What's Current Archives - CMOS BULLETIN SCMO

Searching towards creating a sustainable integrated mesonet for the Canadian Prairie Provinces

Written on January 13, 2020.

– By Jeannine-Marie St-Jacques¹, Aston Chipanshi², Trevor Hadwen², Allan Friesen¹, and David Sauchyn³ –

Due to the continental nature of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, their weather and climate are characterized by extremes. With this reality, the Prairie Provinces should benefit from high resolution weather monitoring from an integrated weather mesonet. A mesonet consists of any number of automated weather stations with an average spacing of 1 to 50 kilometers. This station spacing is much denser

Message from the CMOS President: Welcoming in a Decade for Climate Action

Written on January 8, 2020.

– By Kimberly Strong, CMOS President and Professor & Chair, Department of Physics, University of Toronto –

As 2019 ends and we welcome 2020, we have an opportunity to reflect on some of the events of the last year and where we are heading in the year to come, particularly on the topic of climate change, which has been front and centre in the news all year. Progress on climate action this past year was frustratingly slow for many, particularly given the disagreement at the December COP25 Conference in Madrid,

Canada’s Top Ten Weather Stories of 2019

Written on January 2, 2020.

– By David Phillips, Environment and Climate Change Canada (article source: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/top-ten-weather-stories/2019.html) –

Canadians are experiencing more and more extreme weather, from intense and lengthy heat waves, to suffocating smoke and haze from wildfires, to extreme flooding. Canadian scientists have made a clear link between climate change and extreme weather events. They tell us that while such events can and do occur naturally, much of what we are seeing is driven by human-induced climate change.

Message from the Editor: A Fond Farewell

Written on December 28, 2019.

– By Sarah Knight, CMOS Bulletin Editor –

As 2019 comes to a close, so does my time as Editor for the CMOS Bulletin. Three and a half years since I began, a different direction is calling to me, and it is with incredible gratitude for all that I have been a part of with CMOS that I take my leave to further travel down that other path.

MOPITT – Measuring Pollution in the Troposphere for 20 Years

Written on December 21, 2019.

– By Prof. James R. Drummond, FRSC, Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University –

Most scientific projects run for a few years and then the people involved move on to something else. The Measurements Of Pollution in The Troposphere (MOPITT) project has been running for over 30 years and on December 18th, 2019 we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the launch of the MOPITT satellite instrument.

Seasonal Outlook for the winter 2019/2020 (DJF) based on the official CanSIPS forecast issued on the 30th Nov. 2019

Written on December 9, 2019.

– By M. Markovic, B. Merryfield, M. Alarie, Environment and Climate Change Canada –

Seasonal Outlook for winter 2019/20 (December, January, February) in Canada is for elevated temperatures in southern and eastern Canada and above normal precipitation for much of the country.

Arctic Regional Climate Centre Consensus Statement: TEMPERATURE

Written on December 4, 2019.

– By Gabrielle Gascon¹, Katherine Wilson¹, Marko Markovic^1*, Adrienne Tivy¹, Bill Appleby¹, Vasily Smolyanitsky², Valentina Khan³, Helge Tangen⁴, Eivind Stoylen⁴, Lene Ostvand⁴, Johanna Ekman⁵, Arun Kumar⁶ and Shanna Combley⁶ –

2019 Arctic Summer Seasonal Summary and 2019-2020 Arctic Winter Seasonal Outlook for Temperature

Arctic temperatures continue to warm at more than twice the global mean. Annual surface air temperatures over the last 4 years (2014-2018) in the Arctic have been the highest on record since 1900.

Revitalization of UQAM Atmospheric Science Undergraduate Programme

Written on November 18, 2019.

– By René Laprise and Julie Mireille Theriault –

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), laprise.rene@uqam.ca, theriault.julie@uqam.ca

The enrollments in Atmospheric Science (AS) programmes are rather low in Canadian universities, and the situation at UQAM is no exception. The low profitability of AS programmes threatens the long-term perspectives for training specialists in atmospheric-related fields.

Message from the CMOS President: Communication, Partnership and Change

Written on November 14, 2019.

– By Kimberly Strong, CMOS President and Professor & Chair, Department of Physics, University of Toronto –

At this time of year, as we enjoy the beautiful fall colours and brace for winter, thoughts of CMOS members also turn to spring as we plan ahead for our annual Congress. The 54th CMOS Congress will be held in Ottawa from May 24 to 28, 2020 with a focus on “Building Societal Resilience to Changing Weather, Climate, Oceans and Environment”. The Local Arrangements Committee, chaired by Bruce Angle, and the Science Programme Committee, co-chaired by Leonard Barrie and Gordon McBean, are hard at work putting together an excellent programme