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1 PUBLICATIONS of the American Meteorological Society * f f «f f f f f f f f I f f i f f f f W 1 f f f f i f f (ISSN ), Vol. 53, Semi-monthly. Original research papers related to the atmospheres of the earth and other planets with emphasis on the quantitative and deductive aspects of the physics and dynamics of atmospheric processes and phenomena $390 JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES (ISSN ), Vol. 35, Monthly. Original papers and critical surveys concerned with the applications of the atmospheric sciences to operational and practical goals. Its editorial scope encompasses the full range of applications of meteorology to safety, health, industry, the economy, and general well-being of the human community $235 JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY (ISSN ), Vol. 26, Monthly. Original research, both observational and theoretical, related to the physics of the ocean and of the processes operating at its boundaries. Topics include oceanic circulation and property distributions, gravity waves, low-frequency motions, upper-ocean and coastal dynamics, air-sea fluxes and mixing processes. Significant survey papers may also be included $295 JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW (ISSN ), Vol. 124, Monthly. Original research and survey papers concerned with weather analysis and forecasting (non-operational); observed and modeled circulations including techniques development and verification studies, and seasonal-annual weather summaries $365 (ISSN ), Vol. 13, Bimonthly. Original research and survey papers related to instrument-system descriptions, exploratory measurement techniques, calibration methods, and performance analyses for the mainstream of atmospheric and oceanic technology, including the development of data-acquisition hardware, real-time and post-analysis software, and signal-processing techniques. JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY $155 (ISSN ), Vol. 11, Quarterly. Original research and survey papers immediately related to the operational forecasting or weather events significant to operational forecast problems including such topics as operational-forecasting techniques, applications of new analysis methods, forecasting-verification studies, and case studies with direct application to forecasting $110 WEATHER AND FORECASTING (ISSN ), Vol. 9, Monthly. Articles concerned with climate data and analysis, long-term atmospheric variability (seasonal, interannual), climate change and prediction on seasonal and longer time scales, and the impacts of climate change on society $255 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (ISSN ), Vol. 77, Monthly. The official organ of the society, devoted to editorials, topical reports to members, articles, professional and membership news, conference announcements, programs, and summaries, book reviews, and Society activities $80 METEOROLOGICAL AND GEOASTROPHYSICAL ABSTRACTS (ISSN ), Vol. 47, Monthly. Abstracts of current world literature in meteorology, climatology, aeronomy, planetary atmospheres, solar-terrestrial relations, hydrology, oceanography, glaciology, cosmic rays, and radioastronomy. The abstracts of books, articles, and reprints are arranged by subject categories with extensive cross-referencing. Monthly author, subject, and geographical indexes. MGA subscription includes yearly cumulative index. MGA is also available as a quarterly CD-ROM (inquire for pricing information). All inquiries for MGA and MGA's computerized database should be directed to Inforonics, 550 Newtown Rd, Box 458, Littleton, MA $1045 Member prices may be obtained by calling AMS at (617) , ext. 246 or ext Please send prepaid orders to: Order Department, American Meteorological Society, 45 Beacon Street, Boston, MA Subscriptions include postage and handling, and are accepted on a calendar-year basis only. There is an additional charge of $30 for surface mail outside the U.S. ($20 for Weather and Forecasting and the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology $40 for the Journal of Atmospheric Sciences), and $90 for airmail to all countries ($30 for Weather and Forecasting $45 for the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, and $180 for the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences). Foreign subscription for MGA is $1085. The availability and prices of back issues of AMS periodicals will be furnished upon request. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 18 75

2 Books Meteorological A Century of Weather Progress, 1970 $15 Compendium of Meteorology, 1951 out of print Dynamic Meteorology and Weather Forecasting, 1957 out of print Glossary of Meteorology, 1959; sixth printing, 1995 $35 Vilhelm Bjerknes Memorial Volume, 1962 out of print Weather Modification in the Public Interest, 1974 out of print Workshop on Micrometeorology, 1973 out of Print Atmospheric Science and Public Policy, 1976 $ 11 Workshop on the Future of National Atmospheric Research, 1977 $11 Curricula in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Related Sciences, 1996 $40 Workshop on the Planetary Boundary Layer, 1980 $30 Lectures on Air Pollution and Environmental Impact Analyses, 1975; second printing, 1982 $35 Proceedings of the First Sino-American Workshop on Mountain Meteorology, 1984 $47.50 Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Qinghai Xizang (Tibet) Plateau and Mountain Meteorology, 1986 $52.50 The above two proceedings available as a set for $83 Atmospheric Radiation Progress and Prospects: Proceedings of the Beijing International Radiation Symposium (August 1986), 1987 Probing the Atmospheric Boundary Layer, 1986 $45 Mesoscale Meteorology and Forecasting, 1987; second printing, 1988 $66.25 Lectures on Air Pollution Modeling, 1988 Radar in Meteorology, Battan Memorial 40th Anniversary Radar Meteorology Conference, 1990 $101 Weather Satellites: Systems, Data, and Environmental Applications, 1990 $95 The Weather Factor, 1984 reprinted 1989 $20 Meteorological Aspects of Emergency Response, 1990 $40 The American Weather Book, 1982 reprinted 1989 $20 The Atmosphere A Challenge: The Science of Jule Gregory Charney, 1990 $65 Extratropical Cyclones: The Erik H. Palmen Memorial Volume, 1990 $65 The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory: The First 100 Years , 1990 $60 Collected Works of Henry M. Stommel, Volumes 1-3, 1996 $160 No. 1 Distributed by AMS: A Field Guide to the Atmosphere, 1981 (HC-out of print; SC$29.45) Handbook of Applied Meteorology, 1986 $160 Blizzard, 1987 out of print The 1938 Hurricane, 1988 $22.95 The Atmosphere Chart, 1988 ($26.95; $36.95, laminated) The Global Climate Chart, 1989 ($26.95; $36.95, laminated) The Environment Pollution Chart, 1992 ($26.95; $36.95, laminated) Roll of 10 of the above charts $199/ea. 2 in 1 (lea. Atmos and Global Charts) $42 Hurricane Bob, 1992 $15 Stories Clouds Tell, 1993 $14.95 (Guide and slide set $59.95; slide set only $54.95)** Atmosphere Overhead Transparencies $130 USA Today/AMS Transparency Set $64.95** USA Today Weather Book $23** Transparency Set and USA Today Weather Book $79.95** Monographs Wartime Developments in Applied Climatology, 1947 out of print No. 2 The Observations and Photochemistry of Atmospheric Ozone, 1950 out of print No. 3 On the Rainfall of Hawaii, 1951 out of print No. 4 On Atmospheric Pollution, 1951 $ 17 No. 5 Forecasting in Middle Latitudes, 1952 out of print No. 6 Thirty-Day Forecasting, 1953 $17 No. 7 The Jet Stream, 1954 $ 17 No. 8 Recent Studies in Bioclimatology, 1954 $17 No. 9 Industrial Operations under Extremes of Weather, 1957 $17 No. 10 Interaction of Sea and Atmosphere, 1957 $17 No. 11 Cloud and Weather Modification, 1957 $17 Nos (In one volume) Meteorological Research Reviews, Review of Climatology; Meteorological Instruments; Radiome-teorology; Weather Observations, Analysis and Forecasting; Applied Meteorology; Physics of the Upper Atmosphere; Physics of Clouds; Physics of Precipitation; Atmospheric Electricity. $29 No. 21 Studies of Thermal Convection, 1959 $ 17 No. 22 Topics in Engineering Meteorology, 1960 $17 No. 23 Atmospheric Radiation Tables, 1960 $12 No. 24 Fluctuations in the Atmospheric Inertia, 1961 $17 No. 25 Statistical Prediction by Discriminant Analysis, 1962 $17 No. 26 The Dynamical Prediction of Wind Tides on Lake Erie, 1963 $17 No. 27 Severe Local Storms, 1963 $20, paperbound No. 28 Agricultural Meteorology, 1965 $25, paperbound; $27, clothbound No. 29 Scattered Radiation in the Ozone AbsorptionBands at Selected Levels of a Terrestrial. Rayleigh Atmosphere, 1966 $25, paperbound; $27, clothbound. 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3 No. 44 Snowstorms along the Northeastern Coast of the United States, 1990 out of print No. 45 Atmospheric Processes over Complex Terrain, 1990 $60 No. 46 Representation of Cumulus Convection in Numerical Models of the Atmosphere, 1992 $65 No. 47 Mesoscale Modeling of the Atmosphere, 1994 $65 Historical Monographs and Books The History of American Weather (All 4 volumes $55) Early American Hurricanes ( ), 1963 $20 Early American Winters (Both volumes $30) ( ), 1966 $20 ( ), 1967 $20 Early American Tornadoes ( ), 1970 $20 The History of Meteorology (to 1800), 1977; second printing, 1983 $25 The Thermal Theory of Cyclones: A History of Meteorological Thought in the Nineteenth Century, 1979 $40 Some Meteorological Aspects of the D-Day Invasion of Europe, 6 June 1944, 1986 $35 Thor's Legions: Weather Support to the U.S. Air Force and Army , 1990 $65 Historical Essays on Meteorology, $60 Conference Preprints/Proceedings Second National Conf. on Weather Modification, 1970 out of print Seventh Conf. on Severe Local Storms, 1971 out of print International Conf. on Weather Modifications, 1971 out of print Second Symp. on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 1972 out of print Third Conf. on Weather Modification, 1972 out of print Conf. on Atmospheric Radiation, 1972 out of print 15th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, 1972 out of print Third Conf. on Probability and Statistics in Atmospheric Science, 1973 out of print International Tropical Meteorology Meeting, 1974 (2 vols.) $25 Second International Conf. on the Environmental Impact of Aerospace Operations in the High Atmosphere, 1974 out of print Sixth Conf. on Aerospace and Aeronautical Meteorology, 1974 out of print Fourth Conf. on Weather Modification, 1974 out of print Third Symp. on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 1975 out of print Fourth Conf. on Probability and Statistics in Atmospheric Sciences, 1975 out of print Conf. on Hydrometeorology, 1976 out of print International Conf. on Cloud Physics, 1976 $35 out of print Third Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, 1977 out of print Sixth Conf. on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification, 1977 out of print 10th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, 1977 out of print Second Conf. on Hydrometeorology, 1977 out of print Fifth Conf. on Probability and Statistics in Atmospheric Sciences, 1977 out of print Joint Conf. on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology, 1977 out of print 11th Technical Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 1977 out of print Fifth Joint Conf. on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 1978 out of print 18th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, 1978 out of print Conf. on Flash Floods: Hydrometeorological Aspects, 1978 out of print Conf. on Climate and Energy: Climatological Aspects and Industrial Operations, 1978 out of print Conf. on Sierra Nevada Meteorology, 1978 out of print Third Conf. on Atmospheric Radiation, 1978 (Abstracts) $25 Conf. on Cloud Physics and Atmos. 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4 Fifth Symp. on Meteorology, Observations and Instrumentation, 1983 $30 16th Conf. on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology and Sixth Conf. on Biometeorology (Extended Abstracts), 1983 out of print Seventh Conf. on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 1983 out of print Sixth Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, 1983 $35 Ninth Conf. on Aerospace and Aeronautical Meteorology, 1983 $25 First International Conf. on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology (Extended Abstracts), 1983 $25 21st Conf. on Radar Meteorology, 1983 $47 13th Conf. on Severe Local Storms (Extended Abstracts), 1983 out of print Fifth Conf. on Hydrometeorology, 1983 out of print Fifth Conf. on Atmospheric Radiation (Extended Abstracts), 1983 $25 Eighth Conf. on Probability and Statistics in Atmospheric Sciences, 1983 out of print 15th Technical Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 1984 $35 Third Conf. on Meteorology of the Coastal Zone, 1984 $35 Ninth Conf. on Weather Modification, 1984 out of print Seventh International Conf. on Atmospheric Electricity, 1984 $35 10th Conf. on Weather Forecasting and Analysis, 1984 $35 Conf. on Satellite Meteorology/Remote Sensing and Applications, 1984 $30 22nd Conf. on Radar Meteorology, 1984 $35 Fourth Joint Conf. on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology, 1984 $35 Third Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, 1984 $25 Third Conf. on Climate Variations: Symp. on Contemporary Climate: , 1985 out of print International Conf. on Interactive Info, and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, 1985 $35 17th Conf. on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology and Seventh Conf. on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, 1985 $35 16th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 1985 out of print 7th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, 1985 $35 Second International Conf. on the Aviation Weather System, 1985/ Conf. on Aerospace and Range Meteorology, 1985 $35 Ninth Conf. on Probability and Statistics in Atmospheric Sciences, 1985 $35 14th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, 1985 $35 Sixth Conf. on Hydrometeorology, 1985 $35 Seventh Symp. on Turbulence and Diffusion, 1985 $35 National Conf. on the Scientific Results of the First GARP Global Experiment, 1986 $35 Second International Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, 1986 out of print Second Conf. on Satellite Meteorology/Remote Sensing and Applications, 1986 $35 Sixth Conf. on Atmospheric Radiation, 1986 $35 10th Conf. on Weather Modification, 1986 $35 11th Conf. on Weather Forecasting and Analysis, 1986 $35 Conf. on Climate and Water Management A Critical Era and Conf. on Human Consequences of 1985's Climate, 1986 $35 23rd Conf. on Radar Meteorology and Conf. on Cloud Physics and Papers from Joint Sessions, 3 Vols., 1986 $95 Fifth Joint Conf. on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with APCA, 1986 $35 Second International Conf. on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology, 1986 $ Third International Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing for Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology, 1987 $35 Sixth Symp. on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, 1987 $35 Fifth Conf. on Applied Climatology, 1987 $35 17th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 1987 $35 Ninth Conf. on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 1987 $35 Third Conf. on Mesoscale Processes, 1987 $35 Fourth Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, 1987 $35 18th Conf. on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and Eighth Conf. on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, 1987 $35 Seventh Conf. on Hydrometeorology and 11th Weather Modification, 1987 $35 10th Conf. on Probability and Statistics, 1987 $35 4th Intl. 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5 Fifth Conf. on Satellite Meteorology, th Conf. on Severe Local Storms/Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, 1990 Eighth Conf. on Hydrometeorology, 1990 Seventh International Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, 1991 Seventh Symp. on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation/ Special Session on Laser Atmospheric Studies, 1991 Seventh Joint Conf. on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology with AWMA, 1991 Second Symp. on Global Change Studies, 1991 First International on Winter Storms Symp., th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 1991 Fifth Conf. on the Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone, th International Conf. on Radar Meteorology, 1991 $61 Fourth International Conf. on Aviation Weather Systems, 1991 $51 20th Conf. on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 1991 Tenth Conf. on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, Special Session on Hydrometeorology, 1991 Seventh Conf. on Applied Climatology, 1991 Fifth Conf. on Climate Variations, 1991 Eighth Conf. on Atmos. and Oceanic Waves and Stability, 1991 Ninth Conf. on Numerical Weather Predicition, 1991 $56 Eighth International Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology and Hydrology, 1992 Eighth Conf. on the Meteorology of the Middle Atmos., 1992 Sixth Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 1992 Fifth Conf. on Mesoscale Processes, 1992 Third Symp. on Global Change Studies, 1992 Symp. on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification, th Conf. on Probability and Statistics, th Symp. on Turbulence and Diffusion, 1992 Sixth Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, 1992 Third Conf. on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, 1992 Ninth International Conf. on Interactive Info, and Proc. Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology/Special Program on GOES, 1993 Eighth Symp. on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation/ Special Session on Ultraviolet Measurements and Profiling of Water Vapor in the Free Troposphere and Stratosphere, 1993 Eighth Conf. on Applied Climatology, 1993 Fourth Sym. on Global Climate Change Studies, 1993 Conf. on Hydrolclimatology: Land/Surface/Atmosphere Interactions on Global and Regional Scales, 1993 Conf. on Atmospheric Chemistry, 1993 Fourth International Conf. on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, 1993 Ninth Conf. on Atmos. and Oceanic Waves and Stability, 1993 Third International Conference on School and Popular Meteorological Education, th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/Symposium on Flash Floods, 1993 out of print 20th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 1993 out of print Fifth International Conf. on Aviation Weather Systems, th Conf. on Severe Local Storms/Conf. on Atmospheric Electricity, 1993 Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Tenth Intl. 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