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The troposphere is expanding due to anthropogenic climate change

Written on May 30, 2022.

– By Jane Liu, Lingyun Meng, David W. Tarasick, William J. Randel, Andrea K. Steiner, Hallgeir Wilhelmsen, Lei Wang, Leopold Haimberger, and Wayne K. Hocking – The tropopause is a transition...

André Robert: One of the very first scientists to successfully perform a simulation of the atmosphere’s general circulation at the global scale using a computer model

Written on December 31, 2021.

– By Christopher Smith – Background Dr. André Robert (April 28, 1929 – November 18, 1993) was a Canadian meteorologist and research pioneer in modelling the Earth’s atmospheric circulation....

A field laboratory class from home to study snow characteristics

Written on November 1, 2021.

– By Julie Mireille Thériault, Émilie Gauthier, Mathieu Lachapelle and René Laprise – Learning atmospheric sciences A degree in atmospheric sciences can lead to a variety of professions...

Micrometeorology Field Season in the NWT, 2021: A Photo Story

Written on August 13, 2021.

– By Kathryn Bennett –

Feather Frost or Frost Flowers (Crystallofolia)

Written on February 26, 2021.

– By Douw Steyn, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. – The attached photographs show an instance of the rare phenomenon of feather...

Canada’s Top Ten Weather Stories of 2020

Written on February 19, 2021.

– By David Phillips – This article was first published by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Prologue 2020 Canada is warming at nearly twice the global rate with parts of western and northern...

Black History Month for the Sciences

Written on February 10, 2021.

On May 25, 2020, Amy Cooper—a white Canadian woman—called the police on Christan Cooper—a black birdwatcher—after he asked her to leash her dog in an on-leash part of Central Park, New York City. From...

2021 CMOS Congress – Call for Session Proposals

Written on November 30, 2020.

Dear CMOS member or past Congress participant, The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) 55th Congress will be held 31 May to 11 June, 2021, hosted by the Vancouver Island Centre....

Micrometeorological Variables and Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling in Two Climate Regions of Quebec

Written on July 27, 2020.

– By Richard Leduc, Ph.D., AirMet Science Inc., and Jean-François Brière, Ministère de l’Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques The US-EPA (2019a) AERMOD dispersion...