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AMS on the Air Podcast: Alexandra Cranford Talks about Women in TV Meteorology
The largest biographical study to date of TV meteorologists shows some disturbing disadvantages for women in the profession. You can...
From AMS Journals
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...
International Women's Day: Unsilencing the Forgotten Pillars of Meteorology
In the pages of scientific history, one often hears too much silence. A science–especially meteorology–is built by women who are rarely,...
International Women’s Day: Unsilencing the Forgotten Pillars of Meteorology
In the pages of scientific history, one often hears too much silence. A science–especially meteorology–is built by women who are rarely,...
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...
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...
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...
Making Sure No Tornado Damage Is Too Small
Planetary, synoptic, meso-alpha, meso-beta, local, and more—there are atmospheric scales aplenty discussed at AMS meetings. Enter microtopography, a once-rare word increasingly...
