The Swiss Meteorological Society (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Meteorologie - SGM) is a union of professional
meteorologists and weather enthusiasts in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
Overview
The society aims at:
* promoting the sciences about the
atmosphere
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and
hydrosphere, in particular aeronomy, glaciology, oceanography, climatology, meteorology and atmospheric physics and chemistry; included also is the application of all these disciplines to other planets.
* supporting especially young researchers, by offering a platform for exchange about progress in the atmospheric sciences. Furthermore, the annual meeting of the society favours the build-up of a network of Swiss and other researchers.
* establishing and keeping the contact to other national and international scientific societies; of particular importance is the contact to the
(SCNAT), where the SGM is member of the Geoscience group. Further, the SGM is part of the Swiss national committee of the
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and is also part of the
European Meteorological Society (EMS) since 1999, the founding year of the EMS.
Together with the
German and
Austrian Society of Meteorology (DWD and ÖGM, respectively), the SGM is co-publisher of the peer-reviewed journal ''
Meteorologische Zeitschrift'' and is co-organiser of the international DACH-MT conference, which takes place every three years. Further, the SGM supports other scientific conferences.
History
The SGM was founded on 8 August 1916 in
Scuol / Schuls as Swiss Society for
Geophysics,
Meteorology and
Astronomy (GMA), and it was then part of the
(SNG). The constituting assembly took place on 28 April 1917 in
Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
, neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen
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. The name of the Society was finally changed to Swiss Meteorological Society (SGM) on 7 October 1994, after a separate Society for Astronomy and Astrophysics and for Geophysics was established.
Literature
* Saskia Willemse, Markus Furger (eds.): From weather observations to atmospheric and climate sciences in Switzerland. Celebrating 100 years of the Swiss Society for Meteorology, vdf Hochschulverlag Zürch, 2016, .
External links
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Meteorological societies
Scientific organisations based in Switzerland