In 2016 the Swiss Society for Meteorology (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Meteorologie SGM)
celebrates its 100th anniversary. Compared to other meteorological societies it is not among
the oldest ones. Nevertheless meteorology has gone through such a remarkable evolution in the
past 100 years that it is worthwhile to take a look back and recapitulate the developments of
both science and SGM - and to reveal their interaction. The idea of this book is to give an
overview of what has happened in the field of atmospheric sciences in Switzerland since the
first systematic long-term meteorological observations until today.
