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The International Commission on Dynamical Meteorology sponsors or co-sponsors various symposia during the IUGG General Assemblies and the IAMAS Assemblies. These Assemblies are generally held once every two years.

Upcoming Assemblies

  • 10th IAMAS/IAPSO/IACS Joint Assembly: July 20 - July 29, 2009, Montreal, Canada (see below)
  • IUGG XXV General Assembly: June 19 - July 2, 2011, Melbourne, Australia

Montreal 2009 symposia (co-)sponsored by ICDM

Inter-association Symposia

  • J19 - Tropical cyclones (IAMAS and IAPSO). Convenors: Roger Smith and Mike Montgomery
  • J21 - Advances in data assimilation for Earth system science (IAMAS, IAPSO and IACS). Convenors: Richard Swinbank, Mu Mu, Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Andrew Roberts, William Lahoz

IAMAS symposia

  • M05 - Stratosphere-troposhere-ocean coupling in climate - top-down or bottom-up? (joint with ICMA). Convenors: Ted Shepherd, Ulrich Cusbach, Adam Scaife
  • M06 - Theoretical advances in dynamics. Convenors: Eyal Heifetz, Ted Shepherd, Nili Harnik, Hisashi Nakamura
  • M07 - Towards seamless probabilistic forecasting. Convenors: Craig Bishop, Dave Frame
  • M08 - Dynamics and predictability of high-impact weather. Convenors: Istvan Szunyogh and Richard Swinbank
  • M09 - Topographic effects on weather and climate. Convenors: Ron Smith, Ken Gage, Zhe-min Tan
  • M10 - Tropical waves and circulations and tropical-midlatitude interactions. Convenors: Brian Mapes, Richard Grotjahn, Mike Blackburn
  • M11 - Dynamical implications of aerosol-cloud-climate interactions (joint with ICCP). Convenors: Wojciech Grabowski and Johannes Quaas

For a full list of symposia, session descriptions and other details, see the assembly website.

Past Assemblies

  • IUGG XXIV General Assembly: July 2-13, 2007, Perugia, Italy
  • 9th IAMAS Assembly, August 2-11, 2005, Beijing, China
  • IUGG XXIII General Assembly, June 30 - July 11, 2003, Sapporo, Japan
  • 8th IAMAS Assembly, 2001, Innsbruck, Austria
  • IUGG XXII General Assembly, 1999, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • 7th IAMAS/IAPSO Assembly, 1997, Melbourne, Australia
  • IUGG XXI General Assembly, 1995, Boulder, United States
  • 6th IAMAS/IAHS Assembly, 1993, Yokohama, Japan
  • IUGG XX General Assembly, 1991, Vienna, Austria
  • 5th IAMAP Assembly, 1989, Reading, United Kingdom
  • IUGG XIX General Assembly, 1987, Vancouver, Canada
  • 4th IAMAP/IAPSO Assembly, 1985, Honolulu, United States
  • IUGG XVIII General Assembly, 1983, Hamburg, Germany
  • 3rd IAMAP Assembly, 1981, Hamburg, Germany
  • IUGG XVII General Assembly, 1979, Canberra, Australia
  • 2nd IAMAP/IAGA Assembly, 1977, Seattle, United States
  • IUGG XVI General Assembly, 1975, Grenoble, France
  • 1st IAMAP/IAPSO Assembly, 1974, Melbourne, Australia
  • IUGG XV General Assembly, 1971, Moscow, Soviet Union

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