About
us
The Italian
Meteorological Society (SMI - Societ� Meteorologica Italiana Onlus)
is a non-profit association, joining about 1500 members
among professionals, scientists, users and amateurs of meteorology and
atmospheric sciences. It is the widest italian association in this
sector. It acts over the whole italian territory and preserve a strict
liason with Subalpine Meteorological Society (SMS- Societ� Meteorologica Subalpina).
SMI promote and encourage the development and the
knowledge of atmospheric sciences in Italy. SMI is member of UniMet (Unione Meteorologia
Italiana) and of European Meteorological
Society.
The history
The roots of Societ� Meteorologica Italiana
are based in a past of great scientific value and
far-sighted approach.
In 1865 the brilliant meteorologist religious from order of
Barnabiti, Father Francesco Denza, conceived at the Moncalieri Observatory
(near Turin , 267 m, 44 59 N, 7 41 E, still
operating and now directed by SMI President) the
first associative nucleous, named "Corrispondenza meteorologica Alpino-Appennina",
which published the monthly journal "Bullettino
Mensuale" .
After about 15 years of intense activity in publishing, mostly part of
italian scientists joined together with Father Denza, founding more
than 200 meteorological observatories especially located in mountain
area. Intense international relationship were achieved. In 1880 this
association evolve in "Associazione Meteorologica Italiana"
(Italian Meteorological Association). Its statute was born in Turin the 3th
september 1880, with the presence of a lot of italian scientists.
Years and years of intense activity took the SMI to gain a main role
of leadership in the italian meteorological panorama. Unfortunately, with the
death of Father Denza (december 1894), the association began a slow
decline, which
took it to complete death after the Second World War.
In 1993, taking the inspiration from the work of Father Denza,
started in Turin the Subalpine Meterological Society, non-profit
association for the development and diffusion of meteorological,
climatological and glaciological knowledge about western Alps. These
goals were meet mainly with the publishing of Nimbus Journal, the
ideal continuation of the ancient "Bullettino" of Father
Denza.
During
these years , although the cronical lack of
money and means typical of non-lucrative, non-governamental
organization, the
SMS became a point of aggregation for the italian
meteorological information, otherwise spread over a large number of
independent actors.
To enphasize more and more this aggregation role, in November 2000 the
Italian Meteorological Society (SMI) has been re-founded. SMS is a founder
member of SMI. Nimbus journal became the official journal of the
association. SMS continues his work locally focused on northwest Italy,
as a local section of SMI.
The
mission
The main goal
for SMI is to promote the study of italian meteorology, and to
spread knowledge of meteorology and atmospheric sciences among the
people.
The main
activities of SMI are devoted to re-create an aggregation and a reference
point, able to join again the italian meteorology, which
today lives a period of confusing fragmentation .
The SMI logo
represent mountains, waves of the Mediterranean sea and wind arount
the mountain area, as a symbol for athmospheric elements.
The activities
The
main activities of the Society are:
- popularisation of
meteorology
- lectures on meteorology and climatology in schools
- articles in newspapers and magazines
- appearance in radio and TV programmes
- publishing activities: the Nimbus
Journal.
How
to join us
To join us it
is sufficient to pay the annual member fee of ITL 80.000 - EU
41,31 (special fee for people ouside Italy). All the members receive, free of
charge, the Nimbus Journal, and can
partecipate to association's activities. The payment can be
accomplished by credit card VISA-MASTERCARD-EUROCARD. To order
To discover
more..please contact us!
Our address:
Societ�
Meteorologica Italiana
Castello Borello
10053 Bussoleno TO
Our
numbers:
Telephone:
+39 0122 641726
Fax: +39 0122 641914
Our
E-mail: [email protected]
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