This session follows the overarching theme of AMS centennial celebration: “The AMS Past, Present and Future: Linking Information to Knowledge to Society (LINKS)”.  Talks given in this session will set the stage for the rest of the conference by providing a historical context for current and future research endeavours in all three major components of ARAM as well as their corresponding sub-disciplines (e.g., historical overview of turbulence, icing, ceiling and visibility and convective hazards for aviation).