American Meteorological Society (AMS) Past Events

We are in the midst of a modeling revolution, with numerical weather prediction models showing the ability to accurately predict not just synoptic scale patterns but mesoscale precipitation features days in advance.  Concurrently, artificial intelligence and machine learning models are showing impressive forecast results.  Yet we know from long experience that a community of skilled professionals remains the foundation of the scientific enterprise and add value to weather, water and climate forecasts and their effective communication to the public.  We are the ones who contribute across the spectrum of activities that advance the atmospheric and related sciences, technologies, and applications.  It is timely to focus attention on the human factor during the 2026 American Meteorological Society’s Annual Meeting.  

This 10th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography is run under the auspices of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), in collaboration with the Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) and Météo-France. Since its advent, the ICSHMO has provided a unique contribution to ocean and atmosphere sciences that are specific to the Southern Hemisphere. The objective of the 2012 conference, the 10th of the series, is to provide an interdisciplinary forum for presentations of our current state of knowledge, as well as motivating new research and applications within the variety of disciplines related to weather and climate of the ocean and atmosphere.

The 2012 Annual Meeting is being organized around the broad theme of “Technology in Research and Operations—How We Got Here and Where We’re Going.” With the 1951 delivery of the Universal Automatic Computer I (UNIVAC I), arguably the first government “supercomputer,” and the 1960 launch of Television Infrared Observation Satellite-1 (TIROS-1), the first weather satellite, the stage was set for a revolution in meteorology—later in oceanography, geography, space weather, land observing, and climate. This technology-driven revolution now encompasses the full spectrum of our professional society’s physical and social sciences, including climate modeling and prediction, atmospheric chemistry, carbon, water, biogeosciences, and even energy management. As a direct consequence of this revolution, the era of extremely limited observational capabilities ended and hand-drawn and analyzed weather charts were replaced by objective numerical analyses and forecasts. We have seen evermore sophisticated numerical modeling and assimilation, and exponentially increasing computing capacity that can never satisfy an insatiable demand. Increasingly interoperable data and information systems are facilitating national and international collaboration toward a system of systems. And we are using charge-coupled devices to catch photons and acoustic devices to sense sound waves to turn observations into environmental data products to initialize these models. These and countless other technological advances have provided, and continue to provide, powerful tools to geophysical and heliophysical research scientists and operational forecasters. And the pace of this revolution is increasing exponentially.

The AMS Short Course on Millimeter Wavelength Radars will be held on 25 September 2011 preceding the 35th AMS Conference on Radar Meteorology in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  This course is sponsored by PNNL. Preliminary programs, registration, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site at the beginning of June 2011.

The 35th Conference on Radar Meteorology is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Radar Meteorology. The conference will be held 26-30 September 2011 at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA.

The 14th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and 15th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Mesoscale Processes and on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology , will be held 1-4 August 2011, at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel, in Los Angeles, CA.

The 19th Conference on Applied Climatology is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Applied Climatology. The AMS Conference on Climate Adaptation is sponsored by the AMS and organized by the AMS Board on Societal Impacts. These conferences will be held at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel, Asheville, NC, 18-20 July, 2011.  These conferences are offered jointly with the 36th Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Climatologists.