different awards ranging from outstanding research contributions in specific fields to awards for excellence in teaching or broadcasting, outstanding books, exceptional service in forecasting, and more including its highest honor: the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Medal. AMS also awards more than $100,000 annually in undergraduate and graduate level scholarships and fellowships. Publications AMS publishes eleven peer reviewed scientific journals, as well as books, and monographs, accounting for more than 34,000 pages each year. AMS journals are consistently ranked at or near the top of their fields for impact factor. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (JAS) Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology (JAMC) Journal of Physical Oceanography (JPO) Monthly Weather Review (MWR) Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (JTECH) Weather and Forecasting (WAF) Journal of Climate (JCLI) Journal of Hydrometeorology (JHM) Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS) Earth Interactions (EI) (co-published with AGU & AAG) Meteorological Monographs In addition, AMS publishes the Glossary of Meteorology; a blog; and the scientific database Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts. AMS is a member of Crossref, Portico, CHORUS, and CLOCKSS. Policy Program The AMS Policy Program works to increase public understanding of the role of scientific information in societal advancement and helps policy-makers ground their decisions in the best available scientific knowledge. It carries out research, holds periodic briefings that allow experts to inform policy makers directly on established scientific understanding and the latest policy-relevant research, and hosts an annual Summer Policy Colloquium to introduce Earth scientists to the federal policy process. The Congressional Science Fellowship places an AMS scientist on the staff of a member of Congress for one full year. Statements AMS issues and periodically updates four different types of statements on topics that fall within the scope of AMS expertise: Information statements aim to provide a trustworthy, objective and scientifically up-to-date explanation of scientific issues of concern to the public at large. They deal with subjects such as climate change and drought. Policy statements are aimed at officials of government or international bodies and may articulate the state of scientific understanding, raise awareness of a scientific issue, or make policy recommendations based on the professional and scientific expertise and perspectives of the AMS (examples: Weather, Water, and Climate Priorities; Geoengineering the Climate System; Space Weather) Professional guidance statements alert AMS members to urgent or important AMS, professional or scientific matters. (examples: Strengthening Social Sciences in the Weather–Climate Enterprise; Green