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BAMOS
Dec 2018
Bulletin December 2018
Page 12
Awards
Congratulations to the five recipients of AMOS awards in 2018
and also to the two AMOS Fellows elected. Read all about the
individuals and their contributions in this issue.
Page 20
A crowd-sourcing app
A new weather app “WeatheX” has been launched recently
and in this issue you can read all about how to use it and
the results it’s already showing. WeatheX focusses on crowd-
sourced observations of wind, hail, flooding and tornadoes.
The information goes through a manual quality control
process and is made available to researchers.
Page 26
Lessons from Antarctica
Melissa Hart shares insights from her recent adventure to
Antarctica with the Homeward Bound Women in STEMM
(science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine)
leadership program.
Page 38
Seasonal snaps
The second installment of this section presents photographs
taken around Australia in spring 2018. What did you notice
about the spring? Have a look through your own photos—
notice anything interesting? As we enter into the first part of
summer, we encourage you to enjoy the season and if you see
something interesting, please send us through your snaps!