From AMS Journals
From AMS Journals
State of the Climate: It’s All Connected
Today’s publication of State of the Climate in 2019 marks the 30th annual release in this series of supplements to the...
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Red Proverb at Morning, Meteorologists Take Warning
Weather proverbs can be useful indicators of real correlations observed over the centuries, but they can also show unwelcome persistence. The phenomenon...
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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...
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World Water Day: An Integrated Appreciation
Wow! It’s World Water Day, as observed by the United Nations. Pretty much everything AMS is about has to do...
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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...
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Small-scale Vortices Enhanced Winds and Damage in Hurricane Harvey
Severe but highly variable wind damage to homes & infrastructure is a hallmark of intense tropical cyclones. Until recently there...
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The New Capital of Lightning
Imagine being awoken late one night by the near constant glow of lightning overhead—often flickering silently but occasionally rumbling deeply...
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AMS Summer Policy Colloquium–An Investment in Your Future
One of the special, life-shaping mid-career experiences AMS offers is the Summer Policy Colloquium in Washington, D.C. The AMS Policy...
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A New Metric for Hurricane Destruction Potential
Hurricanes Katrina (2005), Ike (2008), and Sandy (2012) have proven the Saffir-Simpson Scale is inadequate for expressing hurricane destructiveness. This...
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Budget Squeeze Spurs U.S. Weather Collaboration
by George Leopold, AMS Policy Program The watchword for future federal weather efforts will be collaboration. Budget sequestration has so...
