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Symposium & General Assembly SGM 2020

The annual symposium followed by the general assembly of the Swiss Society for Meteorology (SSM) was held on Friday, 27 November, 13:30 - 18:00.

Symposium & General Assembly 2017

This event was held online via the video-conferencing software Zoom. The symposium offered an exciting variety of presentations. Katharina Schroeer from MeteoSwiss gave an insight into the hail climatology of Switzerland, Marius Zumwald from ETH Zurich presented his work on mapping urban temperatures, and Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera from University of Bern provided us an overview on the projected impact of climate change on human health.

Program

13:30 - 13:40 Welcome

13:40 - 14:10 Katharina Schroeer (MeteoSchweiz), Hail climatology Switzerland – From small-scale extreme to long-term hazard

14:10 - 15:15 Virtual table talks (pdf, 3.1 MB)

15:15 - 15:30 Short break

15:30 - 16:00 Marius Zumwald (ETHZ), Mapping urban temperature using crowd-sensing data and machine learning

16:00 - 16:30 Ana Maria Vicedo Cabrera (University of Bern), Temperature and health: current and future challenges of a changing population in a changing climate (download presentation, 12.1 MB)

16:30 - 16:45 SwissMeteoPhoto Contest

16:45 - 16:50 Symposium closure

17:00 - 18:00 General assembly of the Swiss Society for Meteorology

SwissMeteoPhoto Contest 2020

Winner of this year's photo contest is Philippe Gyarmati, followed by Julien Anet and Martin Aregger on the second and third place. Congratulations!

  • Lenticularis mit Kevin-Helmholz-Welle über dem Wetterhorn
  • Morning sun over Sc clouds
  • Mittellandmeer
  • AC Virga over Chur
  • Bench
  • Brüttisellen, June 2020
  • Fog Front
  • Kelvin-Helmholtz-Wellen
  • Nebelmeer mit "Wasserfall"
  • Plumes of the nuclear power plants bursting through the inversion layer
  • Quellwolken
  • Rainbow "swiss style"
  • Schneetreiben in Zürich
  • Shelf cloud of an approaching thunderstorm over Renens (VD), June 2020
  • Sommerabend
  • Summertime sunset in Bern after a thunderstorm
  • Sunset over the Simmental with fluctus cloud (Kelvin-Helmholtz instability)
  • Lenticularis mit Kevin-Helmholz-Welle über dem WetterhornImage: Philippe Gyarmati1/17
  • Morning sun over Sc cloudsImage: Julien Anet2/17
  • MittellandmeerImage: Martin Aregger3/17
  • AC Virga over ChurImage: Julien Anet4/17
  • BenchImage: Werner Nater5/17
  • Brüttisellen, June 2020Image: Manuela Kehl6/17
  • Fog FrontImage: Christian Schwyn7/17
  • Kelvin-Helmholtz-WellenImage: Manuela Kehl8/17
  • Nebelmeer mit "Wasserfall"Image: Pascal Bieri9/17
  • Plumes of the nuclear power plants bursting through the inversion layerImage: Monika Feldmann10/17
  • QuellwolkenImage: Tobias Grimbacher11/17
  • Rainbow "swiss style"Image: Philippe Gyarmati12/17
  • Schneetreiben in ZürichImage: Tobias Grimbacher13/17
  • Shelf cloud of an approaching thunderstorm over Renens (VD), June 2020Image: Monika Feldmann14/17
  • SommerabendImage: Hélène Barras15/17
  • Summertime sunset in Bern after a thunderstormImage: Yuri Brugnara16/17
  • Sunset over the Simmental with fluctus cloud (Kelvin-Helmholtz instability)Image: Yuri Brugnara17/17

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Swiss Society for Meteorology (SSM)
c/o Dr. Christina Schnadt
ETH Zürich
IAC
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zürich
Switzerland