Guidance from the White House has mandated that researchers who receive federal funds must make their publications and data publicly available at no cost and without delay. What are the pitfalls and promises of making scientific results publicly available in Open Data for all?
The 12th Symposium on Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise will be held at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) 104th Annual Meeting. The Subseasonal to Seasonal team at WPO will lead the Joint Sessions.
NOAA’s Weather Program Office is excited to have participated in the American Meteorological Society’s 101st Annual Meeting that took place from January 10 to 15, 2021. Members of our staff were in attendance in various capacities including panelist and presenter. To view the details for our AMS presentations, click on the PDFs below. AMS Presentation Details > Additional Presentations…
Dr. Kandis Boyd, NOAA WPO’s Deputy Director, is the recipient of two prestigious accolades from the American Meteorological Society “For career-long efforts through mentoring, education, and community service to champion diversity for women and under-represented minorities to promote a more inclusive workforce.” The AMS Council has also voted to elevate Dr. Boyd to the grade…
Jun 30, 2020 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Incoming American Meteorological Society president, Dr. Mike Farrar, is hosting an AMS webinar for people to learn more about “Environmental Security,” the theme for the 2022 AMS Annual Meeting which will be held 23-27 January, 2022 in Houston, TX. Join him and the co-chairs of the Annual Meeting Overall Planning Committee (OPC), Dr.…
The American Meteorological Society is hosting their 100th Annual Meeting in Boston, MA from January 12-16, 2020. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) is the nation’s premier scientific and professional organization promoting and disseminating information about the atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrologic sciences. They have more than 13,000 members and this includes researchers, educators, students, enthusiasts, broadcasters…
The American Meteorological Society offers more than 30 distinguished awards highlighting the contributions of individuals, teams, and organizations toward advancing the weather, water, and climate community. I would like to invite and encourage all of you to consider nominating colleagues within NOAA and across the AMS community who you feel are deserving of these honors.…
Bradford Johnson, Ph.D. is a meteorologist; subject matter expert on urban climate, GIS, and remote sensing and Program Strategist for National Earth System Prediction; and the OWAQ Subseasonal to Seasonal program. Since joining OWAQ in 2017, Brad has helped effectively sustain relationships with five federal agencies — U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Department of Energy,…
On Wednesday, January 9, 2019, Dr. Gina Eosco, a risk communication expert with Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs supporting NOAA’s Office of Weather & Air Quality (OWAQ), received The Award for Early-Career Professional Achievement for outstanding leadership at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) awards banquet in Phoenix.
Accurately predicting the weather – at short and long time scales – is among the most complex and important challenges faced by science. Protecting the nation’s security and economic well-being will increasingly rely on improved skill in forecasting weather, weather-driven events like floods and droughts, and long-term shifts in weather, ocean and sea-ice patterns.