Constitution
The Royal Meteorological Society traces its origins back to 3 April 1850 when the British Meteorological Society was formed as "a society the objects of which should be the advancement and extension of meteorological science by determining the laws of climate and of meteorological phenomena in general". Along with nine others, including James Glaisher, John Drew, Edward Joseph Lowe, The Revd Joseph Bancroft Reade, and Samuel Charles Whitbread, Dr John Lee, an astronomer, of Hartwell House, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire founded in the library of his house the British Meteorological Society, which became the Royal Meteorological Society. It became The Meteorological Society in 1866, when it was incorporated byMembership
There are four membership categories: * Honorary Fellow * Fellow (FRMetS) * Member * Corporate memberAwards
The society regularly awards a number of medal and prizes, of which the Symons Gold Medal (established in 1901) and the Mason Gold Medal (established in 2006) are pre-eminent. The two medals are awarded alternately. Other awards include the Buchan Prize, the Hugh Robert Mill Award, the L F Richardson Prize, the Michael Hunt Award, the Fitzroy Prize, the Gordon Manley Weather Prize, the International Journal of Climatology Prize, the Society Outstanding Service Award and the Vaisala Award.Journals
The society has a number of regular publications: * '' Atmospheric Science Letters'': a monthly journal that provides a peer-reviewed publication route for new shorter contributions in the field of atmospheric and closely related sciences. * '' Weather'': a monthly journal with many full colour illustrations and photos for specialists and general readers with an interest in meteorology. It uses a minimum of mathematics and technical language. * '' Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society'': one of the world's leading journals for meteorology, publishing original research in the atmospheric sciences. There are eight issues per year. * '' Meteorological Applications'': this is a journal for applied meteorologists, forecasters and users of meteorological services and has been published since 1994. It is aimed at a general readership and authors are asked to take this into account when preparing papers. * '' International Journal of Climatology'': has 15 issues a year and covers a broad spectrum of research in climatology. * '' WIREs Climate Change'': a journal about climate change * '' Geoscience Data Journal'': an online, open-access journal. * '' Climate Resilience and Sustainability'': an interdisciplinary, open-access journal. All publications are available online but a subscription is required for some. However certain "classic" papers are freely available on the Society's website.Local centres and special interest groups
The society has several local centres across the UK. There are also a number of special interest groups which organise meetings and other activities to facilitate exchange of information and views within specific areas of meteorology. These are informal groups of professionals interested in specific technical areas of the profession of meteorology. The groups are primarily a way of communicating at a specialist level.Presidents
Source: * 1850–1853: Samuel Charles Whitbread, first time * 1853–1855: George Leach * 1855–1857: John Lee * 1857–1858: Robert Stephenson * 1859–1860: Thomas Sopwith * 1861–1862: Nathaniel Beardmore * 1863–1864: Robert Dundas Thomson, died in office * 1864: Samuel Charles Whitbread, second time * 1865–1866: Charles Brooke * 1867–1868: James Glaisher * 1869–1870: Charles Vincent Walker * 1871–1872: John William Tripe * 1873–1875: Robert James Mann * 1876–1877: Henry Storks Eaton * 1878–1879: Charles Greaves * 1880–1881: George James Symons, first time * 1882–1883: Sir John Knox Laughton * 1884–1885: Robert Henry Scott * 1886–1887: William Ellis * 1888–1889: William Marcet * 1890–1891: Baldwin Latham * 1892–1893: Charles Theodore Williams, first time * 1894–1895: Richard Inwards * 1896–1897: Edward Mawley * 1898–1899: Francis Campbell Bayard * 1900: George James Symons, second time; died in office * 1900: Charles Theodore Williams, second time * 1901–1902: William Henry Dines * 1903–1904: Captain Sir David W. Barker * 1905–1906: Richard Bentley * 1907–1908: Hugh Robert Mill * 1910–1911: Henry Mellish * 1911–1912: Henry Newton Dickson * 1913–1914: Charles John Philip Cave, first time * 1915–1917: Sir Henry George Lyons * 1918–1919: Sir Napier Shaw * 1920–1921:Notable fellows
* John Farrah (1849–1907).See also
* List of atmospheric dispersion models * UK Dispersion Modelling Bureau * Met OfficeReferences
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