ISSN 1/95-8898 CMOS •': :' . BULLETIN CW1(I, /::m M"'I!(lI"O/ugical c/ ' Ii Ocr.lllographic Sodety SCMO La Sa<'iere callud,/!Iw,' d,> mheOI"O/Ob "tl I!t June / juin 1999 Vol. 27 No.3 d'oc;·/IIWflrapl.i" $~-...~ . ~-,," r'"'\.'t- :. " ..... ~~~ . ~ ' ~ ' " -..-, ~ ~ '. CMOS Bulletin SCMO Canadian Meteorological "at the service of its members and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) au service de ses membres" Editor / RBdacteur: Paul-Andre Bolduc Societe canadienne de meteorologie Marine Environmental Data Service et d'oceanographie (SCMO) Department of Fisheries and Oceans 12082 - 200 Kent Street Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OE6, Canada President / President Dr. Ian D. Rutherford 1r (613) 990-0231; Fax (613) 993-4658 E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (613) 723-4757; Fax: (613) 723-9582 Canadian Publications Product Sales Agreement #0869228 E-mail: [email protected] Envois de publications canadiennes Numero de convention #0869228 Vice-President / Vice-president Dr. Peter A. Taylor The picture shown on the cover page is a Cover page: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science reduced fomnat reprint of a woodcut by W . Scheuer Yonk University published in the Saxby Gale section of the 1985 book A Tel: (416) 736-2100 ex1. 77707; Fax: (416) 736-5817 History of Fort Lawrence: Times, Tides and Towns, by E-mail: [email protected] Trenholm et al. Our readers are invited to examine the details of the image and to reflect upon the question as to Treasurer / Tresorier whether 'The Great Storm' was the 1869 Saxby Gale, or Mr. Richard Stoddart not? Then tum to the addendum following the bibliography Department of Fisheries and Oceans at page 72 of Alan Ruffman's article on the Saxby Gale Tel: (613) 990-0302; Fax: (613) 954-0807 (page 67). E-mail: [email protected] Page couverture: L'image sur la page couverture est Corresponding Secretary / SecflJtaire-correspondant une reproduction petit format d'une gravure de W. Mr. Paul Delannoy Scheuer publiee dans la section Saxby Gale du livre de Ottawa Regional Centre, Environment Canada 1985, A History of Fort Lawrence: Times, Tides and Towns, par Trenholm et al. On invite Ie lecteur a examiner Tel: (613) 990-5581; Fax: (613) 241-8889 les details de I'image et a se poser la question: est-ce que E-mail: [email protected] la Grande templite (The Great Storm) etait la tempete de Saxby ou non? Passez ensuite a I'addendum qui suit la Recording Secretary / Secretaire d'assemblee bibliographie a la page 72 de I'article d'Allan Ruffman sur Mr. Rob Cross la tempete de Saxby (page 67). Atmospheric Environment Service Tel: (819) 997-3840; Fax (819) 994-8841 Next Issue I Prochain numero E-mail: [email protected] Next issue of the CMOS Bulletin SCMO will be published in August 1999. Please send your articles, notes, reports or news Councillors-at-Iarge / Conseillers items at the earliest to the address given above. We have an 1) Mr. Eldon Oja urgent need for your article. Environment Canada, Thunder Bay Regional Centre Tel: (807) 346-8022; Fax: (807) 346-8683 Le prochain numero du CMOS Bulletin SCMO parartra en aoOt E-mail: [email protected]. 1999. Priere de nous faire parvenir vas articles, notes, rapports au nouvelles au pius tot a I'adresse indiquee ci-dessus. Nous 2) Dr. Clive Mason avans un besoin urgent d'articles. Department of Fisheries & Oceans Tel: (902) 426-6927; Fax: (902) 426-7827 Note from the Editor I Avis du Redacteur E-mail: [email protected] We are dedicating this issue to all persons involved in weather prediction. Although we are taking for granted today's weather 3) Dr. Susan Allen forecast, we sometime forget that it has been a long road to Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences achieve teday's performance as shown by the two articles at Oceanography-EOS, University of British Columbia pages 67 and 74. Tel: (604) 822-6091; Fax: (604) 822-2828 Ce numero est dedie a taus ceux impliques dans la prediction E-mail: [email protected] meteo. Bien que presentement naus prenons pour acquis les predictions meteorologiques, nous oublions parfois que Ie CMOS e-mail address chemin parcouru fut difficile pour en arriver a la performance [email protected] d'aujourd'hui tel que demontre dans les deux articles en page 67 http://www.meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/cmos/ et 74. Adresses electroniques de la SCMO - ii - ... .from the President's desk Volume 27 NO.3 June 1999 - juin 1999 First of all I want to heartily thank Bill Pugsley for the leadership he Inside I En Bref has given CMOS over the past year. He has delivered on most of From the President's Desk I Un mot du president the goals he set out a year ago and by Ian Rutherford p. 65 initiated a number of new measures besides. Notable among these are Atmosphere-Ocean (37-2) establishing a new position for Content I Table des matieres p. 66 membership issues, a revitalised graduate student award program Articles renamed in memory of Tertia Hughes, the taking on of the SCORIECOR Secretariat by A multi-disciplinary and Inter-scientific Study of the CMOS and the establishment of a new Committee on Saxby Gale: an October 4-5, 1869 hybrid hurricane School and Public Education. and record storm surge by A. Ruffman p. 67 Our Web-Master, Bob Jones, with Bill's full support, has Not Weather Wise, Much Other Wise developed the CMOS web-site to the point that it is now a Wiggins of the Finance Department major asset of the Society. This, along with some excellent by J.D. Reid p. 74 work by our Director of Publications, Richard Asselin, has allowed the establishment of Atmosphere-Ocean On-Line. The Solution: A National Mitigation Policy With such an example to follow and with the help of the byA.W. Pang p. 78 ongoing members of the Executive and Council, the National Mitigation Policy (Executive Summary) hardworking members of our staff, Neil Campbell, Uri Politique nationale de reduction des sinistres Schwarz, Dorothy Neale and Richard Asselin, not to (Sommaire) p. 81 mention the assurance of being able to pass the torch to newly elected Vice-President Peter Taylor when the Our regular sections I Nos chroniques regulieres SOCiety executive moves to Toronto next year, I take on the leadership of the SOCiety with a great deal of News - Nouvelles p. 83 assurance and optimism. Conferences I Conferences p. 87 Le 33""'" Congres, organise a Montreal par Pierre Dubreuil, Jean-Guy Cantin et Hal Ritchie, a ete un franc succes. Au Job offer I Offre d'emploi p. 82 & p. 94 dela de 400 participants ont pu assister 270 a What's new at CMOS? p. 94 presentations scientifiques. Ce succes, tant sur Ie plan scientifique que sur Ie plan social, fut possible grace a la News from SCOR I Nouvelles du SCOR participation de plusieurs membres du centre de Montreal. by B. Nicholls p. 95 Qui peut oublier Ie magnifique concert presente par Ie fameux Kelvin Band?! CMOS-Accredited Consultants - Experts-Conseils accredites de la SCMO p. 96 Le Congres de Montreal est a peine termine que nous song eons deja au prochain. Nous anticipons avec plaisir Ie Printed in Ottawa, Ontario, by M.O.M. Printing 34' congres qui sera organise par Ie chapitre de I'lie de Imprime sous les presses de M.O.M. Printing, Ottawa, Vancouver sous Ie leadership de Greg Flato. Greg est deja Ontario. bien connu de nos membres en tant que conferencier officiel de SCMO/CICS pour I'annee 1999. The 34th Note from the Editor I Avis du Redacteur Congress will take place between 29 May and 2 June 2000 at the University of Victoria. We apologize for the late distribution of the last issue of the CMOS Bulletin SCMO. The delay was beyond our control. (Continued on next page - Suite a la page suivante) We are taking steps to ensure this will not happen again. Nous no us excusons pour la distribution tardive du demier numero du CMOS Bulletin SCMO. Ce retard etait en dehors de notre contra Ie. Nous prenons presentement des mesures pour que ceci ne se reproduise plus. Paul-Andre Bolduc, Redacteur / Editor CMOS Bulletin SCMO - 65 - CMOS Bulletin SCMO Vol.27 No.3 Now, I would like to share with you some of the goals I will Finalement, je pense que Ie vrai pouvoir de la Societe strive to attain over the coming year. reside dans Ie fait qu'elle reunie les differents secteurs de nos professions: Ie secteur public, Ie secteur prive et Ie First, we will make serious efforts to reverse the decline in secteur academique. This gives us the unique opportunity membership we have suffered in recent years. The new to facilitate partnerships among these sectors. There is executive position responsible for membership issues will undoubtedly an enhanced role possible here for our work with the Centres and Chapters to follow up on every University and Professional Education Committee as well opportunity to present the Society to prospective new as for the new Committee on School and Public Education. members. The resumption of recruiting of meteorologists We should be using these committees as conduits for by Environment Canada is a hopeful sign of renewal in the expressing the needs and capabilities of the ranks of operational forecasters. Greater visibility for the non-government sectors to complement the strong public Society will be sought through revitalisation of the good service capability of the government sector.