Local Centres and Special Interest Groups
The society has several Local Centres across the UK.
There are also a number of Special Interest Groups which organise meetings and other activities to facilitate exchange of information and views within specific areas of meteorology. These are informal groups of professionals interested in specific technical areas of the profession of meteorology. The groups are primarily a way of communicating at a specialist level.
The current special interest groups are:
- Association of British Climatologists
- Atmospheric Chemistry
- Data Assimilation
- Dynamical Problems
- History of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
- Meterorological Observing Systems
- Physical Processes
- Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
- Weather Forecasting
- Weather Service Providers
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