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The American Meteorological Society
ANNUAL REPORT 2011
Advancing the
atmospheric and
related sciences,
technologies,
applications, and
services for the
benefit of society.
President’s Remarks
Dear Members and Friends,
Over the past year, it has been my privilege to lead the AMS as your president, and
I’ll always consider this to be the high point among my professional experiences. Our
93-year-old scientific and professional organization is one that I’m very proud of and
2011 was, by any measure, a very good year. In this report you’ll see ample evidence of
this, beginning with our hugely successful Annual Meeting in Seattle, capably led by
my predecessor, Peggy LeMone. And now, in the wake of another extremely successful
Jonathan T. Malay, AMS President
meeting in New Orleans, let’s look back at the past year’s accomplishments.
We opened 2011 in Seattle where the uncharacteristic January sunshine matched
the record-breaking attendance for the Annual Meeting and WeatherFest. We focused on
the theme of “Communicating Weather and Climate” which was prescient as springtime
brought devastating and deadly outbreaks of tornadoes in the southeast, flooding in the
Mississippi valley, persistent drought in the southwest, and even a hurricane drawing a
bead on New York City and bringing unprecedented flooding to Vermont. If ever there was
a year for our community to talk about the need for excellent climate science, effective
operational weather prediction, and meaningful interactions with society, it was this
past year. We AMS members should be proud of the roles we have played in observing,
understanding, and predicting weather and climate over the past year, and prepare
ourselves to redouble our efforts in 2012 in support of NOAA’s “Weather Ready Nation”
initiative.
I’m very happy to report the completion of the acquisition, renovation, and occupation
of 44 Beacon Street, now a fully operational extension of our historic Society headquarters
at 45 Beacon Street. In 2010, the leadership team of AMS made the wise and courageous
decision to seize the opportunity which presented itself when 44 Beacon came up for sale
at an extremely attractive price, and at a time when the AMS was badly in need of office
space expansion. And so, over the past year, Executive Director Keith Seitter and his staff
were magnificent in completing the purchase and making the modernization and safety
upgrades that were required, all while navigating the onerous rules and regulations that
govern ownership of historic buildings in Boston. We should all be proud of our fantastic
headquarters and what I jokingly refer to as “89 Beacon Street!”
At our Boston and Washington offices, the AMS Publications, Education, and Policy
programs have all had a great year. We continue to publish journals of the highest quality
and integrity, with the Bulletin of the AMS (BAMS) being one of the most highly cited
publications in the entire science community. Maintaining a successful Publications
program is becoming more difficult in the evolving world of digital and open-source
publishing, but our staff continues to work hard to keep this program strong; it is critically
important to the financial well-being of the Society. The Education department continues
to produce outstanding text books and course material and, in the past year, introduced
the new Climate Studies course to accompany our successful Weather and Ocean Studies
curricula. The Policy Program continues to shape the dialogue on environmental policy
issues through educating young professionals at our Summer Policy Colloquium and, in
2011, held an extremely effective workshop on Earth observations. These three program
areas are all on sound financial footing, but the AMS is both trying to shape discussion of,
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President’s Remarks (continued)
and dealing with the consequences of, a very challenging government funding situation for grants
and contracts.
Contributions continue to come in to the Society through the generosity of a large number of
members, and the Society asks for, and needs, the continued financial support these donations
bring. In addition, we appreciate the continued support of our corporate and institution members,
particularly our Patron Sponsors Lockheed Martin Corporation and ITT/Exelis Corporation, as well
as our new underwriter for the AMS Policy Program, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation.
In 2011 we discussed new ways to attract donations from individuals and corporations so that we
can continue to operate and expand upon our important work. One of the most important things
AMS did in 2011 was to once again invest in the next generation of the Society by granting nearly
a half a million dollars in 11 graduate fellowships and 42 undergraduate scholarships. It was
my pleasure to personally contact all of those awardees to inform them that they had earned an
AMS scholarship and to meet many of them at the recent Annual Meeting in New Orleans. This
interaction with extremely smart and talented young people is pretty much the best part of the job
of being president and it’s only possible because of the generous contributions we receive.
While one of the trademarks of the AMS is participation, we should also be very proud of
our professionalism, and we stand behind the latter by managing the certification programs for
Certified Broadcast Meteorologists (CBMs) and Certified Consulting Meteorologists (CCMs). Over
the past year, 38 and 10 certifications were granted by the AMS for these programs, respectively,
which literally as well as figuratively put our AMS trademark on the professionalism and
excellence these programs represent. To all our new CBMs and CCMs, I say congratulations and all
members wish you success in your careers. We, and the extremely high professional standards of
the AMS, stand behind you.
I want to thank all of the hundreds and hundreds of volunteers who serve as leaders or
members of AMS Commissions, Boards, and Committees and my fellow members of the Executive
Committee and Council. Participation in these roles is what makes the AMS credible, responsive,
and effective. That so many members step forward to offer their time and talents is truly
astounding… and appreciated. And, in speaking of appreciation, I hope all members will join me
in expressing our appreciation to Keith Seitter, to his leadership team, and to all members of the
professional staff of the AMS. As president, I have learned to listen to them, accept their wise
counsel, and admire their extremely hard work. Behind all of the facts and figures you will find in
this report, you should understand that because of the dedication of our volunteers and staff, we
have a healthy and effective scientific and professional society that we can, and should, be very
proud of.
In closing, fellow members, let me again say what a pleasure and a privilege it has been to
serve you in 2011. And let me encourage you to continue to generously offer up your time, talent,
and, if possible, financial support to the AMS. Together we can build on the successes of 2011 and
move onward to our centennial celebration in 2019.
With sincere thanks,
Jonathan T. Malay
AMS President
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AMS HEADQUARTERS
Providing Support for the Community Now and into the Future
The increasing pressures coming from safety codes. These renovations, while has very good meeting space that will be
not having adequate space for the not extensive, were time-consuming and available for use by the AMS, allowing
Headquarters staff serving the Society’s the space was not ready for use by the a more cost-effective venue for some of
operations were relieved during 2011. staff until the very end of 2011. the meetings and workshops hosted by
The building next door to long-time Preparations were also made to the Society in Washington. In addition,
AMS Headquarters at 45 Beacon Street relocate the Washington, DC, office by being located in the same building
in Boston was acquired in 2010, with of the AMS during 2011. With the with AAAS, the Society’s ongoing
possession of 44 Beacon Street taking completion of the Society’s lease at its collaborations with this organization, as
place right at the end of that year. Most 12th and G Streets location, a new lease well as other societies who have offices in
of 2011 was spent preparing this space was signed for space in the American this building, are facilitated.
for use by Headquarters staff while Association for the Advancement of
©AAAS, used with permission.
preserving its historic character. While Science (AAAS) Building at 1200 New
the building was in very good condition, York Avenue. Just a block from the AAAS Headquarters,
it still required some renovations and prior location, and still very near the where the AMS DC
offices are located
the updating of its physical systems. Metro Center station, this location is starting in 2012.
Perhaps more importantly, it needed to very convenient for the staff and those
be brought into compliance with fire and interacting with them. The building also
AMS Headquarters, with 45 Beacon Street on the left and 44 Beacon Street on the right
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 3
PUBLICATIONS
Publishing Journals, Books, and Monographs with Quality Reputations
Roughly 1670 accepted manuscripts 2011 HIGHLIGHTS completed and the new software is
were forwarded to the publications n It can safely be said that the data-loss affording work-flow efficiency never
department by the journal field offices disaster of July 2010 (inadvertently before available to AMS Publications.
in 2011; this is up from the prior year caused when AMS’s servers were That efficiency, along with the space
being replaced) is behind us, and now available because of the acquisi-
and in line with the steady increase in
that we are now a department with tion of 44 Beacon Street for Head-
manuscript submissions we have seen quarters operations, is allowing the
for many years. A total of 23,388 pages a more robust infrastructure and one
that is more productive. The impact long-planned consolidation of field
were published in the journals, and editorial support to move forward
of that 2010 event continued to be
when combined with the 1,732 pages felt in 2011, however, and showed up in earnest. The ultimate benefits —
published in BAMS (#3 in Thompson both in a reduction of about 10% in acceleration of the peer-review and
Reuters ISI Impact Factor), the total the number of published pages and production of manuscripts, not to
number of published pages in the 2011 also in an average production time mention cost savings — are already
of 164 days rather than meeting the clearly evident.
journals was 25,120.
goal of less than 150 days (though n AMS continues to exert downward
over one-third of all issues published pressure on the pricing of printed
in 2011 still met the 150-day produc- color, reducing the fee from $150 per
tion goal). piece by 40% to $90 per piece as of
n The transition to the use of new May of 2011 for those paying their
software to manage the review and page charges in full. We will continue
production of manuscripts from to look for opportunities to further
submission to publication has been reduce color costs.
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POLICY PROGRAM
Strengthening Connections between Public Policy and Earth System Science and Services
The AMS continues to work to
strengthen the connection between
public policy and Earth system science
and services by building policy research
and by creating opportunities for
policymakers and scientists to engage
and exchange perspectives to foster
better-informed policy decisions.
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
n In January, the Policy Program
supported the Seattle Annual Meeting AMS President Jon Malay and Kathryn Sullivan, assistant secretary of commerce for environmental
in many ways, including hosting observation and prediction, at a Hill briefing on space weather. Co-sponsored by the AMS Policy
Program on 22 June 2011.
the NWS International Workshop,
hosting Colloquium alumni activities,
and staffing the Sixth Symposium
on Policy and Socioeconomic n The AMS Policy Program continued
Research. The Policy Program also its National Science Foundation–
put on a very successful two day supported Capitol Hill Briefing Series.
pre-conference with the National Topics covered in 2011 included:
Communication Association on Weather, Climate, and Food; Climate
Integrating Communication, Weather Change and Water Resources;
and Climate: More Than Just “Talking Geoengineering; and Space Weather.
about the Weather!”
n The AMS, in collaboration with
n The AMS hosted its eleventh Summer UCAR, supported two Congressional
Policy Colloquium from 5–14 June Science Fellows in 2011. David
in Washington, DC. The American Reidmiller concluded his tenure
Geophysical Union partnered to put on as the 2010–2011 AMS/UCAR
a half-day communication session with Congressional Science Fellow working
experts from NASA and the Washing- with Senator Mark Udall’s office.
ton Post. Speakers at the Colloquium David is now working at the State
included the Deputy Staff Director Department in a AAAS Executive
of the Senate Budget Committee, an Branch fellowship. Kim Mueller
employee from the White House Office also began her fellowship. Kim is
of Science and Technology Policy, and working with the Committee on
former Congressman Representative Natural Resources in the House of
Robert Inglis. Representatives.
n In November, the Policy Program n Policy Program staff continued
hosted a workshop on Earth grant-supported research on space
Observations, Science, and Services weather, climate change, and visual risk
(OSS). This critical infrastructure communication. These research efforts
impacts virtually all economic sectors feed the larger-scale collaborations of
and innumerable institutions to the Policy Program.
meet basic human needs such as
food, shelter, health, and safety. The
workshop described the importance of
Earth OSS and identified opportunities
to improve the effectiveness of the
Earth OSS community.
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 5
EDUCATION
Promoting the Teaching of Atmospheric, Oceanographic, and Hydrologic Sciences
2011 HIGHLIGHTS Twenty-five of the participants and
n As of December 2011, the AMS local implementation team leaders
K–12 Teacher professional attended a NSF sponsored special The AMS Education Program is supported by NOAA, NASA, the National
development courses have trained workshop at the AMS Annual Science Foundation, and the United States Navy.
almost 17,000 teachers who have Meeting in New Orleans to share
earned three graduate credits best practices.
for completing the course. The n Ongoing semester course evaluations
innovative distance-learning courses, and a recent self-study indicate that
workshops, and the educational 98% of the DataStreme teacher
materials that make them up have participants feel the science content is
reached hundreds of thousands very good while 96% feel the courses
of other teachers and over three have enhanced their science teaching.
million students.
n The NOAA support for DataStreme
n The suite of DataStreme Atmosphere and DataStreme Ocean
Atmosphere and Ocean teacher courses was reduced in 2011 due to
enhancement courses trained a agency budget cuts. Entering the final
total of 723 precollege educators year of this grant, we have completed
via 97 Local Implementation a self-study of this program and
Teams nationwide during the NOAA completed an independent
2011 Fall and Spring Semesters. An evaluation in anticipation of applying 2011 AMS Education Resource Agent training
additional 361 teachers were trained for a five-year renewal in the spring in Green Bay using the Columbia University/
using DataStreme Earth’s Climate of 2012. NASA Educational Global Climate Model led
by Dr. Mark Chandler.
System during the academic year.
The Society’s Education Program’s Focus on Diversity
The National Science Foundation (NSF - OEDG) has awarded the AMS Education Program over $1 million to
implement the AMS Climate Studies course at 100 minority-serving institutions (MSIs) over a four-year period.
This grant will focus on introducing and enhancing geoscience coursework at MSIs nationwide, especially
those that are signatories to the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC)
and/or members of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation. AMS is partnering with Second
Nature, the nonprofit organization administering the ACUPCC, which is a national network of more than 670
colleges and universities committed to eliminating net greenhouse gas emissions from campus operations and
promoting the education and research needed for the rest of society to do the same.
The AMS Education Program is also CO-PI on a planning grant awarded by NSF OEDG to The Consortium for
Ocean Leadership/Integrated Ocean Drilling Program’s (IODP) Deep Earth Academy (DEA). IODP and AMS, in
collaboration with James Madison University and Los Angeles Valley College, will use the grant to plan a
series of workshops for the much larger Track 2 Proposal which will help faculty at MSIs integrate investiga-
tions of ocean core data and paleoclimate information into course curricula. The proposed project promotes
sustainability and expansion of three major NSF-supported programs (including the AMS Diversity Programs
past and the current OEDG Climate Diversity grant) that will ultimately increase scientific research experiences
for MSI faculty and students, strengthening the pathway toward advanced geoscience study and careers.
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 6
EDUCATION (continued)
Promoting the Teaching of Atmospheric, Oceanographic, and Hydrologic Sciences
n NASA continues to provide grant
funding for DataStreme Earth’s
Climate System which will support
the offering of the free graduate-level
course to teachers for an additional
three semesters.
n The AMS Project Atmosphere and
the AMS Maury Project programs
train teachers for leadership roles
within their schools, school districts,
and states. Trained teachers offer
workshops to peers and provide the
expertise and leadership needed to
deliver the AMS DataStreme courses.
Nineteen teachers completed Project
Atmosphere and 25 completed the
Maury Project in 2011. Project
Jim Brey, Education Program Director, discusses the geology and shoreline changes of Green Bay and
Atmosphere has been supported by Lake Michigan during the Ice Ages for AERAs.
NSF, NOAA, and AMS and is hosted
by NOAA’s National Weather Service
at the Training Center in Kansas
City. The Maury Project is supported
by the United States Navy and is
hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy
in Annapolis.
n AMS Weather Studies, Ocean
Studies, and Climate Studies course
packages continue to be marketed
to undergraduate institutions. There
have been almost 700 institutional
licenses issued to date for the three
courses. Active marketing of these
exciting learning packages occurs at
major professional conferences for Joe Moran, AMS Education Program,
describes the impact on Wisconsin’s
educators throughout the year. The development of the Peshtigo fire of
course materials featuring real-time, n The AMS Education Resource October 8, 1871 that created a
real-world data are most often used Associates (AERA) program Summer firestorm (“tornado”). It is little known
Training 2011 was held in June for because of the famous simultaneous
at community colleges, small liberal Chicago fire.
arts colleges, and universities and over 50 AERAs and DataStreme
these materials may be the leading Local Implementation Team leaders
curriculum for these disciplines at the University of Wisconsin Green
within online programs. The weather Bay, in partnership with the NOAA
and ocean courses have been adopted NWSFO in Green Bay. The summer
by the U.S. Navy for the professional training is designed to bring our
development of sailors around teacher leadership corps up to
the world. speed with the latest science. A
special focus on the 2011 training
was climate modeling.
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 7
MEMBERSHIP
Delivering Value to Our Members
2011 HIGHLIGHTS OTHER ACTIVITIES IN 2011 • Member and nonmember
Last year, the Society received 1,517 surveys. During 2011, members,
n The AMS Membership Committee was
new member applications. The total former members, nonmember
very active in 2011, meeting monthly meeting attendees and journal
number of members at year’s end to discuss ways in which AMS could
was 13,672; a slight decline compared authors, and member and
better serve national members, chapter nonmember broadcast meteorologists
to the last couple of years.
members, and others in the weather and were surveyed as to how AMS
n Over one-third (593) of the climate enterprise. Committee initiatives might better meet their needs. The
applications received were for full during 2011 include: membership committee will use the
Member status. The total number of results of these surveys to better focus
full Members at the end of 2011 was n Networking reception its attention in the coming year.
just over 9,800 (includes Members, for Students and Young
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Members with Student Privileges, Professionals. Advancing the atmospheric
The first of these annual events
and related sciences,
Fellows, and Honorary Members). technologies, applications,
and services for the
benefit of society.
took place at the 91st Annual
n In 2011 the AMS received 773 Meeting in Seattle, and was attended
applications from students and by over 400 students and early
ended 2011 with a total of 2,407 career professionals looking for an
Student Members. opportunity to meet and network
n Members continue to take advantage with others beginning their careers. American Meteorological Society
www.ametsoc.org
of the online services AMS has to offer. As part of the marketing efforts for
this event, an AMS Facebook page Cover of the new AMS membership brochure
More than 50% of members renewed
their 2011 membership online and specifically for Young Professionals
18% of members chose to read Digital was created. • Membership brochure.
BAMS versus the print copy. The membership brochure, one of
n AMS Ambassador Program. AMS’s primary marketing pieces,
The 91st Annual Meeting served as has been updated to include excerpts
the location for the pilot effort of from the value proposition the
the AMS Beacons initiative. Beacons
Membership are charged with helping to create
committee completed in 2010.
(as of December 31, 2011) • AMS News You Can Use.
a welcoming atmosphere at the
Honorary Members 33 annual meeting for all attendees, and A new membership benefit added in
especially to assist first-time attendees 2011 is a weekly e-mail newsletter
Fellows 627 wherever possible. with links to a sampling of news
Members 8,906 stories in media outlets, showing how
meteorology and related sciences are
Members with being covered in the media.
Student Privileges 240
Associate Members, Voting 34
Associate Members, Nonvoting 994 Membership 5-Year Comparison
Associate Members,
AMS
Membership
Precollege Students 142 16000
14000
Associate Members,
12000
K–12 Teacher 100 CIM
10000
members
Student Members 2,421 8000
Associate
Corporation Members 175 6000
Student
(Includes 9 Sustaining; 4000
Member
75 Regular; 12 Small 2000
Business, and 79 Publications) 0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
TOTAL 13,672
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 8
MEETINGS
Enhancing the Exchange of Scientific and Technological Knowledge
It was a great year for meetings in 2011.
The year was off to a great start with the
Seattle Meeting having strong numbers
for both abstracts and attendance. Our
specialty meetings also did well over
the year as well and most came in at or
better than the projected budget.
Our Scientific and Technological Ac-
tivities Commission (STAC) Commission-
er has been busy working on the addition
of three new STAC Boards: the Board
on Environment and Health; the Board
on Data Stewardship; and the Board on
Environmental Information Processing
Technologies (formally IIPS). With these WeatherFest at the 2011 AMS Annual Meeting in Seattle.
additions the AMS STAC Commission
has 30 committees and six boards.
The meetings staff is still working 2011 HIGHLIGHTS
on securing venues for the 2024, n The Society hosted 12 meetings n A total of 516 students attended the
2028, and 2032 Annual Meetings, but in 8 cities. Student Conference at the Seattle
otherwise the annual meeting schedule Annual Meeting.
n A total of 4,965 people attended
has been filled out through 2031. We are AMS conferences and symposia n More than 110 organizations
taking advantage of the slow recovery in 2011; compared to 5,366 the exhibited at our meetings during
of the economy to negotiate low rates previous year. This reflects the 2011 compared to 100 during 2010.
for both the convention center and normal even–odd cycle with fewer n Thirteen organizations helped
sleeping rooms. Our goal is to sign with specialty meetings in odd years. sponsor AMS meeting activities.
an East Coast city since we have recently n A total of 3,487 presentations were
signed with Houston, New Orleans, and given, compared to a total of 4,233
Boulder for 2021 and beyond. papers presented in 2010.
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Presidential Forum at the 2011 AMS Annual Meeting in Seattle.
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 9AMS CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
Recognizing Competence and Fostering Professionalism
The AMS Board of Broadcast Meteorol-
ogists organized the 39th Conference on
Broadcast Meteorology, which was held Meteorologists, is charged with 2011 HIGHLIGHTS
jointly with the Conference on Weather encouraging and enabling broadcast n There were 38 broadcast
Warnings and Communication on 22–24 meteorologists to add more science and meteorologists who earned the CBM
June 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. environmental information to their Certificate, bringing the total number
The conference took advantage of the broadcasts and to raise the scientific of active CBMs to 492.
wide range of meteorological expertise literacy of viewers. Once again this year, n Ten AMS members earned the
focused in the Oklahoma City area the CSS programmed a special session Certified Consulting Meteorologist
including the University of Oklahoma, at the AMS Conference on Broadcast designation, bringing the total
the National Weather Center, the Storm Meteorology in Oklahoma City. number of active CCMs to 309.
Prediction Center, National Severe The Henry T. Harrison Award
Storms Laboratory, and the Oklahoma for Outstanding Contributions by a
Mesonet. Highlights from the conference Consulting Meteorologist was established
included a one-day short course on Real in 2011 by the
World Use of Dual Polarization Radar Board of Certi-
and its Application for Use in the Media fied Consulting
and a tour of the Storm Prediction Cen- Meteorolo-
ter. With 14 exhibiting organizations and gist (BCCM)
226 attendees, the conference was once to recognize
again a success. a consulting
In addition to their work on the meteorologist
conference, the Board also helped launch for outstanding
a new Broadcast Meteorology page Henry T. Harrison, the first contributions to
CCM of the AMS.
on the AMS Web site. In an effort to the profession,
better serve the broadcast meteorology clients, and society. Nominations will
community, the Web page is dedicated to be accepted for this new award starting
resources that broadcast meteorologists in 2012.
may find useful — including information The BCCM also continued its
on the Station Scientist initiative, efforts to market the CCM Program
certification programs, professional by completing an oral presentation on
development, upcoming meetings/ the program at the AMS Broadcast
conferences, and links to many other Meteorology Conference in June,
items of interest. The site may be submitting an abstract on the program
accessed through the Station Scientist to the National Weather Association’s
page, the AMS Certification Programs Annual Meeting, collaborating with the
page, and the drop-down menu from Board of Private Sector Meteorologists
the AMS home page. With social media on a Webinar for students about the
becoming more popular every year, the CCM Program, which was held in
Board also began working on a Facebook October, and having a manned table
page exclusively for AMS Certified at the Student Conference and Career
Broadcast Meteorologists (CBMs) Fair at the AMS Annual Meeting. In Photos from the Broadcast Conference field
and Sealholders. addition, the Board organized the CCM trip to the National Severe Storms Laboratory
in Norman, Oklahoma.
The AMS Committee on the Forum at the AMS Annual Meeting.
Station Scientist (CSS), an ad hoc
committee of the Board of Broadcast
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 10OUTREACH
Creating a More Scientifically Literate Population
2011 HIGHLIGHTS
n The WeatherFest event at the
91st Annual Meeting in Seattle was
a terrific success, with over 3,500
attendees, mostly families from the
area who took advantage of the many
hands-on activities that were fun for
all ages.
n The 91st Annual Meeting was
unique for an AMS meeting with
the inclusion of an art show that
featured artwork created through
collaborations between artists and
scientists. The show debuted during
the meeting, but was left in place in
the publicly accessible areas of the
convention center for several months Special pieces of art produced through a
following the meeting. collaboration between atmospheric scientists and
artists and displayed at the 2011 AMS Annual
n The AMS was a sponsor of the Meeting in Seattle
62nd International Science and
Engineering Fair, supplying awards
ranging from from $500 to $2,000
to recognize outstanding student
projects in the atmospheric and
related sciences. In addition, the AMS Local Chapters
AMS provided certificates of
outstanding achievement to students In 2011, the Local Chapter Affairs Committee
for their science fair projects in local (LCAC) in conjunction with the AMS Membership
science fairs in 34 states and five Committee established a Local Chapter Affairs
other countries. Newsletter to help better connect local chapters
to one another as well as to the national AMS.
n The AMS website added a number The digital newsletter is published quarterly and
of new resources for students at all contains chapter information as well as news
grade levels. from AMS Headquarters. Each issue features
an AMS local chapter. The LCAC also
established a Local Chapter Members
Facebook page to help broaden the communi-
New Statements cation between the Society and its local
The Society adopted one new chapters and a wiki page with sections on
statement in 2011: fundraising, mentoring, public outreach, and
technology, to help provide assistance to all local chapters—
• Green Meetings (Professional to those just getting started as well as for those chapters who have been active
Guidance Statement) for an extended period of time.
All AMS statements in force are
available on the AMS Web site at The following chapter was authorized in 2011, bringing the total number of active
www.ametsoc.org/policy. chapters to 128.
• Everett High School Pre-College, Everett, MA
A listing of all AMS Local Chapters is available on the AMS website.
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 11DEVELOPMENT
Aiming High to Expand Opportunities
The Society continued to receive 2011 HIGHLIGHTS
strong extramural support for n The fellowship and scholarship n The 10th Annual AMS Student
programs through members, corporate program celebrated its 21st year Conference, supported almost
sponsorships, and grants from federal which, since its inception, has solely with member donations,
agencies. These programs, many of awarded $8.8 million to over attracted over 500 students. The
which are student related, could not be 950 outstanding, young students two-day conference focused on
implemented without external funding. thanks to the generous support of areas surrounding the theme,
AMS members, corporations, and “Communicating Weather and
government agencies. For 2011, AMS Climate — The Role of a Young
awarded 11 fellowships and Scientist” and provided students with
Corporate Partners 42 scholarships, nine of which valuable graduate school and career
are endowed. information, including a networking
In 2011, Lockheed Martin and ITT reception that featured over 60
Exelis renewed their support as AMS n With member contributions, AMS
exhibitors representing a wide array
Corporate Patrons.. was able to provide partial travel
of future career paths.
support for more than 100 students
to attend the AMS annual meeting n More than 30 corporations
in Seattle and several specialty contributed over half a million
conferences held throughout dollars to support meeting
the year. sponsorships, student programs,
and Policy Program activities.
.
Extramural support in 2011
(Rounded to the nearest thousand)
Individual Contributions $250,000
Grants $2,000,000
Sponsorships $117,000
Corporate Patron Support $200,000
1M 2M
Scholarship and Fellowship recipients and
representatives from sponsoring organizations.
Giving by Fund in 2011
Teacher Training Enhancement 2%
Policy Program 4% Member Donations
Public Awareness 2% Member
Dona+ons
$300,000
Named History of the Atmospheric
Funds 36% and related Sciences 2% $250,000
Education 6% $200,000
$150,000
Unrestricted 48%
$100,000
$50,000
$0
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 12FINANCES
Managing Resources for Optimum Growth
Significantly fluctuating economic n Another successful Annual n While 2011 was another fantastic
conditions made it a difficult year Meeting led the way to an year programmatically for
for some of the Society’s major outstanding year for our Meetings the AMS Policy Program, the
programs. While our Journals program, both financially and program fell about 10% short
programmatically. The Seattle of breaking even financially
and Meetings activities did very
meeting set a new attendance as revenue sources were not
well, advertising revenues, book record, and the specialty meetings completely sufficient to cover
sales, education textbook sales throughout the year also had program expenses for the year.
and licensing, and Policy Program good attendance. There was a
n Contributions to the AMS 21st
sponsorships and grant funding healthy increase in our exhibit
Century Campaign approached
activity fell below our budgeted program activity, and our meeting
$250,000. This total was quite
expectations. Overall, we still were sponsorship revenues showed a
a bit higher than usual and can
able to do better than our budgeted nice improvement over the
be partially attributed to two
prior year.
projection. Given the economic significant donations (Orville
picture nationwide, we were pleased n The drop in our membership Family Endowed Scholarship
to once again provide for an increase numbers (a loss of almost 200 and the Naval Weather Services
in our unrestricted net assets. The members) resulted in lower dues Association). Fellowship and
income than had been budgeted. scholarship activity remains
Society’s audited financial statements
strong. In addition to individual
are published in the August 2012 n All of the AMS Education
member contributions, over 40
issue of BAMS. Program’s individual projects
corporations contributed more
continue to operate successfully.
than $500,000 in support of
We have had to absorb
2011 HIGHLIGHTS fellowships, scholarships, and
government cuts to some of our
student travel.
n Journal subscriptions came in on programs, but we continue to
budget while page charge revenue pursue other grant sources in n The weak economy was evident
was somewhat above budget. order to extend and enhance in the Society’s investment
The slightly higher income, our educational activities. Grant portfolio, and returns, while
combined with lower-than- revenue exceeded $1 million and positive ($52,000), were down
budgeted composition and our licensing and textbook sales significantly from 2010.
print expenses, resulted in the were approximately $1.3 million.
publications of the Society
performing better than budget.
Members In Memoriam 2011 With deep regret we list below the members of the Society who died in 2011:
Franklin Badgley William Finnegan Donald Hyde Jarvis Moyers John Townsend
Joseph Balsama Paul Frenzen Masao Kanamitsu Harold Orville Paul Waite
Richard Banks Andrew Garcia Robert Karpovich Owen Phillips Harry Wappler
Celso Barrientos Charles Gordon Gerald Keeler George Reid Thomas Warner
M. I. Budyko Donald Harman Paul Kintner Yukimasa Saito Xiao Xiao
Daewon Byun Harold Harshbarger Nancy Knight Thomas Scanlon
Moustafa Chahine Joshua Holland Joachim Kuettner David Staelin
Lowell Cooke J. Leith Holloway Richard Lyle Glenn Stout
Maurice Danard Lloyd Hughes George McLean Kyle Tietze
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 13AMS VOLUNTEER John C. Schaake,
NOAA/NWS (retired)
STRUCTURE
Richard W. Spinrad,
The following Oregon State University
list provides the
membership of Ahsha N. Tribble,
all AMS boards NOAA
and committees Xubin Zeng,
in 2011. Current University of Arizona
board and Terms expire 2014
committee
membership can Thomas J. Bogdan,
be found on the NOAA/NCEP/Space
AMS website. Weather Prediction Center
Peter J. Lamb,
Officers University of Oklahoma Efi Foufoula-Georgiou Committee on Erik Andersson
President: Jonathan T. Michael C. Gregg Environmental Larry E. Brazil
Patricia A. Phoebus,
Malay, Lockheed Martin Naval Research Lab Michael D. King
Responsibility
Timothy Crum
Corporation Chair: Dian J. Seidel,
William L. Read, Gerald R. North George D. Emmitt,
President-Elect: Louis NOAA/National CCM CCM
W. Uccellini, NOAA/ Timothy N. Palmer
Hurricane Center Christine L. Alex John D. Horel
NWS/NCEP Jonathan T. Malay,
H. Joe Witte, News Non-voting Ex Officio Jennifer C. Alexander Scott T. Jacobs
Executive Director: Keith Channel 8/WJLA
L. Seitter, CCM, Richard Dale Clark Kevin E. Kelleher
Awards Oversight
American Meteorological Eugene C. Cordero Valliappa
Society Committee
COMMITTEES OF Rebecca Haacker- Lakshmanan
Secretary-Treasurer: Chair: Margaret A. Santos
THE EXECUTIVE LeMone Nazila Merati
Richard D. Rosen, Thomas M. Hamill
NOAA/Climate COMMITTEE Past Chair: Thomas R. Nancy N. Soreide
Program Office Karl Emerson N. LaJoie Mark Yeary
Annual Meeting Caroline Normile
Past Presidents Mary M. Cairns,
Oversight Ex Officio
Investments
Kathleen V. Schreiber
Thomas R. Karl, Chair: Christopher S. Chair: Paul D. Try
Kerry A. Emanuel,
NOAA/National Velden History of the
Ex Officio John J. Cahir
Climatic Data Center Atmospheric
Timothy J. Brown Michael C. Gregg, Barbara Feiner
Margaret A. LeMone, Sciences
William P. Mahoney Ex Officio Committee Dan J. Wilson
National Center for
Atmospheric Research Christa D. Peters- David P. Jorgensen, Jonathan T. Malay,
Lidard Ex Officio Chair: Roger D.
Turner Ex Officio
Councilors Jonathan T. Malay,
Zhaoxia Pu Richard D. Rosen,
Ex Officio Derek S. Arndt
Terms Expire 2012 Yvette P. Richardson Ex Officio
Leonard J. Pietrafesa, Lourdes B. Aviles
Lee E. Branscome, Timothy J. Schmit Julie Ann Winkler,
CCM, Climatological Ex Officio Gregory Cushman Ex Officio
Consulting Corp. Bruce Glenn Thomas,
CBM Eugene S. Takle, Vanda Grubisic
Anne R. Douglass, CCM, Ex Officio Local Chapter
Mary M. Cairns, Jean Phillips
NASA/Goddard Space Affairs
Ex Officio Jay J. Trobec, CCM, Richard C. J.
Flight Center CBM, Ex Officio Committee
Jonathan T. Malay, Somerville
Robert Michael Louis W. Uccellini, Chair: Chad M.
Ex Officio James R. Fleming, Kauffman
Hardesty, NOAA/ Ex Officio Non-voting Ex Officio
Earth System Research Louis W. Uccellini, Chair-Elect:
Laboratory Ex Officio Richard D. Rosen, Kathleen Legg,
Ex Officio Christopher J. Schultz
Non-voting Ex Officio
Jill F. Hasling, CCM, Atmospheric Robert J. Gottlieb
Weather Research Center Committee on Interactive
Research Awards James M. Kurdzo
Rebecca E. Morss, Development Information
Committee Steve E. G. Ladochy
National Center for Chair: Susan K. Avery and Processing
Atmospheric Research Chair: Kerry A. Kristine A. Nelson
Richard D. Rosen, Systems
Emanuel
Terms expire 2013 Ex Officio William Forrest R. Bruce Telfeyan
Chair-Elect: Robert
Kenneth F. Carey, A. Houze Roberts, Co-Chairperson Marcus Walter
Noblis, Inc. Thomas M. Charles C. Woodrum
Kelvin Droegemeier
Whittaker,
Co-Chairperson
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 14Membership Ad Hoc Graeme L. Stephens COMMISSION ON Committee on the
Committee Committee on Steven M. Zubrick PROFESSIONAL Station Scientist
Data Stewardship
Chair: Kenneth F. Jonathan T. Malay, AFFAIRS Chair: Paul H. Gross,
Carey Chair: Mohan K. Ex Officio CCM, CBM
Ramamurthy Commissioner: Jay J.
Randall G. Bass Fellows Trobec, CCM, CBM Kelly Beatty
Kenneth F. Dewey Mark R. Anderson Michael J. Ehrenberg,
Chair: Thomas R. Members:
Sarah M. Dillingham David C. Bader Commissioner and CBM
Karl
Sheldon D. Drobot John J. Bates the Chairpersons of Sara B. Espinoza
Past Chair: Walter F. the constituent Boards
Gina M. Eosco Fredrick R. Branski Dabberdt James T. Gandy, CBM
Jill F. Hasling, CCM Howard J. Diamond William R. Bergen Board of George D. Lessens,
Jan F. Dutton Broadcast CBM
Kimberly E. Klockow William H. Brune
Meteorology Emilie M. Lorditch
Lysa G. Modica, Eric J. Floehr Simon W. Chang
CCM Chair: Tammara J. Davis Nolan
Gene Major Robert M. Rauber, Souza, CBM Linda A. Paige, CCM,
Kenneth W. Reeves Nazila Merati CCM
Richard N. Berler, CBM
Wendy Schreiber- Jean Phillips John R. Toohey- CBM
Abshire Morales, CCM, CBM Sean K. Potter, CCM,
Ward R. Seguin Michael J. Ehrenberg, CBM
J. Marshall Shepherd Julie Ann Winkler CBM
Peter M. Steurer Patrick T. Powell,
Matthew Sitkowski Jonathan T. Malay, Robert W. Eicher, CBM
Ted L. Tsui Non-voting Ex Officio
Xubin Zeng CBM Danny E. Satterfield,
Christopher S. Velden
Jonathan T. Malay, Public Policy Drew M. Jackson, CBM
Junhong Wang CBM
Ex Officio Chair: Jonathan T. Robert W. Eicher,
Steven J. Worley Ross M. Janssen, CBM, Ex Officio
Richard D. Rosen, Malay
Ex Officio Martin Yapur CBM Randee Exler,
Mary M. Cairns
Mary Kay Kleist, Ex Officio
Nominating Walter F. Dabberdt CBM Deborah Silter,
Committee COMMITTEES OF Thomas R. Karl Paul G. Knight, Ex Officio
Chair: George L. THE COUNCIL Margaret A. LeMone CCM, CBM
Frederick, CCM
Eugene S. Takle,
Board of
Kristie J. Kubovic,
Chair-Elect: James F. Awards CCM Certified
CBM
Kimpel, CCM Nominations Consulting
Committee Jay J. Trobec, CCM, Joseph G. Murgo, Meteorologists
Phillip A. Arkin CBM CBM
Susan K. Avery Chair: Elbert W. Friday Chair: Bernard N.
Ad Hoc Maureen McCann,
Past Chair: John T. Meisner, CCM
Jenni Evans Committee on CBM
Snow, CCM Elizabeth J. Austin,
Paul D. Try Statements Christopher M.
Chair-Elect: Pamela L. CCM
Jonathan T. Malay, Wright, CBM
Stephens Chair: Rebecca E. Timothy Scott Dye,
Non-voting Ex Officio Morss Board of CCM
David Atlas, CCM
Richard D. Rosen, Mary M. Cairns Broadcast Paul M. Fransioli,
Non-voting Ex Officio Otis B. Brown Meteorology
Anne R. Douglass CCM
Franco Einaudi Standing Panel
Oceanographic Jill F. Hasling, CCM Stephen W. Harned,
Research Awards Kristina B. Katsaros Ivan Cabrera CCM
Jonathan T. Malay
Committee Jack A. Kaye Luis R. Carrera, John F. Henz, CCM
John C. Schaake
Chair: Michael C. Dennis P. Lettenmaier CBM Jerry D. Hill, CCM
Ahsha N. Tribble
Gregg Walter A. Lyons, Fidel C. Ferro H. Michael Mogil,
Marie-Claire Colton CCM Executive Ada R. Monzon, CCM, CBM
Kerry A. Emanuel Stanley L. Marsh, Director CBM Adrian A. Ritchie, Jr.,
CCM Emeritus Eduardo Rodriguez, CCM
Christopher W. Fairall
Sharon E. Nicholson Richard E. Hallgren CBM Jason C. Shafer, CCM
W. Timothy Liu
Robert T. Ryan, Ronald D. McPherson Tammara J. Souza, Kenneth H.
H. Thomas Rossby CCM, CBM CBM Underwood, CCM
Lynne D. Talley Keith L. Seitter, CCM Jay J. Trobec, CCM, Richard J. Westergard,
Jonathan T. Malay, Richard W. Spinrad CBM CCM
Non-voting Ex Officio
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 15Board for Bernard N. Meisner, Science Reporting JAS Editors: Sue Grimmond
Operational CCM by a Broadcast Bruce Albrecht Mark R. Hjelmfelt
Government Elizabeth Meteorologist Ming Cai John Horel
Meteorologists Mulvihill Page Award Committee
Rolando R. Garcia Michael Kiefer
Chair: Andrew L. Outstanding Chair: Paul H. Gross,
Molthan CCM, CBM Joanna D. Haigh Kevin R. Knupp
Contribution
Jennifer C. Alexander Kelly Beatty Robert A. Houze Narasimhan Larkin
to the Advance
Matthew T. Friedlein of Applied Richard N. Berler, John M. Wallace John Lenters
Kelly G. Godsey Meteorology CBM Shigeo Yoden Thomas L. Mote
Award Committee Robert W. Eicher, JAS Associate Editors: Shaima Nasiri
John L. Guiney
Chair: D. Matthew CBM Joan Alexander Devdutta S. Niyogi
Jared L. Guyer Coleman Sara B. Espinoza Scott Braun Thomas Rickenbach
Richard D. Knabb Kyle A. Beatty, CCM Randee Exler Winston C. Chao Scott Robeson
David R. Novak Ryan P. Boyles James T. Gandy, CBM David C. Fritts Alexander V. Ryzhkov
JoBeth Minniear, Mary M. Cairns
Student Member George D. Lessens, Wojciech W. David Tobin
Peter C. Clement CBM Grabowski Ping Yang
Emilie M. Lorditch Peter Howard Haynes
Maureen McCann, Board of
Jeffrey R. Key
CBM the Journal
Sukyoung Lee of Physical
Joseph G. Murgo,
CBM Sally McFarlane Oceanography
Davis Nolan David Nolan JPO Chief Editor:
Linda A. Paige, William J. Randel Michael A. Spall
CCM, CBM Richard K. Scott JPO Editors:
Sean K. Potter, David Thompson Eric Firing
CCM, CBM Gabriel A. Vecchi Eric L. Kunze
Patrick T. Powell, Ping Yang Parker MacCready
CBM
George Young Jerome A. Smith
Danny E. Satterfield,
CBM Board of the Kevin Speer
Deborah Sliter Journal of Applied JPO Associate Editors:
Jay J. Trobec, Meteorology and John Barth
Board for
Judah Levi Cohen CCM, CBM Climatology
Private Sector Antonio J. Busalacchi
Meteorologists Cranston R. Coleman JAMC Chief Editor: Paola Cessi
Chair: D. Matthew Laura M. Edwards Robert M. Rauber, Eric A. D’Asaro
Coleman PUBLICATIONS CCM
Jonathan C. James B. Edson
Kyle A. Beatty, CCM Gottschalck COMMISSION JAMC Editors:
Gregory M. Flato
Peter C. Clement Melissa L. Griffin Commissioner: Bryan A. Baum
David P. Jorgensen Christopher J. Garrett
Timothy J. Hall, Timothy J. Hall, Joseph J. Charney
CCM Members: Peter R. Gent
CCM David A. R.
Fiona M. Horsfall Commissioner and Kristovich Robert W. Hallberg
James T. Johnson
Chief Editors of Neil F. Laird Thomas H. C.
H. Michael Mogil, James T. Johnson
periodicals and serials Herbers
CCM, CBM H. Michael Mogil, Stephen W. Nesbitt
Members at Large: Nelson G. Hogg
CCM, CBM J. Marshall Shepherd
Board on Joseph B. Klemp Gregory C. Johnson
Continuing Timothy W. Owen JAMC Associate Editors:
Robert E. Livezey Steven J. Lentz
Professional Steven M. Quiring Emmanouil N.
Development William C. Skamarock Anagnostou Douglas S. Luther
Nancy J. Selover
Chair: Daphne S. Mark D. Svoboda Board of the Sundar A. Julian P. McCreary
LaDue Journal of the Christopher Roger M. Samelson
Matthew E. Gaffner Atmospheric Art DeGaetano Clinton Winant
Sciences Stephan DeWekker
Wesley R. Hyduke
Pamela Naber Knox, JAS Chief Editor: Brenda Dolan
CCM Ka-Kit Tung
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 16Board of the Russ Schumacher Timothy M. DelSole Renato Vitolo JHM Associate Editors:
Monthly Weather Victoria Sinclair Nathan Gillett Hans von Storch Raymond W. Arritt
Review Marika M. Holland Chunzai Wang Michael G. Bosilovich
Jason Sippel
MWR Chief Editor: Ricardo Todling Amanda H. Lynch Song Yang Donald Cline
David M. Schultz Ryan Torn Eric D. Maloney Chidong Zhang Michael Dettinger
MWR Editors: Frederick Vitart James A. Renwick Minghua Zhang Janet Hardy
George H. Bryan Xuguang Wang Brian J. Soden Francis W. Zwiers Terri S. Hogue
Joshua Hacker Hilary Weller Kevin J. Walsh Kuo-lin Hsu
Board of Weather
Jim Hansen George S. Young Robert Wood and Forecasting George J. Huffman
Patrick A. Harr Gunther Zangil Renguang Wu Christopher Kidd
WAF Chief Editor:
Herschel L. Mitchell JCLI Associate Editors: Anne W. Nolin
Board of the William A. Gallus
Todd Darwin Ringler Journal of Richard P. Allan Thomas Piechota
WAF Editors:
Matthew C. Wheeler Atmospheric Mathew A. Barlow Guido Salvucci
Brian Anthony Colle
Fuqing Zhang and Oceanic Cecilia M. Bitz Sonia Seneviratne
Technology Philip N. Schumacher
MWR Associate Editors: Gregory E. Bodeker Matthew Sturm
Da-Lin Zhang
Altug Aksoy JTECH Co-Chief
Andrew Charlton- WAF Associate Editors: Earth Interactions
Editors:
Jeffrey Lowe Perez
Anderson V. Chandrasekar Brian Ancell EI Chief Editor:
John C. Chiang
Magdalena Peter C. Chu Michael E. Baldwin Rezaul Mahmood
Peter U. Clark
Balmaseda JTECH Editors: David R. Bright
Judah Levi Cohen Board of the
Peter Banacos William J. Emery Harold Edward Weather, Climate,
Yi Deng Brooks
Neill Bowler Wayne F. Feltz and Society
Eric T. DeWeaver Matthew J. Bunkers
Mark Buehner David M. Fratantoni Journal
Matthew England Daniel J. Cecil
Kristen L. Corbosiero Julie Haggerty WCAS Chief Editor:
Soci Jason Evans Adam Clark
Li Dong JTECH Associate Roberta Balstad
Paul Field Mark DeMaria
Matthew D. Eastin Editors: WCAS Editors:
Melissa P. Free Jun Du
Robert Fovell Luca Baldini Kirstin Dow
Dennis L. Hartmann Elizabeth Ebert
Almut Gassmann Peter Brewer Jeffrey K. Lazo
Gabriele C. Hegerl Jeremy Grams
Renate Hagedorn Curtis A. Collins Ben Orlove
Xianglei Huang Eric G. Hoffman
Daniel Hodyss Bruce D. Cornuelle WCAS Associate
Christian Jakob Ian T. Jolliffe Editors:
Huang-Hsiung Hsu Lee-Lueng Fu
Thomas R. Knutson Paul M. Markowski Neil Adger
Juan C. Jusem Leonid M. Ivanov
Dorothy Koch Lynn McMurdie Kenneth Broad
Jeff D. Kepert Pavlos Kollias
Benjamin Lintner David Novak Heidi M. Cullen
Todd P. Lane Ren-Chieh Lien
Bradfield Lyon Daran L. Rife Susan L. Cutter
Timothy J. Lang Jeffrey D. Paduan
Brent A. McDaniel Robert F. Rogers Genene M. Fisher
Peter Hjort Lauritzen Hartmut Peters
Gregory M. Edward J. Szoke Eve Gruntfest
Olwijn Leeuwenburg Albert J.
McFarquhar
Plueddemann Istvan Szunyogh Kristine C. Harper
Brant Liebmann Gerald A. Meehl
Christoph Senff Ryan D. Torn Grete K. Hovelsrud
Sharanya J. Masami Nonaka
Majumdar Lynn K. Shay Yuqing Wang Vladimir Jankovic
Judith Perlwitz
Olivia Caroline Mark Trevorrow Christopher Wikle Anthony Leiserowitz
Martius Richard W. Reynolds
David D. Turner Daniel S. Wilks Maria Carmen M.
Ron James William B. Rossow Lemos
McTaggart-Cowan Board of the Oleg Saenko Board of the
Journal of Journal of Hydro- Amanda H. Lynch
Zhiyong Meng Climate Gavin A. Schmidt Detlef Sprinz
meteorology
Ramachandran Nair Peter A. Stott Elke U. Weber
JCLI Chief Editor: JHM Chief Editor:
Yvette Richardson David W. J. Gary Yohe
Anthony J. Broccoli Ana Paula Barros
James Risbey Thompson
JCLI Editors: JHM Editors:
Robert F. Rogers Hiroaki Ueda
Aiguo Dai Wade T. Crow
Paul E. Roundy Gabriel A. Vecchi
William J. Gutowski
AMS ANNUAL REPORT 2011 w w w. a m e t s o c . o r g 17Applied Thomas W. N. Haine
Climatology George N. Kiladis
Chair: Laura M. Claudia Pasquero
Edwards Tiffany A. Shaw
Barbara E. Boustead Leif N. Thomas
Ryan P. Boyles Timothy M. Merlis,
Judah Levi Cohen Student Member
Gregg M. Garfin Atmospheric
Jonathan C. Chemistry
Gottschalck
Chair: Renyi Zhang
Melissa L. Griffin
J. R. Arnold
Fiona M. Horsfall
Robert A. Elleman
Timothy W. Owen
Juliane L. Fry
Steven M. Quiring
Bertram T. Jobson
Nancy J. Selover
Nicholas Meskhidze
Mark D. Svoboda
Nicole Molders
Bulletin of Meteorological SCIENTIFIC AND Patricia M. Lawston,
the American and Geoastro- Student Member Steven E. Peckham
TECHNOLOGI- Jochen Stutz
Meteorological physical Abstracts Perdinan,
Society CAL ACTIVITIES Student Member
Keith L. Seitter, Terry L. Lathem,
COMMISSION Student Member
BAMS Editor-in-Chief: CCM, Managing Editor Artificial
MGA Chair: Maria A. Commissioner:
Jeff Rosenfeld Mary M. Cairns Intelligence Atmospheric
Keith L. Seitter, Latyszewskyj Applications to Electricity
Adam Arnold Members: Environmental
CCM, Managing Editor Commissioner and Chair: Timothy J. Lang
Chair: Jeff S. Gregory P. Byrd Science
the Chairpersons Wiebke Deierling
Waldstreicher Mark Hyer of the constituent Chair: John K.
Kristin M. Kuhlman
Peter D. Blanken Committees and Williams
Paula McCoy Edward Mansell
Boards Michael E. Baldwin
Sandrine Bony Jean Phillips Gregory Ray Patrick
Paul J. Croft Julia (Judie) H.
Agricultural Jeffrey B. Basara
and Forest William P. Roeder
Clara Deser Triplehorn Alex J. Cannon
Meteorology Kimberly L. Elmore,
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