Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Encyclopedia
The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) is 'the national society of individuals and organisations dedicated to advancing atmospheric and oceanic sciences and related environmental disciplines in Canada
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CMOS was officially created in 1967 as the Canadian Meteorological Society and adopted its present name in 1977, following an invitation by the Canadian Meteorological Society to the oceanographic community in Canada to join the Society. However, CMOS has a rich history dating back to 1939 when it was known as the Canadian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Society
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In 2007, CMOS issued a position statement on global warming
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The CMOS website presents a list of recipients in past years
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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CMOS was officially created in 1967 as the Canadian Meteorological Society and adopted its present name in 1977, following an invitation by the Canadian Meteorological Society to the oceanographic community in Canada to join the Society. However, CMOS has a rich history dating back to 1939 when it was known as the Canadian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Society
Royal Meteorological Society
The Royal Meteorological Society traces its origins back to 3 April 1850 when the British Meteorological Society was formed as a society the objects of which should be the advancement and extension of meteorological science by determining the laws of climate and of meteorological phenomena in general...
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In 2007, CMOS issued a position statement on global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
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- CMOS endorses the process of periodic climate science assessment carried out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeIntergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...
and supports the conclusion, in its Third Assessment Report, which states that the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate.
Notable Endorsed Weathercasters
- Steve Jacobs (meteorologist) - formerly with CFTO Toronto
- Bill Coulter - Global TV Toronto
- Brian HillBrian HillBrian Hill may refer to:*Brian Hill , American basketball coach*Brian Hill , contestant on the reality television program Top Chef*Brian Hill , British film and television director...
- 680 News Toronto - Michael Kuss - CTV British Columbia; formerly of CityTVCitytvCitytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
Toronto - Nadine Powell - The Weather NetworkThe Weather NetworkThe Weather Network is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel that broadcasts weather-related news and information 24 hours a day....
Oakville - Harold Hosein - formerly with 680 News Toronto (formerly of Environment CanadaEnvironment CanadaEnvironment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment Canada (EC) (French: Environnement Canada), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment...
and CityTVCitytvCitytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division... - Jill Taylor - 680 News Toronto
- Claire MartinClaire Martin (meteorologist)Claire Martin BSc is a national television weather presenter with CBC Television in Canada. She is a niece of Barbara Edwards, who in 1974 became the BBC's first female weather presenter in the UK...
- CBC NewsCBC NewsCBC News is the department within the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on CBC television, radio and online services...
Vancouver - Les Krifaton - KVVU-TVKVVU-TVKVVU-TV, virtual channel 5.1, is a Fox-affiliated television station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market. It is owned and operated by Meredith Corporation. It transmits its digital signal on VHF channel 9. The station's studios and transmitter are located in Henderson, its city of license...
- Brian Wood - CHCH-TVCHCH-TVCHCH-DT, channel 11, is a television station originating in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with transmitters located throughout Ontario. CHCH currently operates as an independent station, having previously served as a CBC Television affiliate, and more recently as the flagship station of the...
Hamilton
Awards issued
The Society issues a number of annual awards:- The President's Prize
- The J.P. Tully Medal in Oceanography
- The Dr. Andrew Thomson Prize in Applied Meteorology
- The Prize in Applied Oceanography
- Rube Hornstein Medal in Operational Meteorology
- Roger DaleyRoger DaleyRoger Willis Daley was a Canadian meteorologist known particularly for his work on data assimilation.-Career:Daley was born in Purley, England on January 25, 1943, but moved with his parents to Canada at an early age...
Postdoctoral Publication Award
The CMOS website presents a list of recipients in past years