Purpose & objectives

Strengthening European collaboration
– for the benefit of Society

The European Meteorological Society (EMS) provides a forum for disseminating information and facilitating discussions on themes and issues connected with meteorology, hydrology, oceanography, earth observation and the climate system.

The Society’s main focus is to encourage and support scientific exchange within the European context. There is particular emphasis on enhancing the role of meteorology within the European society, considering how to efficiently and competently inform the European public, and raising awareness about the relevance of the meteorological profession. This includes explaining the specific characteristics of the meteorological science and the challenge in interpreting the results and communicating them to the general public, politicians and decision makers.

The main activity of the EMS each year is the Annual Meeting. This combines a scientific conference focussed on applications with a platform for discussing how the benefits may be communicated to business community and society as a whole.

The EMS membership consists of national meteorological and hydrological societies (EMS Members), rather than individual members. The whole of the EMS Membership represents more than 10,000 individuals, including interested lay people as well as professionals. The EMS vision is to become an umbrella for the meteorological community in Europe. Consequently, bodies such as international organisations, national meteorological and hydrological services, meteorological service providers and manufacturers of instruments, can join the EMS as Associate Members and thus bring different perspectives to the activities of the EMS.