SCAR » Events International Association of meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences 2005 Meeting Ms. AnneSophie Gablin (asgablin@esf.org), who is in charge of the http://www.scar.org/events/
Careers Explains what a meteorologist does, why they do it, and the tools that help them do a better job. http://www.ametsoc.org/pubs/careers.html
Extractions: The original booklet was produced under the direction of a committee chaired by Warren M. Washington that included Werner A. Baum, Todd Glickman, Ronald D. McPherson, and Pamela Stephens, with input from a large number of AMS members. Henry Lansford, a science writer and communication consultant based in Boulder, Colorado, wrote the booklet and supervised its design and production. It was designed and produced by Michael Shibao of the Graphic Services group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. It was reproduced in electronic format for the World Wide Web by staff of the American Meteorological Society. WHY METEOROLOGY? Thousands of career choices are available in our fast-changing society. Why would you choose atmospheric science or applied meteorology? You will find very specific answers in the following pages, but here is a quick look at some of the challenges of our changing atmosphere: Do you have a deep curiosity about the world around you? As a meteorologist, you can satisfy that curiosity by investigating the natural forces that shape our weather and climate. You can look for answers to important questions that our society is asking-how can we save lives, how can we protect our environment? You can use your knowledge to warn others when danger is approaching in the form of tornadoes and
JAS: Leonids '99 In Jordan Mr. Urijan Poerink (Netherlands Association for meteorology and Astronomy),Netherlands. Dr. Paul Koenraad (Netherlands Association for meteorology and http://www.jas.org.jo/leo99.html
Extractions: Last Updated 29 November at 20:30 UT The most important meteor shower in 1999 is probably the Leonids', since a meteor storm is expected to occur this year !! The meteor storm is a great meteor shower, that produces thousands of meteors which can be seen by naked eyes. The parent comet for the Leonids' is Tempel-Tuttle, which had reached the perihelion on 28 February 1998. There is a chance of a Leonid Meteor Storm in 1999. It is expected that the peak will occur on November 18, at 04:08 Local Jordanian Time (02:08 UT), and would show about 1500 meteors per hour by naked eyes. However, we should note that the occurrence of any meteor storm, though itself a prediction based on a scientific basis, there is no definitive way of telling whether the storm will occur or not!! For example, it was expected that a Leonids' storm would occur in 1899, but a storm did not actually take place !! On the other hand, astronomers didn't expect a Leonids' storm in 1966, but a storm did occur, and about 200,000 - 1,000,000 meteors were seen by naked eyes, where it was the biggest storm ever recorded !! Too see the meteors this year, it is advised to start observing them after mid night of 17-18 November looking to the East. There might not be any interesting show at that time !! But it should get better a few hours before dawn, which will be around 04:42 in Jordan.
JAS: Leonids '99 From Jordan (Results) Leonids 1999 Jordan (By Netherlands Association for meteorology and Astronomy).Leonids 99 Photo Album (By Jamshid). Leonids Photos (By Akihiro Fujiwara). http://www.jas.org.jo/leo99r.html
Extractions: RESULTS Last Updated 24 April at 21:15 UT An overview is given of the Jordanian Astronomical Society (JAS) Leonids '99 observations. Since Jordan was well-placed to witness the expected storm, JAS has invited several well-known scientists, and expert amateurs to share JAS the observation. Before traveling to the desert to observe the meteors JAS held a conference to discuss the meteors in general, and the Leonids specifically. The conference lasted for two days, and then it was followed by the observing camping in the Jordanian deserts ! Which was the 32nd astronomical camping for JAS, and it was also named: The First International Astronomical Camping. The camping was held between 16-19 November, in a site close to Al-Azraq Oasis which is located 150 Km east of Amman, the capital of Jordan. The Coordinates of the observing site are :- 37:06:45 E , 31:42:58 N , h=555 m, Time Zone = UT+2 . Click Here to know about the participants of the conference, papers, and the program.
..:: South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation ::.. The Technical Committee on Science and Technology and meteorology is in the process Cooperation in meteorology was earlier considered by the erstwhile http://www.saarc-sec.org/main.php?t=2.6
Meteorology: Definition And Much More From Answers.com National Weather Association (http//www.nwas.org/); Meteorological Service of International Association of Broadcast meteorology (http//www.iabm.org/) http://www.answers.com/topic/meteorology
Meteorology FAQ Part 6/7: Print And Other Resources There are 7 documents in this FAQ series meteorology FAQ Part 1/7 Intro Union URLhttp//www.agu.org/ Association professionelle des meteorologistes http://www.faqs.org/faqs/meteorology/print-resources/
Extractions: MultiPage sci.geo.meteorology Subject: Meteorology FAQ Part 6/7: Print and other resources Reply-To: hcane@mobile.gulf.net Subject: 1) Table of contents 1) Table of contents 2) Overview 3) Books readable by English-reading nonprofessionals 4) Books readable by French-reading nonprofessionals 5) Magazines readable by nonprofessionals 6) Scientific Texts 7) Meteorological History 8) Journals 9) Professional Societies Each (major) section has a "Subject:" line, so you can search on the subject title above to find the section quickly. Subject: 2) Overview This is a guide to resources for laypersons, students and professionals in meteorology, oceanography, and related disciplines. This section of the FAQ focuses on non-Internet resources books and journals rather than WWW sites and newsgroups but there are occasional Internet references. http://www.access.digex.net/~rmg3/scq.reading chaston111@aol.com metservices@wxscratch.com http://www.wxscratch.com Subject: 4) Books readable by French-reading nonprofessionals Gros Temps sur la Planéte, J.-C. Duplessy and P. Morel, Odile Jacob, Paris, 1990 Glaces de l'Antarctique: une Mémoire, des Passions, C. Lorius, Odile Jacob, Paris, 1990 Comprendre la météorologie: La prévision numérique du temps et du climat. Michel Rochas, Jean-Pierre Javelle, Syros, Paris, 1994, 262 pp. Subject: 5) Magazines readable by nonprofessionals AER, Meteorologia/Climatologia/Agrometeorologia/Ambiente (in Italian) La Météorologie La Recherche (sometimes) Scientific American (occasionally) Weather email
Meteorology FAQ Part 5/7: Sources Of Weather Data There are 7 documents in this FAQ series meteorology FAQ Part 1/7 Intro Weatherusers (administered by scott@zorch.sf-bay.org) This list is for http://www.faqs.org/faqs/meteorology/net-resources/
Extractions: Help others by sharing your knowledge sci.geo.meteorology Subject: Meteorology FAQ Part 5/7: Sources of weather data Reply-To: hcane@mobile.gulf.net Subject: 1) Table of contents 1) Table of contents 2) Overview 3) Newsgroups and WWW bulletin boards 4) Mailing lists 5) Institutional home pages non-US 6) Institutional home pages US 7) Employment resources 8) Educational resources for teachers 9) Information on meteorology topics Each (major) section has a "Subject:" line, so you can search on the subject title above to find the section quickly. Subject: 2) Overview This is a list of Internet resources for people wishing to discuss or learn about meteorology, climatology, oceanography, and related disciplines. They include resources for laypersons, professionals, teachers, and students. talk.environment Subject: 4) Mailing lists In the following list of mailing lists, commands to mailservers are set off using quotation marks ("example"). Don't use the quotes when sending actual mail to the servers. AHP_ARCHIVE-L A mailing list has been created to discuss issues arising out of the preservation of the archives of the Alberta Hail Project (AHP). The Alberta Hail Project operated from 1957-1986, and collected meteorological data (centered around hail storms) using several sensors, including a circularly polarized 10 cm radar, a co-located 3 cm radar, and an instrumented aircraft, as well as extensive ground operations and surveys. A project is currently underway to move as much digital data as possible to CD-ROM and store those at the University of Alberta Data Library. For more information on the project or the archives, email
Sources For The Arctic Climatology And Meteorology Primer Annals of the Association of American Geographers 73(4)485501. meteorology ofthe Arctic. Naval Operations For Polar Projects Op-03A3 (OPNAV PO3-3). http://nsidc.org/arcticmet/basics/primer_sources.html
Extractions: site map ... the cryosphere Reed, R. J., Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, provided information for the section on Polar Lows. Adams, K., M.M. Buechner, D. Eisenberg, T. Gray, M. Krantz, J. Morse, M. Orecklin, A. Sanders, S. Veitch. 1998. It Hasn't Been This Sizzling In Centuries. Time May 4. Vol. 151. No. 17. AMAP. 1997. Arctic Pollution Issues: A State of the Arctic Environment Report. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, P.O. box 8100 Dep., N-0032 Oslo, Norway. Armstrong, T., Rogers, G., Rowley, G. 1978. The Circumpolar North Barry, R.G. 1983. Arctic Ocean Ice and Climate: Perspectives on a Century of Polar Research. Annals of the Association of American Geographers Barry, R.G. 1995. "Land of the Midnight Sun." in Polar Regions: The Illustrated Library of the Earth edited by Jack D. Ives and David Sugden. RD Press 26-32 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia. pp 28-39. Barry, R.G., R.J. Chorley. 1998. Atmosphere, Weather and Climate, Seventh Edition
Association Of American Geographers Department of Geography and meteorology 1300 Chapel Drive/ Mueller Hall ValparaisoUniversity drichardson@aag.org. NATIONAL COUNCILLORS 20052006 http://www.aag.org/Committee/Committee_List.html
Biral UK - Links To Met Related Sites European Wind Energy Association www.ewea.org. HydroMeteorological EquipmentIndustry www.hydrometeoindustry.org. Irish Wind Energy Association www.iwea. http://www.biral.com/meteorology/metlinks.htm
Extractions: LINKS TO OTHER METEOROLOGICAL WEB SITES Met Index Search for text Meteorological Instrument Manufacturers Biral supply meteorological equipment from the following manufacturers: Gill Instruments Ltd www.gill.co.uk Scintec AB www.scintec.com Theis Clima www.thiesclima.com Eigenbrodt www.eigenbrodt.de METEK GmbH www.metek.de Biral also manufactures the HSS range of visibility and present weather sensors Telephone Meteorological Societies and Organizations American Meteorological Society www.ametsoc.org/AMS British Wind Energy Association www.bwea.com European Wind Energy Association www.ewea.org Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry www.hydrometeoindustry.org Irish Wind Energy Association www.iwea.com Royal Meteorological Society www.royal-met-soc.org.uk
Biral UK - Events August 1 5, 2005, 34th Conference on Broadcast meteorology and the 21st www.aaar.org. Oct 18 - 20, 2005, BWEA27 British Wind Energy Association 27th http://www.biral.com/events.htm
SAAS (ALERT) Users Group SAAS is the Southwestern Association of ALERT Systems; it is a user s group forpeople Maritime Studies Dept. of meteorology; Trinity River Authority http://www.alertsystems.org/saas/
Geological Society Of America - Geoscience Calendar - 2005 Send notices of meetings of general interest to editing@geosociety.org. Information EMS Secretariat, Institute of meteorology, Free University of http://www.geosociety.org/calendar/
Extractions: Meetings of GSA's Associated / Allied Societies are highlighted in green. 5-9 September, 2005, 7th International Symposium on the Cretaceous Karl B. Föllmi or Thierry Adatte , Institut de Géologie, Université de Neuchâtel, case postale 2, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Tel. 0041-718 26 00, Fax. 0041-718 26 01. 7-11 September, 6th International Conference on Geomorphology Zaragoza, Spain. Information: Francisco Gutierrez , Spain, and Kenneth Johnson , USA. (Special Session on Evaporite Karst.) 8-9 September, In-Situ Characterization of Surface and Interface Structures and Processes Argonne, Illinois, USA. Information: Paul Fenter, Paul Fuoss, or Paul Zschack, Argonne National Laboratory, surface-interface@anl.gov 11-14 September, Paris, France (new dates). Information: AAPG Convention Dept. , PO Box 979, Tulsa, OK, 74101-0979, USA, +1-888-945-2274 (USA and Canada only) or 918-560-2679, fax 918-560-2684. 1114 September
American Topical Association - Study Units Website www.cpossu.org. Chess on Stamps Study Unit (1979) Chess, other board games meteorology (see Earths Physical Features). Minerals (see Gems) http://www.americantopicalassn.org/units.htm
Extractions: 817-274-1181 * Fax: 817-274-1184 * E-Mail: americantopical@msn.com Main Links Home Page About the ATA Benefits Chapters ... Topical Time Related Links Articles Checklists Exhibits Handbooks ... Specials T.T. Indexes USPS Cancels Other Links Chat Room Code of Ethics Collecting for Seniors Links This site uses forms saved in PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Reader software version 4 or later, you need to download the FREE Adobe Reader software to read these files by clicking the link below and following the instructions there. ATA Study Units and Affiliates ATA Director of Units Dalene Thomas [Skip to pending Study Units (Flags on Stamps) (below).] Information given for each group includes: Name, year chartered by ATA, scope, title and frequency of periodical, membership dues, person to contact, and E-Mail and/or website (if available). Information may have changed since these were posted. If you find any corrections, please notify the Central Office African American (see Ebony Society) Aircraft Unit (2004): A study of aircraft of the world on stamps and covers.
Computing Research News Atmospheric science (including meteorology) Chemistry Earth science Research Association. All Rights Reserved. Questions? Email webmaster@cra.org. http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may05/vegso
Extractions: About CRA CRA for Students CRA for Faculty Events Jobs Government Affairs Computing Research Blog CRA-Women Projects Publications Membership What's New Home Back to May 2005 CRN Table of Contents [Published originally in the May 2005 edition of Computing Research News, Vol. 17/No. 3] See also Interest in CS as a Major Drops Among Incoming Freshmen An analysis of survey results from the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles (HERI/UCLA) indicates that the popularity of computer science (CS) as a major among incoming freshmen at all undergraduate institutions has dropped significantly in the past four years. Alarmingly, the proportion of women who thought that they might major in CS has fallen to levels unseen since the early 1970s. The percentage of incoming undergraduates indicating that they would major in CS declined by over 60 percent between the Fall of 2000 and 2004, and is now 70 percent lower than its peak in the early 1980s (Figure 1). Freshmen interest levels at any given point have been an accurate predictor of trends in the number of degrees granted four to five years later. It therefore seems likely that there will be a sharp decline in the number of bachelor's degrees granted in CS in the coming decade. Results from CRA's Taulbee Survey of Ph.D.-granting CS departments reinforce this: the number of newly declared CS majors has declined for the past four years and is now 39 percent lower than in the Fall of 2000. Enrollments have declined 7 percent in each of the past two years (see
Yosemite Association - Nature Notes Yosemite Association Naturalist information and articles on Yosemite Natural a doctoral candidate in meteorology, who began to study this phenomenon. http://www.yosemite.org/naturenotes/SierraWave.htm
Extractions: Vice President of the Yosemite Association Sierra Wave Cloud,1981, Yosemite National Park, courtesy of Bob Kolbrener. "Imagine a world without clouds - nothing but clear blue sky from horizon to horizon, 365 days a year. What a monotonous world it would be, bereft of the imagery of billowing castles, dragons, and winged steeds, deprived of the drama of motion and shadow, innocent of the expectancy and foreboding that cloud changes arouse in the human spirit." Bette Roda Anderson, Weather in the West The sky expresses itself in a poetry of clouds. That poetry resounds with a nautical flavor, for the sky is an ocean of air, an ocean we tend to forget for its invisibility. This sea of air does reveal itself in the clouds at times, its complexities and motions made perceptible. In a sense, clouds are the waves of the air, the visible manifestations of the atmospheric tide. The Sierra Nevada adds its own special verse to the poetry of the sky. Known as the Sierra Wave, this cloud formation perfectly illustrates the sea above our heads. Imagine staring up at the sky on a clear day and being confronted by a white cloud that challenges the reach of the mountain range before you. Or suppose that you are standing beneath a giant crest of surf on the verge of breaking. Such is the Sierra Wave.
IUGG XXI HomePage: IUGG Overview International Association of meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS).Peter Taylor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, York University, http://earth.agu.org/iugg/internat.html
Extractions: of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) This Page Contains: Introduction and Mission Structure Finances Officers of the Union ... IUGG XXI General Assembly Program Committee The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), which was established in 1919, is dedicated to the scientific study of the Earth and the application of the knowledge gained by such studies to the needs of society, such as more rational use of mineral resources, reduction of the effects of natural hazards, and environmental protection. The Union's objectives are the promotion and coordination of physical, chemical, and mathematical studies of the Earth and its environment in space. These studies include the shape of the Earth, its gravitational and magnetic fields, the dynamics of the Earth as a whole and of its component parts, the Earth's internal structure, the hydrologic cycle including snow and ice, all aspects of the oceans, the atmosphere, the ionosphere, magnetopshere, and solar-terrestrial relations, and analogous problems associated with the Moon and other planets. The IUGG has supported collaborative international interdisciplinary research programmes such as the International Geophysical Year (1957-58), the Upper Mantle Project (1964-70), the Geodynamics Project (1972-79), the Global Atmospheric Research Programme (1970-80), and the International Lithosphere Programme (1981-90). A major achievement has been the creation, through the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), of the World Data Center System, from which the data gathered during these major programmes are available to research workers everywhere.
