BAMOS
Sep 2019
It wasn't all about the conference though, with side‑events and outings creating opportunities to explore Darwin and
network in a relaxed environment. Some key highlights included: the outdoor setting at the conference dinner (left;
Source: Sonya Fiddes), the field excursion to Gunn Point (middle; Source: Sonya Fiddes) and the delegates also had an
opportunity to meet "Sweetheart" at the Museum (right; Source: Suzanne Kenyon).
Networking and experiencing Darwin
The conference dinner was delightfully held on the lawns of the
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory overlooking
Darwin Harbour and offered a night of relaxed conversation,
tasty food and local music. The Museum was open to
AMOS‑ICTMO delegates before dinner and we could explore
aboriginal artworks and learn about the legend of a rather
large crocodile called “Sweetheart”, among other displays. The
Cyclone Tracy exhibit was naturally popular with the crowd.
Delegates could enter into a sound booth and listen to the
eerie roars and rumbles recorded during the devastating 1974
Category‑4 cyclone.
The following night, AMOS‑ICTMO 2019 had a VIP seating area at
the Mindil Beach Markets; however, many delegates escaped to
the beach to watch the spectacular sunset. The markets offered
local delicacies such as barramundi, kangaroo & crocodile and
a variety of international cuisines with over 60 food stalls from
across the world.
A field excursion was funded by CSIRO to visit the Northern
Territory Baseline Air Pollution Station (NT BAPS) located at
Gunn Point, 40 km northeast of Darwin. The site is within the
WMO Global Atmospheric Watch Program and measures
greenhouse gases, aerosols, reactive gases, radon, and other
meteorology parameters critical to monitoring natural and
anthropogenic atmospheric processes in northern Australia.
Technical support for the site is provided by youth rangers from
the Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation—another great
example of science and community working together in the
Top End.
Source: Ben Domensino
AMOS‑ICTMO 2019 couldn’t have done it
without you
Many thanks to the generous sponsors, partners and supporters
for AMOS‑ICTMO 2019: CSIRO, the Bureau of Meteorology, NCI
Australia, NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub, Vaisala,
NSW Government Office of Environment & Heritage, Australian
Institute of Marine Science, CSIRO Marine National Facility,
ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, and American
Meteorology Society. Sponsorship was used to support student
attendance, plenary speakers, special sessions, workshops
and conference child care. It also allowed conference travel
support for several early career researchers from countries with
developing economies.
We’d also like to acknowledge the team effort involved in
organising AMOS‑ICTMO 2019. In particular the work by Jeanette
Dargaville (all‑round AMOS legend), Thomas Kavanagh, Andrew
Marshall, Matt Wheeler (ICTMO co‑convenor), Roger Smith
(ICTMO co‑convenor), Melissa Lyne, Annette Stellema, Angela
Maharaj, Alex Sen Gupta, Veronica Tamsitt and Ian Shepherd, as
well as the many others who helped make AMOS‑ICTMO 2019
an enjoyable and successful conference.
And with that the sun sets on the conference for another
year—see you in Fremantle in February 2020.
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