Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society

Climate communication over the last four decades: Karoly@two-thirds of a century
2022-01-31 13:30 - 17:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | Online, Australia
CSIRO Climate Science Centre and AMOS Melbourne Centre – David Karoly Retirement Symposium
Climate communication over the last four decades: Karoly@two-thirds of a century
Online webinar – Monday, 31 January 2022
Then and Now (connection with David Karoly / what you are doing now):
(Note: all times are AEDT. Speaker order may be updated)
1:30pm
Welcome to participants and acknowledgment of Country
1:35pm

Sir Brian Hoskins (Uni Reading, Imperial College)
Mary Voice (ANMRC, BoM, Melb Uni, AMOS)

2:00pm

Susan Solomon (NOAA, UNEP Ozone Assessment, IPCC, MIT)
Karl Braganza (Monash Uni PhD student, BoM)
Peter Stott (UK Met Office, IPCC)
Myles Allen (Oxford, IPCC)

2:45pm

Petra Klein (OU)
Peter Cosier (Wentworth Group)
Joelle Gergis (Melb Uni, ANU)
Todd Lane (Monash Uni, Melb Uni)

3:30pm

Julie Arblaster (NCAR, BoM, Melb Uni PhD student, Monash)
Deb Hart (CLIMARTE, ClimActs, LIVE)
Helen Cleugh (CSIRO, NESP ESCC Hub)

4:05pm
Afternoon tea
4:30pm
David Karoly: Opportunities and challenges – some things you may not know
5:00pm
Close
RSVP Thursday 27 January 2022
NOTE: Webex link for online webinar will be forwarded prior to the event.
REGISTER HERE

AMS Annual conference (Houston, TX)
2022-01-23 - 2022-01-27

EGU 2022 abstracts due
2022-01-12

AGU Fall Conference (New Orleans)
2021-12-13 - 2021-12-17
The American Geophysical Union’s major annual event

ICSHMO Early Bird Registration Deadline
2021-11-30
Register for ICSHMO to get the best deal
https://confer.eventsair.com/icshmo-2022/call-for-abstracts

BoM Workshop "From the Tropics to Antarctica: A Celebration of Research for Diverse Climates"
2021-11-08 - 2021-11-11 | Online
The 2021 Bureau of Meteorology Annual research and development workshop will be held online from the 8th – 11th of November.
From the South Pole and the southern oceans through cities, farmland and deserts to the tropical rainforests, the Bureau of Meteorology provides valuable services for a vast range of climates. Each climate zone comes with forecasting challenges: from predicting sea ice coverage to preparing communities for extreme weather events, drought, flood, fire, cyclone and hail.
The Bureau’s vision is to provide seamless and targeted services across all time scales from past observations to multi-decadal climate projections. Delivering on that vision, through a range of products that meet our customers’ diverse needs requires national partnerships with industries and academia, and international collaborations across multi disciplinary science.
Workshop details are here: http://www.bom.gov.au/research/workshop/2021/

CoP26 Glasgow
2021-11-01 - 2021-11-12
The UNFCCC Conference of Parties (CoP) will hold their 26th meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. The eyes of the worlds will be watching to see what the new and improved commitments to carbon emission reductions will be, if the world’s leaders can agree on the rule book for how the Paris Agreement will be reached.

Atmospheric Blocking Virtual Workshop 2021 (LMU)
2021-09-27 - 2021-09-29
Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität München is hosting a 3 day workshop on atmospheric blocking. See the website for more details:
https://blocking-workshop-2021.wavestoweather.de/program/index.html

Connecting Our World: Biometeorology 2021
2021-09-20 - 2021-09-22 | Online, Australia
The International Society of Biometeorology will hold its 1st virtual and 22nd International Congress of Biometeorology, Connecting Our World: Biometeorology 2021, from 20-22 September 2021. The conference will have livestream events, focusing on invited keynote and plenary speakers, with substantial time devoted to collaborative discussions based on poster submissions aimed to accommodate participants across all time zones.
With its virtual format, the primary goal of Connecting Our World: Biometeorology 2021 is to bring together those with interests across the spectrum of biometeorology from all parts of the world at all career stages, to partake in this event and network with current and future colleagues.
We encourage submissions on all areas of biometeorology: animal, plant, and human. This can include agriculture, forestry, tourism, ecology, the built environment, human health, society, epidemiology, balneotherapy, aerobiology, citizen science, the Universal Thermal Comfort Index, sustainability, physiology, extreme events, natural hazards, and warning systems. We will have a special plenary on the role of biometeorology in the COVID- 19 era.
The website https://www.eventscribe.net/2021/ICB2021/ will serve as the official site of the conference. The abstract deadline is midnight EDT 29 July 2021. Registration for the conference will begin in July. Please direct questions to icbspeakers@conferencemanagers.com.

Abstracts due for ICSHMO 2022
2021-09-19
Closing date for abstract for the International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (Feb 8-12, 2022, Christchurch NZ). This meeting replaces the AMOS Annual Conference.
https://confer.eventsair.com/icshmo-2022/call-for-abstracts

EGU 2022 session proposals due
2021-09-06

Abstracts due for Oceans Sciences Meeting 2022
2021-09-01
https://www.aslo.org/osm2022/

Nominations for AMOS awards close
2021-09-01
If you’d like to nominate a colleague for an AMOS award (Priestley Medal, the Zillman Medal, the Christopher Taylor Award, and the AMOS Science Outreach Award) it’s due on September 1.
More details here: https://www.amos.org.au/activities/awards/

AMS Abstract Deadline
2021-09-01
Abstracts for the American Meteorological Society Annual Conference (Houston, TX, Jan 23-27, 2022) are due. For details see the AMS webpage:
https://annual.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/2022/call-for-papers/

National Science Week
2021-08-14 - 2021-08-22
It’s National Science Week. Lots of events all around the country:
https://www.scienceweek.net.au

IPCC AR6 Working Group I report released
2021-08-09
Date to be confirmed.
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/sixth-assessment-report-working-group-i/

AOGS Annual Conference
2021-08-01 - 2021-08-06
The Asia Oceania Geosciences Society Annual Conference is running online August 1-6.
https://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2021/public.asp?page=home.html

AMOS Workshop: Probabilistic Weather Forecasting for the Energy Industry
2021-07-28 - 2021-07-29 | Online
This workshop facilitates engagement between the weather and energy forecasting community.

About this event

Weather is having a growing impact on electricity market dynamics and the day to day operation of electricity system. Weather prediction is inherently uncertain. Considerable investment has been made in weather forecast models to account for and represent uncertainty through probabilistic forecasting. This workshop facilitates engagement between the weather and energy sectors, focussing on the theme of probabilistic forecasts.
Location: online interactive – access details to follow

Dates :

Wednesday 28th July 1400 – 1800 (AEST)
Thursday 29th July 1000 – 1400 (AEST)

Who is this intended for:
The workshop is intended for those members of the energy industry who:

Would like to know more about probabilistic forecasts
Would like to know more about how to interpret skill of probabilistic forecasts; or
Already using probabilistic forecasts and looking to refine them

Why probabilistic forecasts:
The standard weather or climate forecast today is probabilistic; meaning, along with predicting the expected weather, precise statement relating to the confidence of the forecast system are possible. Examples of standard probabilistic forecast range from short term (minutes) forecasts of solar radiation to long range (months) forecasts of temperature anomalies. Forecast developers and some users of forecast, use measures of “probabilistic forecast skill” to select amongst probabilistic forecast systems. There is rarely one unique measure of skill, knowing which measure to use is context dependent and a challenge for all forecast users. This workshop bridges the gap between forecast users and producers, specifically this workshop:
Includes discussion on conceptual frameworks used to compare probabilistic forecast to observed reality

Case studies from short term forecasting project
Case studies from longer range forecast
Calibration of probabilistic forecasts
A short virtual mixer – in virtual tea session.
An opportunity to participate in an interactive round table
Targeted for forecast users involved in the energy industry.

Click here for draft agenda here
Confirmed speakers:

Hans-Peter Waldl, Overspeed
Corinna Mohrlen, WEPROG
Miguel Ortega-Vazquez, EPRI
John Zack, UL Renewables
Gregor Giebel, DTU Wind Energy
Alberto Troccoli ,WEMC/SECLI FIRM
Peter Steinle, Bureau of Meteorology
Debbie Hudson, Bureau of Meteorology
Yun Li, Western Power
Nick Engerer, CTO, Solcast

Registration Fees:

AMOS Members $50
Non-Members $75
Full-time students free (must used .edu email)

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Event Partners:

Deadline for ICSHMO session proposals
2021-07-18
If you’d like to propose a session for ICSHMO 2022 (Christchurch NZ, Feb 8-12, 2022) see the conference website for details. Remember that AMOS is a partner for this event, and that it replaces the AMOS annual conference.
https://confer.eventsair.com/icshmo-2022/call-for-sessions

AMOS/SWAQ Sensing in City Network Workshop
2021-06-29 09:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Sydney)
Sensing in the city: A synthesis of recent understandings from atmospheric monitoring networks in Australian built environments
Tuesday 29th June, 2021
9:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: In-person (UNSW Sydney) + Online (Zoom)
Guest Speakers
CO2, RH and T sensing in evaluating airborne transmission risk –
Robyn Schofield, Uni of Melbourne
Air quality and climate monitoring in Sydney – Towards integrated urban intelligence
– Matt Riley, NSW DPIE
Urban Methane Surveys – Using Isotope Measurements to Guided Source Attribution
– Xinyi Lexi Lu, UNSW BEES.
We Should Be Continuously Monitoring Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases in Sydney to Track Our Net Zero Emissions Progress – Bryce Kelly, UNSW Sydney
Infilling the climate networks with ubiquitous sensing, Internet of Things, and crowdsourced monitoring – Negin Nazarian, UNSW Built Environment
Air quality impacts of the 2019-2020 Black Summer wildfires on Australian schools
– Giovanni Di Virgilio, NSW DPIE
Program
09:00 – Registration/remote login
09:15 – Opening, Welcome to Country
09:30 – Talks and discussion
10:30 – Tea break
10:45 – Talks and discussion
12:00 – Close
Afternoon – Closed stakeholder workshop
If you are a stakeholder who would like to take part in a closed workshop to be held after the talks, please contact Jeanette Dargaville at admin@amos.org.au.
REGISTER for in-person by Friday 18th June OR for online viewing only by Monday 28th June
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Contact:
Jeanette Dargaville
admin@amos.org.au
0404 471 143

AMSA Conference - In the Anthropocene
2021-06-27 - 2021-07-02
The Australian Marine Sciences Association is running a virtual conference covering a broad range of topics. See the program and registration details here:
https://amsa2021.amsa.asn.au/virtual-program

Hug a climate scientist day
2021-06-12
With COVID restrictions we may not be able to actually hug a climate scientist today, which will no doubt be a relief to the very shy and timid species.
Here are some First Dog on the Moon cartoons from previous years:
https://firstdogonthemoon.com.au/cartoons/2019/06/12/hug-a-climate-scientist-day-2019/
https://firstdogonthemoon.com.au/cartoons/2011/06/06/hug-a-climate-scientist-day-first-dog-on-the-moon-declares-june-10-as-hug-a-climate-scientist-day/
https://www.facebook.com/Hug-a-Climate-Scientist-Day-111479510429295/

AMOS NSW meet-up and award presentation event
2021-06-10
Contact admin@amos.org.au for more details

World Ocean Day
2021-06-08
June 8 is World Oceans Day. Lots of events on in Australia and around the world.
World Oceans Day events

CASANZ International Clean Air and Environment Conference
2021-05-17 - 2021-05-21
CASANZ extends an invitation to participate in the 25th International Clean Air and Environment conference, ‘CASANZ 2021’, to be held online. This conference will be unique in nature and will be a reflection of the effects of fires and COVID-19 on air quality since the CASANZ19 conference held in Queenstown, New Zealand.
The 25th International Clean Air and Environment Conference is the only opportunity for our air quality industry to share learnings and different perspectives via an engaging, interactive program with input from high profile speakers and global industry leaders. CASANZ 2021 is a fully peer reviewed conference and we hope you take this opportunity to present at the major air quality event of the year.
Opportunities to present are limited due to the reduced online program format, so be sure to get your abstract submission in before the due date of the 20th of December 2020.
Click here for further information: https://www.casanz.org.au/casanz2021/

AMOS Webinar - WMO State of Climate 2020 Key Findings
2021-05-04 14:00 - 15:00 (Australia/Sydney) | Online
The World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Global Climate 2020 Report was released on 20 April. Join us for a one hour online webinar with co-author Dr Blair Trewin who will discuss the key findings of the Report.
Chair: Angela Maharaj, AMOS President
Guest speaker: Blair Trewin
Blair Trewin is a Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology, specialising in the development of long-term instrumental data sets. He is Lead of the WMO Expert Team on Operational Climate Monitoring and is the extreme events lead for the WMO’s annual State of the Climate Report. He is also a Lead Author for the forthcoming IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. He is an AMOS Fellow and was AMOS President from 2012-13.
This event is open to all current AMOS members only.
Click here for more information on the State of the Global Climate 2020 report

AMOS Annual Conference 2021
2021-02-08 - 2021-02-12 | Online
AMOS 2021: Science for Impact

Online 8–12 February 2021

AMOS 2021 Data Carpentry Workshop
2021-02-04 | Online
Python is rapidly emerging as the programming language of choice for data analysis in the weather, climate and ocean sciences. By consulting online tutorials and help pages, most researchers in this community are able to pick up the basic syntax and programming constructs (e.g. loops, lists and conditionals). This self-taught knowledge is sufficient to get work done, but it often involves spending hours to do things that should take minutes, reinventing a lot of wheels, and a nagging uncertainty at the end of it all regarding the reliability and reproducibility of the results. To help address these issues, this Data Carpentry workshop will cover a suite of programming best practices that aren’t so easy to glean from a quick Google search.
Convenor: Damien Irving
Instructors: Damien Irving, Holger Wolff (TBC), Claire Trenham

From Sky to Sea: Bushfires, the atmosphere and the marine environment
2020-08-18 13:00 - 14:00 (Australia/Sydney)
An annual public lecture and panel discussion jointly presented by the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and the Australian Marine Science Association as part of National Science Week.
Presenters:

Dr Paul Fox-Hughes, Bureau of Meteorology
Associate Professor Pete Strutton, Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies
Hosted by Associate Professor Catriona MacLeod, Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies

National Bushfire and Climate Summit 2020: Recommendations and Wrap Up
2020-07-29 18:00 - 19:30 (Australia/Sydney)
As we recover from the unprecedented disaster of the recent bushfire season, and brace for the next, a coordinated national response is more important than ever to protect Australian communities from catastrophic fire conditions and the escalating impacts of climate change.
Join NSW Fire & Rescue Commissioner, Greg Mullins and Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie, as they present the recommendations put forward by experts during the National Bushfire and Climate Summit 2020 expert roundtables.
This free, live streamed discussion offers the public a special opportunity to gain insight into the private roundtable discussions held across June and July, and learn more about the findings produced by the conference.
This is a free online event. Please visit this site for more information as well as registration.
