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Message from CMOS President Wayne Richardson for April 2018

Written on April 12, 2018.

– By Wayne Richardson, P.Eng., CMOS President – My year as President of CMOS seems to be flying by. It is already, once again, time to register for our upcoming CMOS Congress. As you...

Excerpts from the Journal of Eureka Weather Station, 1947- 48

Written on March 29, 2018.

– By John Gilbert – The Eureka Weather Station, situated in Canada’s far North, recently celebrated its 70th birthday. Supporting operational meteorology and atmospheric research on...

Weather: A Very Short Introduction

Written on March 20, 2018.

– Review by Richard Leduc, Ph.D., AirMet Science Inc. – By Storm Dunlop, Oxford University Press, Hardcover, 144 pages, ISBN 978-0-19-957132-4, $11.95 This book is part of the “Very...

Seasonal Outlook for the Spring 2018 (MAM) based on the official CanSIPS forecast issued on the 28th Feb. 2018

Written on March 6, 2018.

– By M. Markovic, B. Merryfield and K. Gauthier, CMC, Montreal – Spring forecast (March, April, May) for 2018 temperature and precipitation in Canada includes above normal temperatures...

Image from Isachsen by aAron munson shows an old yellow pick up truck covered in snow, in a frozen garage

Isachsen – An Artist’s Exploration of Isolation Through the Eyes of his Father at a Remote Arctic Weather Station

Written on February 27, 2018.

– An Interview with Doug Munson and aAron munson by Sarah Knight, CMOS Bulletin Editor – In 1974 Doug Munson, just 19 years old and fresh off 8 months of surface weather and upper air...

Photo shows a microphone for the story by the CMOS president on advocating for science.

Message from CMOS President: Advocating for Science

Written on February 6, 2018.

– By Wayne Richardson, P.Eng., CMOS President – In my previous messages as CMOS President I have spent quite a lot of time promoting the strong advocacy role that CMOS can and should...

The MOPITT Terra spacecraft launch showing the Atlas IIAS lift-off on 18th December 1999 (Photo credit: Jim Drummond)

MOPITT, Atmospheric Pollution, and Me: A Personal Story

Written on February 2, 2018.

– By Jim Drummond, Principal Investigator for the Measurements Of Pollution in The Troposphere (MOPITT) instrument on the Terra satellite – It’s 1987 and I have just bought my first...

Photo shows a projection of the climate clock on the side of a building for the article by Samantha Mailhot for the CMOS Bulletin.

Climate Clock: Running Out of Time?

Written on January 16, 2018.

– By Samantha Mailhot – Climate change is an increasingly urgent issue, with a significant amount of people working towards mitigation. However, the majority of the global population...

Canada’s Top Ten Weather Stories 2017

Written on January 7, 2018.

– By David Phillips, Environment and Climate Change Canada – Our climate is changing, and it’s happening here and now