Website Tracks Public Understanding of Tornadoes
Imagine you live in a part of the country where few people have experienced tornadoes. It would make sense that...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Covid-19 and poverty.
“The disease is not a great leveler, the consequences of which everyone — rich or poor — suffers the same…...
Japan’s “Gosetsu Chitai” (Heavy Snow Area) Illuminates Sea- and Lake-effect Precip Processes
North American meteorologists, welcome to the snow climate of western Japan. Every year in winter lake effect-like snow events bury...
From AMS Journals
Blending Satellite Imagery is Both ‘Science and Art’ to Maximize Information Delivery
Monitoring the atmosphere by satellite has come a long, long way technologically since TIROS sent back its first snapshots of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
(More) lessons from covid-19
“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
covid-19 as vaccination for tomorrow. Part 2.
Picking up from the previous LOTRW post: Okay, Bill, where does the covid-19-as-vaccine concept come in? Convince me. Start close. Covid-19 is...
"Decision-making under meteorological uncertainty" for D-Day's Famous Forecast
The success of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy was due in part to one of history’s most famous weather forecasts,...
“Decision-making under meteorological uncertainty” for D-Day’s Famous Forecast
The success of the D-Day Invasion of Normandy was due in part to one of history’s most famous weather forecasts,...
Perspectives
COVID-19 and the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise
by Mary Glackin, AMS President In normal times, our thousands of AMS professionals and colleagues are completely dedicated to helping...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Covid-19: both a threat today and a vaccine for tomorrow.
Covid-19: both a threat today and a vaccine for tomorrow. Covid-19 is a threat that calls for a global vaccine...






