We are very sad to hear that Prof Konrad Steffen has died while carrying out fieldwork in Greenland. Koni provided outstanding leadership within the polar science community over many years and is be sadly missed.

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic it has been decided that there will be no IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO face-to-face meeting in Busan in July 2021. An online virtual meeting is being planned and we will post details here as they develop.
The next face-to-face assembly meeting will be with the IUGG assembly meeting in Berlin, Germany in 2023.

IAMAS is sad to hear of the passing of Michael Mishchenko of NASA. A remarkable scientist who will be sadly missed. We offer our sincere condolences to his family.

Call for Applications for an Early-Career Scientist to Join the IAMAS Bureau

Deadline to apply has been extended to July 31, 2020

The International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) is an international non-governmental organization whose vision is to advance international atmospheric research, within and across disciplines, by stimulating international cooperation in atmospheric sciences.

The call for applications for an Early-Career Scientist (ECS) to join the IAMAS Bureau is open. The ECS will help the EC reach out to the broader early-career community and get it involved into IAMAS activities. Information on how to apply is available here.

BACO-21

We at IAMAS hope you are all healthy, and doing well during this COVID-19 pandemic. Planning for BACO-21 in 2021 continues; any decision to cancel will not occur until the end of the year. For updates see:
http://baco-21.org/2021/english/main/index_en.asp

See the meetings page for IAMAS sponsored meetings that have been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AAS Special Issue

The IAMAS associated journal — Advances in Atmospheric Sciences — has published a special issue on Antarctic Meteorology and Climate: Past, Present and Future. https://link.springer.com/journal/376/37/5

IAMAS

Welcome to the web site of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS). We are a non-governmental body devoted to the promotion and advancement of a wide range of atmospheric sciences through conferences, workshops and publications.

We are one of the eight associations of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and cooperate with the other associations in cross-disciplinary activities. We also maintain close links with other bodies concerned with Earth sciences, such as the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the Scientific Committee on Ocean Research (SCOR), the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Scientific Committee on Solar Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).

Much of the work of IAMAS is carried out by its 10 commissions:

The International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP)
The International Commission on Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE)
The International Commission on Climate (ICCL)
The International Commission on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP)
The International Commission on Dynamical Meteorology (ICDM)
The International Commission on the Middle Atmosphere (ICMA)
The International Commission on Planetary Atmospheres and their Evolution (ICPAE)
The International Commission on Polar Meteorology (ICPM)
The International Ozone Commission (IOC)
The International Radiation Commission (IRC)

The commissions publish various reports and organize their own workshops and symposia, both on their own and in association with other organizations. Further details on the commissions can be found on their web sites, which can be accessed via the links above.

The day-to-day management of the organization is dealt with by its Bureau and guided by the IAMAS statutes. The Bureau is responsible to the Executive Committee.

To contact IAMAS please email the Secretary-General, Prof. Steve Ackerman (stevea@ssec.wisc.edu).


Joyce Penner, USA IAMAS-President (2019-)	Steve Ackerman, USA IAMAS-Secretary-General (2019-)