Data Science

For Data to Live Long and Prosper

March 3, 2015

On February 25, the AMS released its new policy on citations for data sources in journal articles. We were all...

What to Do with Data in the Modern World

January 7, 2013

The last AMS statement related to data issues was written in 2002. But in the last 10 years, information technology...

Python in New Orleans: Once Bitten, Quickly Smitten

October 25, 2011

The upcoming 2012 AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans is only the second with a whole symposium devoted to the...

Getting Remote Data to Remote Regions

November 1, 2010

While Internet connections in more remote regions of the world have improved over the years, connectivity challenges still inhibit delivery...

Data Stewardship: A Basis for Change

Data Stewardship: A Basis for Change

January 18, 2010

Today’s Town Hall on Data Stewardship promises to be a good opportunity to consider how the atmospheric science community might...

Light Show over Norway

Light Show over Norway

January 16, 2010

An unusual atmospheric phenomenon over Norway (above, photographed by Jan Petter Jørgensen) and elsewhere in northern Europe recently led some...