AMOS Weather and Climate Citizen Science Workshop

The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) is an independent society representing the atmospheric and oceanographic sciences in Australia. It currently has over 500 members drawn from the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO, the university sector, other State and Federal agencies, as well as the private sector. Most members of AMOS are actively employed in one of the scientific fields covered by the Society, but the membership also includes university students, retired scientists, school teachers and others from the general community with an interest in weather and climate.AMOS also has an important role as a credible, independent voice for the profession. As part of this role it has established Expert Groups in areas such as climate variability, weather forecasting and physical oceanography and regularly represents the views of its members to Government, institutes and the public.

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">Do you like taking weather observations at home? Or delving into the weather of the past? </H3>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">Do you want to contribute to current scientific research? </H3>
<H3 CLASS="MsoNormal">The upcoming AMOS citizen science workshop will cover all of these topics and more.</H3>
Featuring dedicated research scientists from the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, you will discover how to become a weather and climate citizen scientist.
You'll learn the best way to set up your personal weather station, and have the chance to uncover a new piece of Melbourne's history in a weather data transcribe-a-thon.
Date: Monday 21 August  9:30am–3pm
Location: William Macmahon Ball Theatre, Old Arts Building, The University of Melbourne, Parkville
Cost: FREE
Places: limited, so book now! 
Programme
0930 – 0940: Welcome 
0940 – 1040: Rescuing our climate history. 
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<LI>Linden Ashcroft (Bureau of Meteorology/University of Melbourne): data rescue activities across the world and how you can help </LI>
<LI>Kathy McInnes (CSIRO): Saving Melbourne's tide data </LI>
<LI>Mac Benoy (Bureau/Australian Meteorological Association): 10 years of climate citizen science in Adelaide </LI>
</UL>
1040–1100: Morning tea (provided)
1100–1200: Capturing today's climate.
<UL>
<LI>Tim Morrow (Bureau): Doing weather citizen science at home </LI>
<LI>David Gooding (Bureau): How to take observations for WOW, the Bureau's citizen science portal</LI>
</UL>
1200–1300: Lunch
1300–1500: In parallel:
<UL>
<LI>A workshop about the best way to install/set up your home weather station, the different tools available and how to upload data to the Bureau's WOW webpage</LI>
<LI>A transcribe-a-thon of previously unseen weather and tide gauge records for Williamstown, 1946–1948. </LI>
</UL>
 
Many thanks to our sponsors and supporters
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William Macmahon Ball Theatre

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