BAMOS
Dec 2019
Contents
4
3
President’s report
8 News
10 AMOS Awards 2019
13 Two new AMOS Fellows elected
14 2019 AMOS Art Competition winners
18 Extreme Event Attribution in Australia
20 How Himawari‐8 data revolutionised
the work of Bureau Forecasters
22 Science meets Parliament 2019
25 Charts of the Past with Blair Trewin
26 Seasonal Snaps
28 Calendar and JSHESS Contents
Belinda Campbell
Editor
With 2019 coming to a close, we reflect on a wonderful year for
AMOS and celebrate some achievements of our members and
community. This issue of BAMOS is packed with announcements
on award winners, promotions and the election of Fellows, plus
the results of the annual Art Competition.
In this edition, we feature the “Year in Review” from AMOS
President, Andrew Marshall, a great recap of key events,
engagements and publications that AMOS have led over the past
12 months. It has been a busy wrap to the year for Andrew as he
also penned his last column as President for this issue, and what
interesting, engaging, topical columns they have been.
We also hear from superstar Linden Ashcroft about her first year
in the Superstars of STEM program. It is great to be able to gain
some insights into the program and what it means for those
involved. As part of her paricipation in the Superstars of STEM
program, Linden also had the opportunity to attend Science
meets Parliament and teamed up with other AMOS members to
provide an insightful summary of the event. The role of science in
driving policy and government outcomes comes through clearly
and the co-authors provide some practical take-home messages
and links for BAMOS readers.
To round out the issue, a team from the Bureau of Meteorology
have published a summary of their survey into the impact of the
Himawari-8 satellite on forecasting applications and operations.
Read all about it in this issue.
On behalf of the BAMOS Editorial team, we hope you enjoy this
holiday reading pack and wish you all well this festive season.
ISSN 1035‑6576
Editor: Belinda Campbell
Editors‑in‑Chief: Damien Irving, Linden Ashcroft
Assistant Editors: Diana Greenslade, Melissa Lyne and Blair Trewin
Design: Jeanette Dargaville
Publisher: AMOS, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia
Submission deadline for next issue: 21 February 2019
Contact and submit pieces: [email protected]. Submission
guidelines are available online and at the end of this issue.
Image: Cirrocumulus clouds speckle the sky. Source: Belinda Campbell
Cover image: Asperitas clouds over eastern Melbourne. Source: Belinda
Campbell
Other images in this publication: Photographs without a specified
source are obtained via the ‘pexels’ website and hyperlinked to the
original image online.
We look forward to bringing you more great editions of BAMOS
in 2020!