Short Course Information

Whether as an attendee or an organizer/instructor, short courses can enrich your professional experience and help you develop new skill sets, improve your ability to reach personal and professional goals, and keep your present skills relevant in a rapidly changing world.

AMS certification holders receive professional development points for attending or leading a short course. Attendees receive two professional development points per half-day session and presenters receive three points per unique course or workshop. Additional information is available on our Professional Development web page.

Upcoming Short Courses

The following courses will be offered at upcoming AMS conferences.

Data Visualization in Python: Leveraging Community Tools for Earth System Science Across Scales

January 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Central Time (Hybrid), New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
105th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Satellite Applications for Rainfall Rates and Flood Prediction

January 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Central Time (In Person), New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
105th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Intermediate Machine Learning in Python for Environmental Science Problems 2025

January 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM - 3:30 PM Central Time (Hybrid), New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
105th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

A Python Workshop to Efficiently Access, Deliver, Visualize, and Analyze CMIP6-like Big Climate Data in the Cloud

January 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Central Time (Hybrid), New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
105th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Data Visualization and Communication in the Climate and Environment Space

January 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Central Time (Hybrid), New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
105th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Weather Observations, Warnings, and Forecast Enhancements with Uncrewed Systems

January 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Central Time (In Person), New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
105th AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

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Short Course Proposals

The deadline to submit a short course proposal for the upcoming AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans is June 1st.

AMS welcomes short course proposals for hybrid or in-person courses at an AMS meeting on a variety of subjects that would be of interest to the weather, water, and climate community. Prior course topics include machine learning, Python, consulting meteorology, forensic meteorology, catastrophe modeling, artificial intelligence applications, to name a few. Python is in demand so don't hesitate to submit a proposal if you are interested in organizing a course on this topic.
A recent survey of short course attendees showed additional interest in the following topics:

Forecast Modelling
NWP Modelling, especially related to data assimilation and convection schemes
Physics-informed AI
Organizing and Working with Large Datasets: the best ways to computationally store them and speed up the compute process
Radar Reading
Visualization of Radar
Data Developer Session: How to contribute and understand standards, etc.
Climate Attribution: data fusion between satellite and station data

Short course attendees range from undergraduate students to seasoned professionals so organizers have the option to choose topics for a specific audience. Short course proposals are reviewed by the AMS Board on Continuing Professional Development (BCPD) and are submitted online.

Submit a Short Course Proposal