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BAMOS
Sep 2019
News
Weather and Climate Extremes—
Special Issue announced In case you missed it
The journal Weather and Climate Extremes has announced
a Special Issue on Compound Weather and Climate Events.
Compound events are explained below. IPCC considers the Special Report on the Ocean and
Cryosphere in a Changing Climate (SROCC)
Hazards such as floods, wildfires, heatwaves
and droughts often result from a combination of
interacting physical processes that take place
across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales.
The combination of physical processes leading to an
impact is referred to as a “compound event”.
Details and forecasts relating to the sudden stratospheric
warming event
Bureau releases a special climate statement on the severe
fire weather conditions in southeast Queensland and
northeast New South Wales in September 2019
The submission portal is open to receiving submissions to
this Special Issue and the manuscript submission deadline
is 31 May 2020.
Call for expressions of interest—
Chair of the AMOS Special
Interest Group on History
The AMOS Special Interest Group on History (H‑SIG)
was formed in 2017 with the aims of researching and
documenting various aspects of meteorological and
oceanographic history in Australia and surrounds, and
making this information available to AMOS members and
to the wider community.
The position of H‑SIG Chair is now open for expressions
from any AMOS member with an interest in historical
aspects of meteorology, oceanography or related subjects.
The position of H‑SIG Chair is not expected to be onerous,
and is a terrific way to contribute to the activities of the
Society and to engage with the broader AMOS community.
To respect work‑life balance and flexible working choices,
this can also be a shared role between two co‑chairs.
Please contact the AMOS President (president@amos.
org.au) and Executive Officer (admin@amos.org.au) with
expressions of interest or for more information.
Global climate strike
Adapted from an ABC News article on the strike
On Friday 20 September 2019, the global day of action,
led by Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg,
brought hundreds of thousands of people across Australia
together to strike for climate action.
The coordinated strike was held three days before the
United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York.
Organisers were expecting millions of people to turn out
worldwide in 150 countries. In Australia, demonstrations
took place in all eight capital cities as well as 104 other
centres.
Organisers estimate 300,000 Australians gathered at
climate change rallies around the country in one of the
largest protest events in the nation's history.
Photos from across the country and locations around the
world are available via the official website of the School
Strike 4 Climate initiative.
A huge turnout at the climate strike in Melbourne on
20 September 2019. Source: Linden Ashcroft
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