Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

What Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society does

The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS, operating in French as La Société canadienne de météorologie et d'océanographie / SCMO) is a non-profit scientific society and registered charity founded in 1967 and headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. Its stated mission is the advancement of meteorology and oceanography in Canada, and it serves a horizontal community of scientists, researchers, professionals, and students in atmospheric, oceanographic, and related geophysical sciences, as well as K-12 educators reached through dedicated outreach programs.

CMOS's core offerings are professional-society products rather than technology products. They include membership services, the peer-reviewed Atmosphere-Ocean scientific journal, the CMOS Bulletin newsletter, an annual CMOS-AMS Congress co-organized with the American Meteorological Society, an awards and prizes program (including the President's Prize, J.P. Tully Medal, Rube Hornstein Medal, and graduate student prizes), a Fellows and Honorary Fellows recognition program, undergraduate scholarships (CMOS, Daniel G. Wright, MétéoMédia/The Weather Network, and ECCC EDI scholarships), K-12 teacher summer workshops (Project Atmosphere and Project Ocean), a Tour Speaker Program, and 13+ regional/local centres that run talks and events across Canada.

The business model is a member-supported charitable model. Revenue is generated primarily through individual membership fees and charitable donations (the latter supporting scholarships and projects, with tax receipts issued). The society is governed by an elected Council (President, Vice-President, Past President, Treasurer, Councillors), operates with a small staff of 11 employees, and maintains a broad partnership portfolio including Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), AMS, the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), the Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society (AMOS), the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), the Canadian National Committee for IUGG, and the Canadian Risk and Hazards Network (CRHNet). Geographic scope is primarily Canada, with international reach through sister-society agreements and an International/USA centre.

Name

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

Legal name

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

Website

https://cmos.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS-SCMO) is a registered Canadian charity and non-profit professional society founded in 1967 in Ottawa, dedicated to advancing meteorology and oceanography in Canada. It serves scientists, students, and educators through membership, the Atmosphere-Ocean journal, an annual congress, awards, scholarships, and K-12 outreach programs.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Ottawa

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CMOS is a professional scientific society that delivers membership services, the peer-reviewed Atmosphere-Ocean journal, an annual scientific congress, awards and prizes, undergraduate and graduate scholarships, K-12 teacher summer workshops (Project Atmosphere and Project Ocean), a tour speaker program, a fellows recognition program, and a regular bulletin newsletter. Its offerings serve scientists, researchers, students, educators, and practitioners of meteorology, oceanography, atmospheric, and related geophysical sciences across Canada.

Product overview

The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS-SCMO) is a professional scientific society, not a technology product company. Its offerings consist of membership services, scientific publications (Atmosphere-Ocean journal), annual congresses, awards and prizes, undergraduate and graduate scholarships, K-12 teacher professional development workshops (Project Atmosphere and Project Ocean), a tour speaker program, and fellowship recognition. These programs support the advancement of meteorology and oceanography in Canada through education, research recognition, and professional development.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Atmosphere-Ocean Journal

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Meteorological Society (AMS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026
• Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2020
• Australian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society (AMOS)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 November 2018
• Canadian Risk and Hazards Network (CRHNet)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Canadian Societies for the Geophysical Sciences (CSGS)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Partnership for Science and Technology (PFST/PAGSE)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Canadian Consortium for Research (CCR)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Canadian Science Media CentreminorStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Canadian National Committee for IUGGminorStrategic or Co-development Partner
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO): UN intergovernmental body coordinating international cooperation in atmospheric and hydrological sciences. Operates at much larger scale and broader scope than CMOS but covers the same disciplines.
• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG): International scientific union covering geodesy, geophysics, meteorology, and oceanography. CMOS-affiliated with the Canadian National Committee for IUGG, providing umbrella coordination.
• American Geophysical Union (AGU): Large US-based scientific society covering atmospheric, ocean, and Earth sciences. Overlapping membership and publication presence but broader scope than CMOS.

Direct peers

• European Meteorological Society (EMS): European umbrella society for meteorology with similar roles in advancing the field, awards, conferences, and publications across multiple national member organizations.
• American Meteorological Society (AMS): The largest US-based professional society for meteorology and atmospheric sciences. AMS is a directly comparable peer sharing a renewed MoU with CMOS and co-hosts the annual CMOS-AMS Congress.
• Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS): UK-based learned society for meteorology with similar missions in advancing the discipline, professional accreditation, publications, and education. Has a mutual MoU with CMOS renewed in 2019.
• Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS): Australian counterpart combining meteorology and oceanography in a national scientific society. Closely mirrors CMOS's mandate and structure; mutual MoU partnership.
• International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO): International association under IUGG promoting the study of ocean physics, directly relevant to CMOS's oceanographic mandate.
• International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS): International association under IUGG covering meteorology and atmospheric sciences, directly mapped to CMOS's meteorological mission.

Regional players

• Meteorological Society of Japan: Japan-based national meteorological society operating in a similar domain but serving a different geography. Comparable size and structure to CMOS.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/canadian-meteorological-and-oceanographic-society

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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