Big Bang Fair
Science Fair for Schools
On 11th-13th March the Society will be taking part in this years Big Bang Science Fair which is to take place at Manchester Central.
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What's New
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The Society on Climate Change
The Society regulary comments on and is involved in discussion about climate change.
Read our last three press releases:
Climatic Research Unit
Young meteorologists comments on climate change
Climate change communique from 6 Chief Executives -
Sense About Science
The Society were involved in the Sense About Science event at Oxford University.
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Gifts, gifts, gifts!
Are you looking for a gift for a special person or a birthday? Why not try
RMetS membership as a gift, or our mugs, or our
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New Site Climate4Classrooms.org
Just Launched!
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Wires Climate Change (WCC)
Just Launched!
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FREE Video Conferencing with the Met Office
There are still some free video conferencing places left for Key Stages 1 through 5. These are hosted by the Met Office and take place in January and February 2010
Free Weather
Find out More >>Real Time Weather Data
For a limited period up to Feb 2010, the Met Office are placing real-time 500m/5 minute resolution radar data on their external website.
Only three areas are available at present - Devon Central, Glasgow/Edinburgh and London.
Find out more >>Gareth Roberts Science Policy Lecture
Professor Sir David King gives the second Gareth Roberts Science Policy Lecture is now available from the Science Council website.
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Climate Change Communiqué from Six Chief Executives
The communiqué calls for strong leadership and urgent action from all parties attending the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen during December, in agreeing a new framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Calculate your Carbon Footprint
How much energy do you use? What can you do to reduce your carbon dioxide emissions? Use this interactive calculator as a fun way to find out
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Society launch Strategic Plan
The Society are delighted to announce the launch of their new Strategic Plan.
The Plan covers the years 2009 - 2011 and can be downloaded below
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QJ in the News
A Current Classic
A Quarterly Journal article has been designated a "Current Classic in field of Geoscience
‘The ERA-40 re-analysis’ was published in the Quarterly Journal in 2005 (2961–3012, Part B, October 2005). -
Special Edition of Met Apps
Flood Forecasting and Warning
Edited by Kirby James, Peter Ryder, John Curtin,
and Chris Collier
This collection of papers illustrates some of the main themes of current research and operations in this important and interesting field.
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The FREE Programme
Flood Risk from Extreme Events (FREE), is a NERC Research Programme investing in research to predict floods minutes to weeks and seasons to decades ahead.
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New Quality Standard
The Society launched a Pilot Project to look into the feasibility of introducing a Quality Standard for Weather Service Providers.
Details and draft documentation are available for download
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Spotlight on Chartered Meteorologists
Lieutenant Commander Gunn is one of our Chartered Meteorologists.
Find out more about him and other chartered meteorologists.
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Careers in meteorology
Meteorologists work in a range of areas from weather forecasting to climatology and from horticulture to building dams and operating oil rigs, investigating climate change, the design of new instruments and the use of modern communications.
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