The German Meteorological Society (DMG) has produced a 2019 wall calendar on the theme of urban climate. It contains 13 wonderful colour photographs and comes in 2 sizes – large and postcard size.[more]
The Hellenic Meteorological Society (HMS) was founded on April 8, 1974 in Athens. Its principal aims are the promotion and dissemination of meteorological science and its applications, and supporting and assisting Greek meteorologists. [more]
The effect of weather on people’s emotional state is the most downloaded article in the Advances in Science and Research (ASR), the international journal of the EMS for contributions in applied meteorology and climatology. From phenology to palaeoclimatology, to the socio-economic benefits of weather [more]
Speleothems, more commonly known as stalagmites and stalactites, are inorganic deposits that grow in caves and form from dripping waters super-saturated with respect to calcium carbonate (CaCO3). [more]
Recently, ten northern European countries, shown in green in Figure 1, signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention to join forces in regional weather forecasting to operate a common numerical weather prediction (NWP) model.[more]
In 1986 the Argentinian Centre of Meteorologists (CAM), the Sociedade Brasileira de Meteorologia (SBMET) and the Mexican Meteorological Organization (OMMAC) founded the Latin American Federation of Meteorological Societies. Spain joined in 1992, and since then[more]
Since I started studying meteorology just over a decade ago, I’ve been watching the skies in search of the special Kelvin-Helmholtz waves or Fluctus clouds, my favourite cloud type. Fluctus is the Latin word for billow or wave and reflects the shape of these clouds. [more]
It has been just over a year since the EMS Editorial Board morphed into the Liaison Committee and took on the challenge of improving communication with our Members and Associate Members. [more]
The sixth “Challenges in Meteorology” conference was held in Zagreb on November 15th and 16th 2018. The conference was organised by the Croatian Meteorological Society, the Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Croatia Control and the Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Sciences, University in Zagreb.[more]
