President’s Note

 

Just a reminder that the joint conference of the NZ Hydrological Society and Meteorological Society of NZ, will be held in Shantytown/Greymouth 18 - 20 November 2008. The theme this year is Meteorological and Hydrological Extremes. Abstract Submissions for the conference are now live and the link to the submission page is http://www.on-cue.co.nz/nzhsabstract.htm. The Closing Date for Abstract Submission is 3 October 2008. It should be an exciting conference in a very attractive part of New Zealand. Busses are being run from Nelson and Christchurch to get people to and from the conference. Either of these trips would be a great opportunity to see how the Meteorology and Hydrology change as you traverse the Southern Alps.

 

I’ve been laid up in bed with the ‘flu for the last week. This gave me time to reflect on the fact that although we hear a lot in the media about Climate change and its repercussions mother nature can still throw up a curve ball or two in the form of snow to low levels and severe gales in the daily weather. Although we are a lot better at it than when I joined the Met Service 32! years ago it is still a challenge to forecast the small scale detail correctly.

 

So be careful on the roads over the next month or so – watch out for cyclists doing their bit to mitigate global warming. As Jim Salinger would say maximum temperatures next month will be warmer than this month (on average).

 

Mike Revell.

 

 

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The 2008 NZHS & MSNZ

Joint tAnnual Conference

Shantytown/Greymouth, 18 -20 November 2008

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Conference Theme: Extremes  - Atmospheric and Oceanic

This year's conference is going to reflect on Meteorological and Hydrological extremes. What better place to  hold this symposium than on New Zealand's rugged West Coast. With towering mountains, lavish rainfall,  large swift rivers, dumping surf, vast podocarp forests, wild westerlies, diverse wetlands and steep glaciers,  the West Coast is a wonderland of natural extremes.

 

Join us in Shantytown, a replica of an early West Coast gold rush town and enjoy the unique atmosphere this venue offers. The serenity of your bush surrounds will enable you to focus on the business at hand, free from the clutter and noise of big cities. Away from the conference take a stroll and network with colleagues in  one of the many historic buildings accessible to all delegates.

 

Programme Outline and Travel

To help delegates travel to Greymouth, this year's conference will not feature any workshops but will instead  offer bus trips to the West Coast. From Nelson, travel down New Zealand's iconic Buller River from its  source, or leave from Christchurch and observe the surroundings change as you cross the Alps.

 

 Monday, 17 Nov  Bus Trips from  Nelson &  Christchurch  (optional)        Evening: Icebreaker

Tuesday, 18 Nov Papers/Posters          Trade Displays                             Evening AGM

Wednesday, 19 Nov   Papers/Posters   Trade Displays                    Evening Conference Dinner

Thursday, 20 Nov   Field Trips

Friday 21 November is available for Specialist Group Meetings. The West Coast Regional Council has kindly made rooms in their offices available for meetings. If anyone is interested in holding a meeting, please contact Stefan Beaumont at stefan.beaumont@....

 

For further information please contact

The Organising Committee  Joseph Thomas, Conference Chair - joseph.thomas@...

Martin Doyle - martin.doyle@...

Charles Pearson - c.pearson@...

Stefan Beaumont - stefan.beaumont@...

 

 

REGIONAL REPORTS

 

Christchurch (Mikhail)

 

A recent talk at the University of Canterbury that was attended by local members was presented by Associate Professor Don Gardiner on

 

 El Nino and New Zealand

 

 

 

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Journal Editor’s Report (Brian)

 

 No new papers have been submitted.

 

 

 

 The next journal should be completed by  August.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo competition

 

We have had 114 entries and the judges are considering these during July.  Winner will be announced on our web site on 1 August.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The American Meteorological Society and the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society wish to encourage and promote a 'Green' Conference.

See http://www.bom.gov.au/events/9icshmo/green_guidelines.shtml

Key Dates

Deadline for short abstracts, including poster abstracts   1 August 2008

Notification of abstract and poster acceptance   15 September 2008

Early-bird registration and payment deadline    1 October 2008

Deadline for extended abstracts  23 January 2009

Call for Abstracts

The 9th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography is a joint conference of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) and will be held from 9-13 February 2009 in Melbourne, Australia. Preliminary programs, registration details, hotel, and general information will be posted on the AMS Web site (http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS) and on the Local Organising Committee web site (http://9icshmo.org) by mid-January 2008.

Poster as well as oral presentations are solicited on all aspects of the meteorology and oceanography of the Southern Hemisphere. The meeting is organised around the broad theme: "Extremes: Climate and Water in the Southern Hemisphere” Particular attention will be given to the following theme areas, however it should be stressed that a broad range of submissions are encouraged and are NOT restricted just to the following areas:

• The International Polar Year
• Ocean and Atmosphere Observations in the Southern Hemisphere
• Inter-Ocean Exchanges and Southern Hemisphere Ocean Modeling
• Earth System Science Issues in the Southern Hemisphere
• Monsoon Systems and Extremes
• Paleoclimate of the Southern Hemisphere: The Past Informing the Future
• Extremes in the Context of Interannual to Interdecadal Variability
• Weather, Climate and Hydrological Predictions in the Southern Hemisphere
• Urban climate and Air quality
• Special Session on Southern Hemisphere THORPEX
• Special Session on Pacific Island Science Activities
• Special Session on Regional Climate Change Studies in the Southern Hemisphere

The Program Committee also encourages submissions on recent scientific accomplishments and synthesis for the Southern Hemisphere for global programs like WCRP, CLIVAR, GEWEX, IGBP, GCOS, GOOS, GEOSS, and IPCC.

As is traditional for the ICSHMO Conference we typically honor a scientist who has made significant contributions to Southern Hemisphere science, and as such the Program Committee is pleased to announce a special lecture honoring Dr. Julia Nogues-Paegle who has made significant contributions involving Pan-American climate studies. Her publications on various aspects of South American climate variability (e.g., the South American Monsoon, South Atlantic Convergence Zone and Pacific South American pattern) are among the best in print and are widely cited. Dr. Nogues-Paegle was a proponent of the concept of the ICSHMO Conference and as such was the very first chair of the AMS committee on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography.

Please submit your abstract electronically via the Web by 1-August-2008. We expect to post instructions on the Conference Web page at http://9icshmo.org in April. Authors of accepted presentations will be notified (via e-mail) by 15-September-2008. There will be a limited amount of funding to support the participation in 9ICSHMO of graduate students, young scientists, or scientists from developing countries, and information on that will be available on the conference web site.

 

Unlike at past conferences, no preprint CD-ROM will be prepared. However, authors of invited and accepted papers will still be asked to contribute to the web-based proceedings of the conference by submitting an extended abstract. All extended abstracts are to be submitted electronically and will be available on-line via the Web. Instructions for formatting extended abstracts for the conference web site will be posted on the AMS Web site and on the Local Organising Committee Website. Extended abstracts must be submitted electronically by 23-January-2009 to the Conference Web page.

The 9th ICSHMO is committed to being as carbon neutral as possible, and as such will adhere to recently adopted Green meeting guidelines from the AMS that demonstrates a commitment to environmental stewardship and in particular to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with running the meeting. Therefore, the 9th ICSHMO web site will have opportunities for people to purchase carbon offsets related to their travel to the conference.

For additional information please contact the Program co-chairpersons as follows:
Howard Diamond (tel: +1-301-427-2475; e-mail: howard.diamond@...)
Kevin Walsh (tel: +61-3-8344-6523; email: kevin.walsh@...)

 

 

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