News Room : European Meteorological Society

05/11/2018

EMS Technology Achievement Award 2019: call for nominations

Deadline: 31 January 2019/ optional: 10 Dec 2018 for short proposals

Technological contributions associated with instrumentation and methodologies used in meteorology and related sciences and their applications that have the potential for Europe-wide impact [more]

01/11/2018

Interview of the Month: Danish Meteorological Society

Interview with DaMS Treasurer Kristian Pagh Nielsen

EMS LC: If you were to describe your society in one sentence, what would you say?
KPN: The Danish Meteorological Society encourages meteorological understanding among anyone interested in weather, climate or meteorology in the broader sense. [more]

26/10/2018

October Tweet of the Month

Spectacular image of two cyclones on the western fringes of Europe.[more]

23/10/2018

Climate negotiations for schools

The Royal Meteorological Society’s award-winning climate negotiations resource for schools visited Northern Ireland. Fifty under-16 year-old students from five schools participated.[more]

23/10/2018

What does the EMS Annual Meeting mean to me?

I think the mark of a really good conference is the fact that I’m already looking forward to EMS2019 in Copenhagen!

My first involvement with the European Meteorological Society was in 2012. I became a member of what was then known as the Editorial Board, [more]

23/10/2018

Recent activities of the Romanian Meteorological Society

The Societatea Meteorologică Română (SMR), which currently has 150 members, brings together professionals in meteorology, people who have dedicated their lives to the progress of the science and enthusiastic youths and experts from other fields.[more]

Fabra Observatory in 1932. Photo credit: Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona (Historical Archive of the City of Barcelona).

23/10/2018

Fabra Observatory Barcelona recognised as WMO Centennial Observing Station

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), at its 70th Executive Council Meeting (July 2018), has officially recognised the Fabra Observatory meteorological station in Barcelona as a centennial long-term observation station. Located on the Tibidabo slope, at[more]

23/10/2018

Foundation of the Estonian Meteorological Society

Estonia has a long history of taking meteorological observations. The first regular measurements were made in Tallinn in the final decades of the 18th century. An important step forward was the foundation of the Meteorological[more]

23/10/2018

Educational activities of the French Meteorological Society: Météo et Climat

Météo et Climat, the French Meteorological Society, was founded in 1852 as a non-profit association. Its head office is in Saint-Mandé, near Paris, and it has a regional section in Toulouse.

Its main missions are:
– To unite the atmospheric and climate science communities
– To promote the interests of communities invested in these areas[more]

22/10/2018

European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL)

The European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) is a non-profit research organisation which focuses on severe convective storms. We are based near Munich in Germany and in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, where we offer training courses to[more]