to the rank of AMOS Fellow. There are currently twenty AMOS Fellows and each of them has made a notable contribution to our discipline. Incidentally, all Fellows are entitled to use the FAMOS suffix (and I hope they do, at the very least to help promote AMOS). I congratulate our newest Fellow, Dr Mike Pook FAMOS, who was elected earlier this year. I’d also like to applaud those students who received awards and honourable mentions for their presentations at the Hobart conference—the list of the awardees is in the Editorial. In addition to presenting awards, we also enjoy celebrating when those in the AMOS community receive accolades from other groups. I congratulate Prof. Matt England FAA who was recently elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and Dr Julie Arblaster who was awarded the Academy’s Anton Hales Medal. Both Julie and Matt will receive their honours at the Science at the Shine Dome event in May. I’d like to devote the remainder of this column to recognising the dedicated group of people who allow AMOS to function as a successful professional society and achieve our goals: the volunteers. Without the
volunteerism that underpins AMOS we would simply not exist. The group of volunteers is extensive and includes the Regional Centre Committees, the Education Committee, the Awards Committee, the Selection Committees for each of the individual awards, the Conference Committees, National Council, and those involved in BAMOS and AMOJ. In fact, there are more than eighty people currently in formal AMOS roles and many others who make notable contributions elsewhere on behalf of AMOS. I thank each of you for donating your valuable time to help make AMOS thrive. As identified in the operational plan there are many other activities that we’d like to tackle, but even the current AMOS volunteer group can’t do everything and we need help. In the coming year there should be opportunities to participate in new AMOS roles, which will help us continue to serve the meteorology, oceanography, and climate science communities. As these opportunities arise, please consider putting up your hand.
Todd Lane
News
International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) News Tom Beer
National IAMAS Correspondent
Antarctic Meteorological Observations, Modeling, & Forecasting Workshop The 9th Antarctic Meteorological Observations, Modeling, & Forecasting Workshop will be held at the College of Charleston’s, School of Education Health and Human Performance Center from 8–11 June 2014 in Charleston, USA. This workshop brings together those with research and operational/logistical interests in Antarctic meteorology and forecasting and related disciplines. As in the past, the annual activities and status of the Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC), Automatic Weather Station project, and Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System efforts will be addressed. Feedback and results from their user communities will also be solicited. More broadly, this workshop is also a forum for discussing current results and ideas in Antarctic meteorology, numerical weather prediction, and weather forecasting, from contributors around the world. There will be discussions on Antarctic forecasting, logistical support, and science. We welcome papers and posters on these topics. The registration and abstract submission deadline is 9 May 2014 through the AMRC website1. 1
amrc.ssec.wisc.edu/meetings/meeting2014/deadlines.shtml
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First Workshop of the International Union of Geodesy Geophysics (IUGG) Commission on Climatic and Environmental Change (CCEC). IAMAS was instrumental in the establishment of the IUGG Commission on Climatic and Environmental Change. This Commission is chaired by Tom Beer of Australia, the Vice-Chair is Jianping Li of China, and the position of Secretary-Treasurer is held by Keith Alverson who presently works for United Nations Environment Programme in Kenya. The Inaugural meeting of CCEC will be held in Beijing, China, 11–12 April 2014. It will consist of a business meeting and workshop to discuss the following topics: 1.
To strengthen internal IUGG linkages;
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to examine how CCEC can link in to Future Earth;
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to further investigate linkages outside of IUGG; and
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to plan for the XXVI IUGG General Assembly in Prague in 2015.