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Seeking Nominations for CMOS Annual Awards

Written on February 1, 2018.

Each year, the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society recognizes significant achievements with prestigious awards and prizes. This tradition started with three prizes during the inaugural...

Message from the CMOS President as 2017 Draws to a Close

Written on December 27, 2017.

– Wayne Richardson, P.Eng., CMOS President – New Year’s Eve is fast approaching and the holiday season is upon us as I write this message. Here in Ottawa, Parliament has recessed and another...

Canada Needs Sustained Climate Research Funding

Written on December 22, 2017.

– By Jon Abbatt, Jim Drummond, Roger Francois, Paul Kushner, Paul Myers, Kimberly Strong, Laxmi Sushama, Phillipe Tortell – As members of a community that works with climate-related measurements...

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...

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...

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,...

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Message from CMOS President: Looking Back While Moving Forward

Written on September 1, 2017.

– By Wayne Richardson, P.Eng., CMOS President – In 1980, I left my job in Toronto as a Senior Environmental Scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Environment and moved to Ottawa to join...

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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Data Points: How Images Can Answer our Questions About the Environment

Written on September 1, 2017.

– A Campbell Scientific advertising feature – “What caused this unexpected spike in my data?”“My sensor is offline – did something knock it over?”“If only I could see for myself what the...