Abstracts are closed! The deadline was 27 August 2025 at 5:00 PM ET
Abstract Fee and Author Instructions
All presenters must also register for the meeting.
The First Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Climate is a new symposium at the 106th AMS Annual Meeting that combines the previous Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability and the Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones. The aim of this merger is to make the symposium more inclusive to a broad range of research topics related to tropical meteorology and climate. The First Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Climate includes tropical research across all time scales, from the sub-hourly (tropical convection) to multi-day (tropical cyclones and tropical waves) to sub-seasonal oscillations (e.g. MJO) to interannual and multi-decadal (climate) time scales, and also includes interactions between the tropical atmosphere and other parts of the climate system such as the ocean. The First Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Climate is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones.
Papers for First Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Climate are being solicited on:
Student Presentation Awards
The First Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Climate is proud to provide outstanding student presentation awards at the AMS 106th Annual Meeting. Monetary awards of up to $200 will be distributed for oral presentations and poster presentations in addition to a PDF certificate from AMS. Students must be enrolled at a college or university at the time of submission and must be the lead author or presenter of the work. Submitters should indicate their eligibility for student awards when submitting their abstracts. Award recipients will be informed of the committee's decision by late February 2026.
Student Presenter Travel Allowances
The First Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Climate is awarding four (4) travel grants of up to $525 each to allow student presenters to attend the AMS 106th Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas, 25-29 January 2026. The award should be used to offset travel related expenses only (registration fees, transportation, lodging and food). To apply, students (Undergraduate and Graduate) should prepare a brief written statement (no more than one page) declaring their financial need and circumstance, relevance of their research to the conference, how they will benefit from attending the conference and a copy of their abstract for the meeting. Students who wish to apply must submit their application to the program chairs via email with the subject line “AMS 106th Annual Meeting - Student Presenter Travel Allowance Application”: Allison Wing (awing@fsu.edu), Anthony Didlake (didlake@psu.edu) and Juliane Schwendike (j.schwendike@leeds.ac.uk).
Deadline for applications: 31 October 2025
Recipients will be notified on or before: 7 November 2025
For more information, please contact the program chairs: Allison Wing (awing@fsu.edu), Anthony Didlake (acd171@psu.edu), and Juliane Schwendike (j.schwendike@leeds.ac.uk).