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What a Launch!…and More GEMS to Follow

What a Launch!…and More GEMS to Follow

February 21, 2020

Nothing quite like watching lift-off…here’s the video sequence from Arianespace showing the flight of the rocket carrying South Korea’s GEMS...

Peer Review: A Foundational Component of Our Science

September 16, 2019

by Keith L. Seitter, CCM, AMS Executive Director This week we join many other scientific publishers celebrating Peer Review Week to...

AMS on the Air Podcast: Alexandra Cranford Talks about Women in TV Meteorology

AMS on the Air Podcast: Alexandra Cranford Talks about Women in TV Meteorology

March 26, 2019

The largest biographical study to date of TV meteorologists shows some disturbing disadvantages for women in the profession.  You can...

1871 Hawaii Hurricane Strike Shows Lane's Imminent Danger Isn't Unprecedented

1871 Hawaii Hurricane Strike Shows Lane's Imminent Danger Isn't Unprecedented

August 23, 2018

Powerful Hurricane Lane is forecast to skirt if not directly hit Hawaii as a slowly weakening major hurricane today and...

Peer Review Week 2017: 4. Shifting Demands of Integrity

September 15, 2017

For Journal of Hydrometeorology Chief Editor Christa Peters-Lidard, peer review upholds essential standards for a journal. “Maintaining that integrity is very...

Peer Review Week 2017: 3. Transparency Is Reproducibility

September 15, 2017

David Kristovich, chief editor of the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, explains how AMS peer review process, as a somewhat private process,...

Peer Review Week 2017: 2. What Makes a Good Review?

Peer Review Week 2017: 2. What Makes a Good Review?

September 13, 2017

At the AMS Annual Meeting panel on Peer Review last January, journal editors Tony Broccoli, Carolyn Reynolds, Walt Robinson, and...

Peer Review Week 2017: 1. Looking for Reviewers

Peer Review Week 2017: 1. Looking for Reviewers

September 11, 2017

It’s natural that AMS–an organization deeply involved in peer review–participates in Peer Review Week 2017. This annual reflection on peer review...

Looking Back on a Consulting Career

Looking Back on a Consulting Career

November 3, 2016

By William Haggard, CCM (This post is adapted from the Introduction to the author’s new AMS book, Weather in the...

AMS Journals—Better than Ever

October 20, 2016

by Keith Seitter, AMS Executive Director, and Michael Friedman, AMS Journals Production Manager It is interesting how quickly bad news...