers

 

The AMS Career Center connects employers in the weather, water, and climate community with job seekers. Current opportunities include the following:

Germantown, Maryland

Earth Networks

 

Austin, Texas

The University of Texas at Austin

 

State College, Pennsylvania

AccuWeather

 

Boulder, Colorado

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

 

Boulder, Colorado

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Tucson, Arizona

Hydrology/Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona

 

Madison, Wisconsin

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

 

Boulder, Colorado

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

 

Boulder, Colorado

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

 

College Park, Maryland

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Photo credit: Crew and Officers of NOAA Ship MILLER FREEMAN

AMS Glossary Word of the Month

Mountain clouds produced by orographic lifting of moist air to saturation.

 

Clouds formed by upslope winds are generally stratiform, those formed by mountain wave updrafts are often lenticularis-type or wave clouds, and those formed by heating, such as elevated heat source or leeside convergence effects, are generally cumuliform. Upslope and wave clouds are clouds with form and extent determined by the disturbing effects of orography upon the passing flow of air. Because these clouds are linked to the topography, they are generally standing clouds, even though the winds at the same level may be very strong. Orographic upslope clouds include stratiform cap or crest clouds and the foehn wall. Convective orographic clouds are also strongly tied to the topography.

Centennial Merchandise is available in the AMS Bookstore

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