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22/10/2018

Upcoming ACAM conferences

24th Eduard Fontserè Conference, Barcelona, 1st December 2018 (www.acam.cat)

The theme this year focusses on biometeorology. Specialists from the following institutions will participate: International Society of Biometeorology (ISB), University of Cantabria (UC), Center for Human[more]

22/10/2018

MeteoClimaFVG Scientific Award – deadline for applications November 23rd

The Meteorological Union of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in Italy (UMFVG-NPO) would like to announce its award, “MeteoClimaFVG” for contributions to meteorology and climatology. In particular, MeteoClimaFVG is awarded for contributions to meteorological science[more]

21/10/2018

EMS Conference through the eyes of a visual practitioner

Who are Grafacity?

Grafacity Visual Services, established in 2010, is a leading graphic recording and visual consulting firm in Hungary. Szilárd Strenner, the general manager, who contributed to the EMS Conference has various skills and degrees[more]

20/10/2018

What is Data Rescue and why is Met Éireann involved in it?

Data rescue is the process whereby original data records are catalogued and imaged. Met Éireann’s archive contains handwritten climate and rainfall records dating back to the mid-1800s. These data records are at risk, due to[more]

19/10/2018

The Isobars!

On the 26th of July 2018 “The Isobars”, Met Éireann’s choir conducted by Aoife Murray and accompanied by Dónal Black, presented “Summer Sounds: A lunchtime of Beach Boys, banjos, bassoons and begonias” at the National[more]

19/10/2018

EMS2018 from the perspective of Young Scientist Award winner Georgios Varlas

This year was my first time attending the EMS annual meeting, held in Budapest in September, and it was a great experience. It was a week full of opportunities to learn about the activities of[more]

18/10/2018

Finnish Summer Science Camp

A Summer Science Camp at the Heureka Science Center in Vantaa, Finland, introduced meteorology to children aged between 7 and 16 years (i.e. grades 1 to 9 of the Finnish school system). The Camp teachers were[more]

18/10/2018

New IABM President Jay Trobec

The International Association of Broadcast Meteorology (IABM) represents hundreds of weather presenters in dozens of countries. We work for television stations, national meteorological services, and even private sector weather companies. While we have different responsibilities,[more]

14/10/2018

Interview with ACAM Member Marc Prohom Duran

EMS LC: Is your job related to meteorology?

Yes, I’m the head of the Department of Climatology at the Meteorological Service of Catalonia (SMC). The SMC is the official meteorological service of the Catalan Government, and it was established in 1921.[more]

10/10/2018

September Tweet of the Month

We featured our first “tweet of the month” in August. Given the significance of September for EMS, the month in which we hold our Annual Meeting, we have decided not to restrict the September tweet of the month to a single tweet. Instead we have included a selection of tweets which used the hashtag #emsannual2018. [more]