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During the 2024 North American solar eclipse, a pioneering project aimed to use citizen-science smartphone data to help more accurately determine the shape of the sun.

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/04/29/sunsketcher-part-1-using-smartphones-to-reveal-the-shape-of-the-sun/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sunsketcher-part-1-using-smartphones-to-reveal-the-shape-of-the-sun

AMS President Anjul S. Bamzai reflects on trailblazing women meteorologists including June Bacon-Bercey, Anna Mani, and Eunice Newton Foote.

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/03/27/celebrating-womens-contributions-to-atmospheric-sciences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrating-womens-contributions-to-atmospheric-sciences

The "Convergence Science" symposium at the AMS 2024 Annual Meeting focused on Indigenous voices and the need for the scientific community to more meaningfully engage with Indigenous science and N...

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/03/07/changing-coasts-and-culture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=changing-coasts-and-culture

The 2024 AMS Student Conference, held January 27–28 in Baltimore, was a major success, with 740 attendees and 285 poster presentations. If you registered, you can view the Student Conference pr...

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/02/28/our-turn-highlights-from-the-ams-student-conference/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-turn-highlights-from-the-ams-student-conference

We spoke with new AMS President Anjuli Bamzai about her history, influences, and what to expect at next year’s AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans!

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/02/07/getting-to-know-you-anjuli-s-bamzai-ams-president/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=getting-to-know-you-anjuli-s-bamzai-ams-president

A Town Hall at the AMS 104th Annual Meeting With measurement techniques and systems rapidly evolving in response to a greater need for precise atmospheric and planetary surface observation, and t...

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/01/31/ams-2024-session-highlight-the-evolution-of-observation-how-the-ams-measurements-committee-can-better-serve-the-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ams-2024-session-highlight-the-evolution-of-observation-how-the-ams-measurements-committee-can-better-serve-the-community

Fifty years ago this summer, the most ambitious tropical field experiment ever attempted began along the coast of West Africa. Amidst the backdrop of the Cold War, GATE—the Global Atmospheric�...

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/01/31/be-there-gate-50th-anniversary-celebration/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-there-gate-50th-anniversary-celebration

By James LaDue, NOAA/NWS Warning Decision Training Division (symposium co-chair) Did you know that the AMS is co-branding a standard with the American Society for Civil Engineers and that you can...

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/01/29/be-there-estimating-wind-speeds-of-tornadoes-and-other-windstorms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=be-there-estimating-wind-speeds-of-tornadoes-and-other-windstorms

The 12th AMS Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation (WRN) will open with a special, interactive session: “WRN Asks: What If…?” that asks the audience to explore possibilities for the ...

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/01/26/ams-2024-session-highlight-wrn-asks-what-if/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ams-2024-session-highlight-wrn-asks-what-if

The AMS 2024 Presidential Panel Session “Transition to Carbon-Free Energy Generation” discusses how the AMS community can help solve crucial challenges to the Energy Enterprise’s transition...

https://blog.ametsoc.org/2024/01/22/ams-2024-session-highlight-transition-to-carbon-free-energy-generation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ams-2024-session-highlight-transition-to-carbon-free-energy-generation