AMS's New Culture and Inclusion Cabinet
by Keith L. Seitter, CCM, AMS Executive Director One of the AMS Core Values is: “We believe that a diverse,...
AMS’s New Culture and Inclusion Cabinet
by Keith L. Seitter, CCM, AMS Executive Director One of the AMS Core Values is: “We believe that a diverse,...
AMS Programs
Snowflake Selfies as Meteo Teaching Tools
Undergrads at Penn State recently took to their cellphones to mingle with and snap pics of tiny snowflakes to reinforce...
Observations without Fear: NOAA's Drones for Hurricane Hunting
Nowhere is it more dangerous to fly in a hurricane than right near the roiling surface of the ocean. These...
Observations without Fear: NOAA’s Drones for Hurricane Hunting
Nowhere is it more dangerous to fly in a hurricane than right near the roiling surface of the ocean. These...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
AMS second-century countdown. One community.
Over the hundred-year lifetime of the American Meteorological Society, meteorologists and scientists in related disciplines spanning hydrology, oceanography, climatology, space...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
AMS second-century countdown. Two great purposes.
“The American Meteorological Society advances the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, applications, and services for the benefit of society.” –the AMS...
The Perils of Rime Mushrooms
Mountain climber Dmitry Golovchenko captured tremendous video of the February 27 collapse of a “rime mushroom” atop Patagonia’s Cerro Torre....
Scratch that Cat: Revising the Saffir-Simpson Scale
In recent years minimum sea level pressure (MSLP) measured in a hurricane’s eye has become “a much better predictor of...
"Megaflashes": How Long Can a Lightning Discharge Be?
Even though Earth’s atmosphere is laced by more than a billion brilliant discharges of electricity every year, lightning itself never...
