Past News from 2000
17.10.00
09.10.00
Why N/SVQs are needed for meteorological observers and forecasters
05.10.00
Call for abstracts, WWRP International Conference on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting
03.10.00
WWRP International Conference on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting
What's going on in Europe? - European Meteorological Society News Letter
Millennium conference, feedback results
17.10.00 A new series in Weather - images/articles wanted
During 2001 a new regular section called Weather Images will appear in Weather. This will consist of a weather image, with a short description of the phenomenon illustrated by the image, taking up to 1 page of the magazine. Typical images are expected to be monochrome and to draw from satellite pictures, radar, aircraft or other instruments. Contributions to this new section are invited. Please send them to "Weather", 104 Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7LL, or electronically to weather@royal-met-soc.org.uk. Electronic submission of both image and text is welcomed.
09.10.00 Why N/SVQs are needed for meteorological observers and forecasters
A report by Norman Gealy and Denise Clarke, 29 October 1999.
09.10.00 Seminar on the Accreditation of Meteorologists in Europe
Organized in the framework of the conference Meteorology at the Millenium to celeberate RMS' 150th anniversary and the Meetings of EMS Council and Members, an international seminar on accreditation of meteorologists was held on 11 July 2000 in St. John's College, Cambridge, U.K. Participants from Europe and Australia first heard presentations which was followed by a discussion segment.
This web site presents material from the presentation, as well as Questions and Answers from the plenum discussion. More material will be added as soon as it becomes available.
05.10.00 Call for abstracts, WWRP International Conference on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting
Please see here for the 'Call for abstracts' for the WWRP International Conference on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting, 2-6 September 2002.
03.10.00 WWRP International Conference on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
THE WORLD WEATHER RESEARCH PROGRAMME'S (WWRP) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING (QPF) 2-6 SEPTEMBER 2002, UNIVERSITY OF READING, UNITED KINGDOM
Being able accurately to predict precipitation, in terms of both location and timing, is of benefit to almost all of our global society and industrial sectors. The ability to have advanced warning of precipitation and its effects enables us to provide valuable services to such beneficiaries as, for example, agriculture, aviation, hydrologists and emergency response teams. Many different advances in computational and modelling techniques are now beginning to lead to significant improvements in the field of QPF. It is a timely opportunity to bring together both the supplier and user communities to share and review these achievements and to provide a focus for future developments in this field.
The Programme Committee, on behalf of the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), is therefore pleased to announce its international conference on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting (QPF) to be held at the University of Reading in the UK, from 2 to 6 September 2002.
The conference will cover a wide range of issues relating to QPF, from the measurement and forecasting of precipitation through to the application and benefits of quantitative information of precipitation fields and will conclude by identifying gaps in current knowledge with key future areas of work. A call for Abstract submissions will be announced in Mid 2001 under the topic headings of:
Socio-economic impacts and environmental stresses of precipitation events
Precipitation measurement, estimation and associated issues from observing systems
Nowcasting, including deterministic, conceptual and probabilistic methods
NWP-based forecasting methods, including precipitation assimilation, resolution issues, post processing and ensemble methodologies
Prediction techniques and predictability of extended range and seasonal forecasting
Applications of QPF and demonstration of potential benefits to a range user communities
Further information and details can be obtained from http://www.royal-met-soc.org.uk/qpf or through contacting execdir@royal-met-soc.org.uk.
03.10.00 What's going on in Europe? - European Meteorological Society News Letter
Copies of the most recent EMS News Letter are available free from HQ to any Society member. If you would like a copy, please email execdir@royal-met-soc.org.uk, providing us with your postal address. You can also find the text at the EMS web site.
03.10.00 Millennium conference, feedback results
Feedback results from the Society's Millennium Conference can be found here.