AMS on the Air: Ada Monzón Talks about Disaster and Transformation
Most of us can barely imagine the experience AMS Fellow Ada Monzón went through to warn–and then come to the aid of–her...
Perspectives
Beyond Leadership to Mentorship: An Opportunity for Early Career Professionals
by Mona Behl, Georgia Sea Grant Guru-shishya parampara is a centuries-old tradition in India that fosters a thoughtful exchange...
AMS Programs, Perspectives
GOES-16/17 Virtual Science Fair Seeking Entries From Students
by Margaret Mooney, CIMSS NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) in Madison Wisconsin is pleased to announce a...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Think like a leader. You can’t start too soon.
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”– Peter Drucker Have the feeling you’ve seen this quote...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The AMS: a single “point of light?” Or some (much) larger number?
Just what is the American Meteorological Society? Ask this of most of our 13,000 members, and chances are good that you’ll...
Flying the Fastest Skies
How fast can an airliner go? Monday night a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 reached 801 m.p.h. en route from Los Angeles to London. Matthew Cappucci...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The George Herbert Walker Bush remembrances – Redux.
“We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Lucy promises to hold the climate-change football.
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, refuses to go away.” – Philip K. Dick “Management is...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The State of the Union(‘s) Science.
In 2019, every week brings not just its own politics but also a corresponding civics lesson. For example, in the...
From AMS Journals
New Western Storms Scale to Describe Intensity, Potential Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers
Hurricanes are classified by the Saffir-Simpson Scale and tornadoes by the Enhanced Fujita Scale, and now atmospheric rivers—those long, transient...
