News Room : European Meteorological Society

05/12/2018

Rare Kelvin Helmholtz clouds spotted

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]

05/12/2018

The ems-message – behind the scenes

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]

04/12/2018

Challenges in meteorology – MI6

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]

04/12/2018

Visiting MI6: report by a conference attendee

What to expect from a meteorological conference in one of the smallest countries in the southeastern part of Europe? That’s a question I asked myself when I was invited to the 6th edition of “Challenges in Meteorology” (in Croatian: Meteorološki izazovi 6, or MI6). How would it compare to its big brothers such as “DACH” run by German speaking countries or the UK’s RMetS equivalent?[more]

04/12/2018

IFMS General Meeting in Budapest

The International Forum of Meteorological Societies (IFMS) held its fifth Global Meeting in Budapest Hungary on September 5-6, 2018 and was hosted by the Hungarian Meteorological Society (MMT) at the headquarters of the Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ). The meeting was attended by representatives from National Meteorological Societies from all six WMO Regions. [more]