Author: CMOS Bulletin SCMO

Call for Papers – 2025 CMOS-CGU Joint Congress

Written on February 10, 2025.

Abstract submission deadline: February 16, 2025 The overall theme of the Congress is Resilient Futures. The Congress will bring together a wide range of scientists and other professionals with a...

Documenting Environmental Change in Nunatsiavut through Inuit Knowledge: The Nunatsiavut Sea Ice Observer Program

Written on January 26, 2025.

– By Emma Harrison – “On this date in 1988, I crossed over Lake Melville on a snowmobile. I hope I’m totally wrong, but all indications are we’re heading into another late season.” ...

Synoptic-scale weather patterns associated with extreme precipitation regimes during the eastern North American winter

Written on November 11, 2024.

– By Yeechian Low – Introduction and Motivation Figure 1: a): Map of eastern North America, depicted by the brown shading in the black box. b): Total precipitation (shaded, in mm)...

Lessons learnt from Beyond the Horizon: a remotely operated field campaign

Written on November 11, 2024.

– By Muriel Dunn and Martin Ludvigsen – Figure 1: Field campaign took place in Mausund (blue start) while researchers and vehicle operators were participating from Trondheim (red...

Particulate Matter: A Milton Case Study

Written on October 6, 2024.

Introduction Particulate matter (PM), including PM1, PM2.5, and PM10, represents a risk to human health at elevated levels. Xu et al. suggest that PM concentrations can vary greatly due to...

The Billion Dollar Calgary Hailstorm of 13 June 2020, Part III: Hail Size and Weather Modification Aspects

Written on September 18, 2024.

– By Paul Joe – Abstract On 13 June 2020, a hailstorm caused $1.2B of damage in a 10-15 km2 area in northeast Calgary within a 20 minute period. A radar-based overview of the storm’s...

The Billion Dollar Calgary Hailstorm of 13 June 2020, Part II: Explosive Growth, Merging and the Meso-Front

Written on September 18, 2024.

– By Paul Joe, Ronald E. Stewart, and Sudesh Boodoo – Abstract An overview of the Calgary billion dollar hailstorm of 13 June 2020 was previously presented. This extreme storm was...

The Billion Dollar Calgary Hailstorm of 13 June 2020, Part I: Overview

Written on September 18, 2024.

– By Paul Joe, Ronald E. Stewart, and Sudesh Boodoo – Abstract A radar analysis of the Calgary hailstorm of 13 June 2020 is presented. Insured damages in the City of Calgary were...

CMOS Congress Outstanding Presentations

Written on August 26, 2024.

On June 3-6, 2024, the 58th annual Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress was held virtually with help from the Winnipeg Centre and the BC Interior-Yukon Centre. The theme of...