BAMOS
Mar 2019
Contents
4
3
President’s report
8 News
10
Vale Henry Phillpot (1919–2018): Sixty
years in meteorology
13
Did you know you’re a member of
Science & Technology Australia?
14 A decade on: lessons from Black
Saturday
16
“Weather-powered world” winners:
2018 AMOS Art Competition
19 Awards
20 What is Shelf-Break Upwelling and
How Does It Work?
22
Citizen science meets urban climate:
the Schools Weather and Air Quality
(SWAQ) project
25
The Earth Systems and Climate
Change Hub
26 The state of Australia’s climate
28
Could Rising Temperatures Kill the
Priestley Cup?
29 Charts of the Past with Blair Trewin
30 Research corner with Damien Irving
32 Seasonal Snaps
34 Calendar and JSHESS Contents
ISSN 1035-6576
Editor: Belinda Campbell
Editors-in-Chief: Damien Irving, Linden Ashcroft
Assistant Editors: Diana Greenslade, Melissa Lyne and Blair Trewin
Design: Jeanette Dargaville
Publisher: AMOS, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne VIC 3001, Australia
Submission deadline for next issue: 7 June 2019
Contact and submit pieces: [email protected]. Submission
guidelines are available online and at the end of this issue.
Image: Enjoying the last day of 2018 at Bondi Beach. Source: M Lyne
Cover image: Sunset over rock pools on the Mornington Peninsula.
Source: Lee Thompson
Other images in this publication: Photographs without a specified
source are obtained via the ‘pexels’ website and hyperlinked to the
original image online.
Belinda Campbell
Editor
2019 has really kicked into gear and we are pleased to bring you
the March issue of BAMOS in full swing. In 2018 we implemented a
few new sections which have been getting great feedback and it’s
wonderful to see many from our community contributing articles
and updates to share through the publication. We encourage you
to keep it coming through 2019.
This issue, AMOS President Andrew Marshall has written a fantastic
column summarising recent events in the first quarter of the year
and has also shared his 2018 recap which highlights key activities
for AMOS last year. It is terrific to reflect on the achievements of
2018 and initiatives the society has been involved in throughout
the year. The conference is always a feature and we look forward
to compiling some highlights of the upcoming AMOS-ITCMO
Conference for the June issue and a more extensive Event Summary
for the September issue. If you are attending the conference and
would like to contribute some reflections please do send through.
In this issue we also share the winning artwork from the 2018 Art
Competition and an article about bringing scientific observations
into schools. These are great initiatives to garner interest in AMOS
sciences in school-aged children and, in the case of air quality
monitoring in schools, it is a great way to access much needed
high-density observations for measuring urban climate. The
project is the first of its kind and I look forward to reading about
the results.
We hope you enjoy this issue and, as always, we welcome your
feedback, suggestions and, of course, contributions.