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Message from the CMOS President for August 2019: Working for Our Members, So They Can Work for Science

Written on August 31, 2019.

– By Kimberly Strong, CMOS President and Professor & Chair, Department of Physics, University of Toronto – The news is awash with stories of ongoing, climate-related disasters...

Historical Weather Data Rescue with McGill’s DRAW (Data Rescue: Archives and Weather), in Canada and around the world

Written on August 20, 2019.

– By Victoria Slonosky, McGill University, Montreal, Canada – To know how the climate is changing, we need to know what the climate was like in the past. Historical weather records are...

Climate in the Age of Empire: Weather Observers in Colonial Canada

Written on August 10, 2019.

– Review by Richard Leduc, Ph.D., AirMet Science Inc., rleduc@airmetscience.com – By Victoria C. Slonosky, Published by the American Meteorological Society, paperback, 288 pages, ISBN...

Verner Suomi – The life and work of the founder of satellite meteorology

Written on July 19, 2019.

– Review by Lewis Poulin – By John M. Lewis, Published by the American Meteorological Society, paperback, 168 pages, ISBN 9781944970222, $30.00 (USD) – “Processing satellite data...

Cover of CMOS Bulletin Vol.47 No.3 shows black and white photograph of a woman sitting in front of some weather charts, on the telephone, for the feature by Rebecca Milo

CMOS Bulletin SCMO
Vol.47 No.3, June 2019

Written on July 8, 2019.

Women in Meteorology in Canada: The Early Days

Written on July 2, 2019.

– By Rebecca Milo – In 2017, the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) celebrated its 50th anniversary. Spurred by that, CMOS decided to look back at the early days...

Changing of the Guard: Paul Kushner Hands CMOS Presidency Over to Kimberly Strong

Written on June 29, 2019.

Message from the Outgoing President, Paul Kushner: It’s hard to believe that my time as CMOS President is coming so quickly to a close and that these will be my final ‘Words’ to this great...

The Ice at the End of the World

Written on June 22, 2019.

– Review by Phil Chadwick, Meteorologist and Eco-Artist – By Jon Gertner, Published by Penguin Random House, Hardcover, 448 pages, ISBN 9780812996623, $28.00 (USD) You can’t make this...

CMOS at the IUGG General Assembly in Montreal, July 9th to 14th

Written on June 19, 2019.

Formed in 1919, the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) this year celebrates 100 years, and CMOS gets to be a part of it, as our congress coincides with their general assembly in...