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Replacement of the Canadian Weather Radar Network

Written on October 7, 2019.

– by Sylvain Laramée, Qian Li, Pat Wong, Sylvain Savard, Peter Leibiuk, Steven Brady, Rick Czepita, Hamid Nasr, Todd Benko, Michael Romaniuk, Mark Abt and Ingrid Wong – Canadian...

Haowen Qin, Budding Meteorologist and CMOS’ Youngest Member

Written on September 15, 2019.

– An Interview by CMOS Bulletin Editor, Sarah Knight – At 17-years old, Haowen Qin is an incredibly passionate and knowledgeable budding meteorologist, and is CMOS’ youngest member to...

Updated CMOS Position Statement on Climate Change

Written on September 7, 2019.

The process of revising the CMOS position statement on climate change: In August 2019, the CMOS Council approved a revised position statement on climate change. The previous statement dated from...

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...

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...