FIRST CONGRESS OF THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY The First Annual Congress of the Canadian Meteorological Society was held from 24 to 26 May 1967, in Southam Hall of Carleton University, Ottawa. The Canadian Meteorological Society takes the place in Canada of the Canadian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Society which was dissolved on 31 December 1966. As the President of the Society, Professor Alan Brewer, pointed out in opening Congress, this first meeting was a unique occasion in Canadian meteorology. Altogether, in addition to the annual meeting of the Society on 25 May and the banquet on the same evening with the President’s address and presentation of medals and prizes, there were six sessions of the Congress for the presentation of 27 scientific papers, with an attendance from roo to 150. The Chairman of each session opened it with a survey paper on recent work in the field of meteorology. The following are the subjects of each session and the respective chairmen: ‘Cloud and Precipitation Physics’- Professor Roland List; ‘Dynamic Meteorology’-Dr Andre Robert; ‘Applied Meteorology and Climatology’-Professor C. M. Penner; ‘The Upper Atmos- sphere’-Dr A. D. Christie; ‘Winds and Turbulence’-Professor D. Hay; ‘Meteorology and the Future’-Professor Alan Brewer. The survey papers will be published in forthcoming numbers of the Society’s journal Almospkre. The reports at the Annual General Meeting showed that the Society is now well established with a membership of 395 as of I May 1967, with seven centres located at Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa Montreal and Halifax. Annual dues were set at $6.00, including subscription to the Society’s quarterly journal Atmosphere. While the editorial policy of the journal Atms@here was left open, it was planned to make it a 40-page quarterly, to include advertisments. The Annual Banquet, held in a romantic setting in a ski lodge in the Gatineau Hills, was presided over by Professor Brewer, who gave his Presi- dential address on ‘Meteorological Research in Canada’. He pointed out that research, as distinct from routine observational and forecast meteorology, was first seriously undertaken in the Meteorological Service about 1940. Since then research in meteorology was taken up at McGill University and later at universities across Canada. As indicative of the activity of universities in meteorology, of the 27 papers presented at the Congress 15 originated in universities, nine in the Meteorological Service, and three in other government agencies. As regards the future development he concluded that shortage of research meteorologists was likely to be the limiting factor. The Patterson Medal for 1966, for distinguished service in meteorology, was presented to Mr C. C. Boughner, for his contributions to climatology; the President’s Prize, for the most outstanding contribution in meteorology to be published in a recognized journal during the year 1966, was awarded to Dr M. Danard, for papers on the influence of latent heat release on atmospheric dynamics; and the prize in Applied Meteorology, for a paper concerned with the practice of meteorology rather than research, was awarded to Mr G. W. Robertson. ANDREW THOMSON 469

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FIRST CONGRESS OF THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

The First Annual Congress of the Canadian Meteorological Society was held from 24 to 26 May 1967, in Southam Hall of Carleton University, Ottawa.

The Canadian Meteorological Society takes the place in Canada of the Canadian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Society which was dissolved on 31 December 1966.

As the President of the Society, Professor Alan Brewer, pointed out in opening Congress, this first meeting was a unique occasion in Canadian meteorology.

Altogether, in addition to the annual meeting of the Society on 25 May and the banquet on the same evening with the President’s address and presentation of medals and prizes, there were six sessions of the Congress for the presentation of 27 scientific papers, with an attendance from roo to 150.

The Chairman of each session opened it with a survey paper on recent work in the field of meteorology. The following are the subjects of each session and the respective chairmen: ‘Cloud and Precipitation Physics’- Professor Roland List; ‘Dynamic Meteorology’-Dr Andre Robert; ‘Applied Meteorology and Climatology’-Professor C. M. Penner; ‘The Upper Atmos- sphere’-Dr A. D. Christie; ‘Winds and Turbulence’-Professor D. Hay; ‘Meteorology and the Future’-Professor Alan Brewer. The survey papers will be published in forthcoming numbers of the Society’s journal Almospkre.

The reports at the Annual General Meeting showed that the Society is now well established with a membership of 395 as of I May 1967, with seven centres located at Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa Montreal and Halifax. Annual dues were set at $6.00, including subscription to the Society’s quarterly journal Atmosphere. While the editorial policy of the journal Atms@here was left open, it was planned to make it a 40-page quarterly, to include advertisments.

The Annual Banquet, held in a romantic setting in a ski lodge in the Gatineau Hills, was presided over by Professor Brewer, who gave his Presi- dential address on ‘Meteorological Research in Canada’. He pointed out that research, as distinct from routine observational and forecast meteorology, was first seriously undertaken in the Meteorological Service about 1940. Since then research in meteorology was taken up at McGill University and later at universities across Canada. As indicative of the activity of universities in meteorology, of the 27 papers presented at the Congress 15 originated in universities, nine in the Meteorological Service, and three in other government agencies. As regards the future development he concluded that shortage of research meteorologists was likely to be the limiting factor.

The Patterson Medal for 1966, for distinguished service in meteorology, was presented to Mr C. C. Boughner, for his contributions to climatology; the President’s Prize, for the most outstanding contribution in meteorology to be published in a recognized journal during the year 1966, was awarded to Dr M. Danard, for papers on the influence of latent heat release on atmospheric dynamics; and the prize in Applied Meteorology, for a paper concerned with the practice of meteorology rather than research, was awarded to Mr G. W. Robertson.

ANDREW THOMSON

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