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A panorama of the roof deck of the Ridge Laboratory taken late in the summer showing the air intake for the atmospheric sampler left of centre and the “penthouse” housing many upper atmosphere sounders on the right. (Photo credit: Pierre Fogal)

PEARL at the Pole: An Update on Canada’s Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory

Written on December 21, 2017.

– By the PAHA team* – The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) at Eureka, Nunavut is Canada’s “PEARL near the Pole” – a scientific station fully equipped for specialised...

Nonlinear and Stochastic Climate Dynamics

Written on December 18, 2017.

– Review by André April, Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa – Edited by Christian L. E. Franzke and Terence J. O`Kane, Cambridge University Press 2017, Hardcover, 432 pages, ISBN 9781107118140, $177.95 – Nonlinear...

Seasonal Outlook for the winter 2017/18 (DJF) based on CanSIPS forecast 30th November 2017

Written on December 6, 2017.

– By M. Markovic and K. Gauthier, CMC, Montreal – Winter forecast (December, January, February) for 2017/18 temperature and precipitation in Canada includes above normal temperatures across...

Weather in the Courtroom

Written on December 4, 2017.

– Review by Daryl O’Dowd MSC ACM CO, Consulting Industrial Meteorologist (odowd@weatherdyne.com) – Book by William H. Haggard, Published by the American Meteorological Society, Paperback...

CMOS Bulletin SCMO
Vol. 45 No. 5, October 2017

Written on November 13, 2017.

CMOS Founding Member Dick Morgan Turns 100

Written on November 10, 2017.

– By David Nowell, Elizabeth Marshall and Veronica Leonard – A member of CMOS and its predecessor, the Canadian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Society, for over 50 years, CDR/Dr Maurice...

Message from the CMOS President: Why has the CMOS Bulletin moved to an on-line format?

Written on October 31, 2017.

– By Wayne Richardson, P.Eng., CMOS President – The CMOS Bulletin is embarking on a new adventure. We are no longer publishing a print version! I must confess to being sceptical about this initiative...

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Adaptation to Global Warming: Inevitable, Prepare Now*

Written on October 24, 2017.

– By John Hollins – Attention by civil society and governments to global warming in the 1990’s was a sequel to action on both acidic precipitation and depletion of the stratospheric ozone...

Convenient Mistruths: A Novel of Intrigue, Danger, and Global Warming

Written on October 23, 2017.

– Review by Edward Lozowski, Professor Emeritus, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta – Book by Geoff Strong, Published by Geoff Strong, Paperback 246 pages ISBN 978-0-9952883-0-0,...