Observations
From AMS Journals, Perspectives
Dealing With a Challenging Science Policy Environment
by William Hooke, AMS Policy Program Director. Adapted from posts (here, here, here, and here) on the AMS Project, Living on...
Gliders Do the Wave, in the Air and in the Ocean
One would think that the time when gliders were considered cutting-edge technology for science would have long passed. Yet this...
Looking at the Sun in a New Light
With orbiting observatories and solar probes now available to scientists, it might seem that studying the Sun (and its effects...
Perspectives
Oklahoma Mesonet Station Stands Tall in EF-4 Tornado
by Chris Fiebrich, Oklahoma Climatological Survey It was bound to happen eventually. The Oklahoma Mesonet has 120 weather stations across...
Perspectives
Nationwide Network of Networks–Now Is the Time for Your Input
by George Frederick, Chair, AMS Ad Hoc Committee on Network of Networks Today’s Town Hall (WSCC 606, 12:15-1:15 pm) on...
Air Quality Monitoring Gets Smart
Smartphones continue to get more popular and, well, smarter, making them ideal for large-scale data-gathering projects. The concept is called...
NPOESS Imager Delivered
This week, while the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System was a hot topic at the AMS Annual Meeting, Northrop...
Making a MoPED with Big Rigs
Speaking of the future of weather information along transportation corridors, one of the presenters in the Weather and Transportation sessions...
