other activities oi the IMS: publications [This material was held over, because of space limitations, from the August Organization Issue]

The BULLETIN attempt is made to find a reviewer who is particularly The BULLETIN OF THE AMS has been the official organ of knowledgeable in the subject material of the book. The the Society since 1920. Since 1962 the BULLETIN has been reviewer must also be willing to accept the task of pre- the professional news journal for which the headquarters paring a review suitable for publication in the Society's of the Society is entirely responsible. The Executive professional news journal, the BULLETIN OF THE AMS. Secretary serves as editor and members of the head- While procedures will continue to be refined to ensure quarters staff as well as the editorial office are involved even wider coverage of current literature, progress may in seeking, compiling, preparing and editing material be noted within the last three years. In the 1962 volume which is considered to be most useful to the meteoro- a total of sixteen books was reviewed, in 1963 a total of logical community. Multiple sources for such informa- forty-one, and reviews of fifty-two books have been pub- tion are utilized, including reports from the AMS local lished or prepared for publication in the 1964 volume. chapters. Direct correspondence from members repre- Subjects of interdisciplinary interest also receive cover- sents a continuing source. Additionally, news releases age. Reviewer participation still appears to be the key and announcements from various media are received in to achieving a more successful program. Reviewers con- the headquarters to be reviewed for presentation in the tribute greatly to the Society through this activity and BULLETIN. Publishing, as one of the Society's major ac- they may even find reviewing to be pleasant and re- tivities in dissemination of meteorological knowledge, is warding. not a modest portion of the budget. Scientific editors For books published outside the United States, foreign serve without pay, and the editorial office of the Society, language capability will usually be involved. Thus the established in 1961, includes only a technical editor, news need for matching the specialty interest of the potential editor and assistant technical editor to serve the needs of reviewer with the language of the book raises problems the two scientific journals, the BULLETIN and the tech- for which the information is not always readily available. nical monographs series. Nevertheless, printing and pub- In the Announcements section of the BULLETIN, other lishing costs per page have increased substantially over reports and publications are described under "New Pub- the past decade, and the amount of material to be pub- lications." However, this listing cannot be comprehensive lished has increased even more rapidly in the current because of obvious limitations. "information explosion/' Every two years a Selective Bibliography, a working Emphasis is concentrated in the BULLETIN on the in- book list, is published in WEATHERWISE. This informa- formation requirements of the membership, and time, tion in reprinted form is used by the Society's headquar- effort and money are expended for this publication. The ters for various purposes, most particularly in guidance majority of members have expressed satisfaction with the for teachers at the high school and college levels and for contents and factual approach in reporting by the head- the general public. quarters on the Society's activities; however, there is a Another kind of review of current literature is rep- publication lag in press operations which cannot be cir- resented in the METEOROLOGICAL AND GEOASTROPHYSICAL cumvented without much greater publishing expenses. ABSTRACTS. Its coverage of the literature of meteorolog- Members are reminded also that the publication of ical interest in the world is nearly complete, and ab- historical and survey articles is encouraged for the BUL- stracts of foreign publications are given in English. The LETIN. Such articles are sent to reviewers for considera- abstracts and bibliographies represent a highly sophis- tion of publication, following the same procedure as for ticated system of information retrieval. The search in the articles in all of the scientific journals. literature too vast for any one person to keep abreast of has been accomplished and incalculable amounts of time Review activities have been saved. The literature covered includes pe- An effort is made to bring to the attention of members riodicals, monographs, reports and books, but no critical of the Society critical reviews of new books as compre- evaluation is made as in the case of a traditional book hensively and rapidly as possible. The American Meteor- review. ological Society regularly receives a selection of new A related activity is the Society's interest in having its books for review. Reviewers are chosen mainly but not own books reviewed. The GLOSSARY OF METEOROLOGY exclusively from the Society's membership. Foremost, an was reviewed widely abroad as a result of the headquar- Bulletin American Meteorological Society 691

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 12:39 AM UTC Vol. 45, No. 11, November 1964 ters directing review copies to key publications and ences to operational and practical goals. The full range answering requests for copies. More recently Volume I of applications of meteorology to safety, health, the econ- of the historical monograph series, The History of Amer- omy, and the general well-being of the human commu- ican Weather, EARLY AMERICAN HURRICANES 1492-1870, nity has been covered in major topics of short and long with a combined meteorological, historical and popular range weather prediction, climatology, atmospheric pol- appeal, has been widely reviewed following shipment of lution, weather modification, hydrometeorology, biocli- review copies with an announcement from the Society's matology and observing systems. Forty-nine scientists headquarters. A large additional mailing of announce- serve as Associate Editors of "JAM." ments plus the reviews which have been published to For the JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY, the sci- date have been influential in sales of the book. entific editors, to whom manuscripts should be submit- Up to the present time reviews of EARLY AMERICAN ted, are Robert D. Elliott, North American Weather HURRICANES have been published in the Library Journal, Consultants, Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, Goleta, New York; The Book Exchange, London; The News and Calif.; and Dr. Donald P. Mclntyre, Meteorological Courier, Charleston, S. C.; The Standard Times, New Service of Canada, 315 Bloor Street West, Toronto 5, Bedford, Mass.; Hispanic American Historical Review, Ontario, Canada. Fort Worth, Tex.; The Geographical Review of the In these journals also papers of an historical or survey American Geographical Society; North Carolina Histor- nature are appropriate. ical Review, Raleigh, N. C.; Southwestern Historical Quarterly of The Texas Historical Association, Austin; Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts The Virginia Magazine of the Virginia Historical Soci- Alphabetical Index to Annotated Bibliographies ety, Richmond; The Tampa Tribune; The Journal of Volumes 1-14, 1950-1963 Geography; Maine Coast Fisherman; Vermont History of Acoustical Propagation, 1(9), 1950; 10(7), 1959 the Vermont Historical Society; WMO Bulletin, Geneva; Aerobiology, 1(2), 1950 Oceanus of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Agricultural Meteorology, 10 (Supplement #3), 1959 Airglow, 8(2), 1957; 11(11), 1960 Louisiana History of Louisiana State University; The Albedo, 8(7), 1957 Georgia Historical Quarterly, Savannah, Ga., and Archiv Arctic Synoptic Meteorology, 7(1), 1956 fur Meteorologie, Geophysik und Bioklimatologie, Atmospheric Dynamics and Circulation, 12(12 Pt. 3), Vienna. 1961 Atmospheric Pollution, 1(1), 1950 The scientific journals Aurora, 4(10), 1953; 5(3), 1954; 12(1,2), 1961 Balloons, 5(5), 1954 In 1962 within the 19th volume of the JOURNAL OF METE- Bibliographies, 6(1,2), 1955 OROLOGY, this publication was expanded and published Brooks, C.E.P., Works of, 10(1), 1959 Carbon Dioxide, 3(2), 1952 as the JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES. The aim of Arctic, 5(9), 1954 of this journal is to provide a vehicle of publication for Climate of , etc., 3(3), 1952 scientific papers concerned with the atmospheres of the Climate of Australia, 4(4), 1953 earth and other planets, and papers have been encour- Climate of Central Africa, 3(8), 1952 aged which emphasize the quantitative and deductive Climate of Enclosed Spaces, 7(2), 1956 Climate of Middle East, 2(6), 1951 aspects of the subject. Major topics covered are atmos- Climate of Near East, 2(5), 1951 pheric structure; dynamics; radiation; cloud physics; Climate of Northeast Africa, 2(10), 1951 chemistry; electrical properties; interaction with the Climate of Northwest Africa, 3(1), 1952 oceans; extension to the interplanetary plasma; upper Climate of Pacific, 4(9), 1953 Climate of Southeast Asia, 5(2), 1954 atmosphere phenomena produced by solar activities, in- Climatic Changes, 1(7), 1950 cluding aurorae, airglow and ionospheric absorption; at- Cloud Physics, 1(3), 1950; 6(6), 1955; 13(3), 1962; 14(1), mospheric effects of magnetically trapped particles; the 1963 origin and evolution of planetary atmospheres. Twelve Condensation Trails, 2(9), 1951 scientists serve as Associate Editors of "JAS." Constants, Nomograms, etc., 2(5), 1951 Cooling Power, 6(11), 1955 For the JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, the Cosmic Rays, 7(3,4), 1956; 9(9), 1958; 13(4), 1962; 14(10, scientific editors, to whom manuscripts should be sub- 11), 1963 mitted, are Dr. Robert Jastrow, Goddard Institute for Dew, 3(4), 1952 Space Studies, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, N. Y. Energy Exchange Sea-Atmosphere, 13(5), 1962 10027; and Dr. Gordon J. F. MacDonald, Institute of Evaporation, 1(11), 1950; 10(8,9,10,11), 1959 Extended Forecasting, 2(1), 1951 Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of Cali- Forecast Verification, 11(7), 1960 fornia, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024. Forecasting, 12(12 Pt. 1), 1961 In the same year the new JOURNAL OF APPLIED METE- Forecasting Special Elements, 8(3), 1957 OROLOGY was published as a quarterly and, in the second Forest Micrometeorology, 8(4), 1957 Frost, 4(3), 1953 volume, became a bimonthly. This journal is a medium Geomagnetism, 9(10,11), 1958; 13(2), 1962 for publication of original papers and critical surveys Glaze and Rime, 3(10), 1952 concerned with the application of the atmospheric sci- , 1(4), 1950 692

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 12:39 AM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society Humidity Instruments, 13(12), 1962 Publications of the AMS Hydrometeorological Forecasting, 8(5), 1957; 10 (Supple- ment #2), 1959 Periodicals Industrial Meteorology, 5(10), 1954 BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, Instruments and Techniques, 10 (Supplement #1), 1959 1920- Inversions, 7(6), 1956 Ionosphere, 6(4), 1955; 11(5,6), 1960; 13(6), 1962; 13(10), JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 1962- 1962 in continuation of the JOURNAL OF METEOROLOGY, Jet Stream, 4(7), 1953 1944-61 Lightning, 14(9), 1963 WEATHERWISE, 1948- Limnology, 12(3), 1961 Long Range Forecasting, 2(2), 1951; 9(7), 1958 METEOROLOGICAL AND GEOASTROPHYSICAL ABSTRACTS, Lunar Influences, 14(12), 1963 1950- Medical Meteorology, 8(11), 1957 JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY, 1962- Meteors, 8(8), 1957 Mountain Meteorology, 2(11), 1951 Monographs Nuclei, 6(8,9), 1955 Numerical Forecasting, 5(6), 1954; 8(6), 1957; 11(3), 1960; Wartime Developments in Applied Climatology, 1947 14(6), 1963 The Observations and Photochemistry of Atmospheric Objective Forecasting, 3(5), 1952 Ozone, 1950 Ocean Waves, 5(11), 1954 On the Rainfall of Hawaii, 1951 Ocean Waves and Currents, 9(4), 1958; 13(9), 1962 On Atmospheric Pollution, 1951 Oceanographic Instruments, 14(4,5), 1963 Oceanographic Meteorology, 5(1), 1954 Forecasting in Middle , 1952 Ozone, 10(5,6), 1959 Thirty-Day Forecasting, 1953 Physical and Dynamic Oceanography, 9(5,6), 1958; 12(12 The Jet Stream, 1954 Pt. 2), 1961 Recent Studies in Bioclimatology, 1954 Planetary Atmospheres, 12(9,10,11), 1961 Industrial Operations Under Extremes of Weather, , 10 (Supplement #2), 1959 Precipitation Chemistry, 12(7), 1961 1957 Radar, 2(8), 1951; 6(7), 1955; 9(8), 1958; 11(8), 1960; Interaction of Sea and Atmosphere, 1957 14(2), 1963 Cloud and Weather Modification, 1957 Radiation Bioclimatology, 4(8), 1953 Meteorological Research Reviews, 1957: Radiation Data, 5(7), 1954 Radioactivity in the Atmosphere, 7(5), 1956; 9(3), 1958; Review of Climatology 13(7,8), 1962 Meteorological Instruments Radioastronomy, 9(1), 1958; 14(7,8), 1963 Radiometeorology Reference Works, 11(1), 1960 Weather Observations, Analysis and Forecasting Rocket Meteorology, 11(9), 1960 Applied Meteorology Satellite Meteorology, 11(10), 1960; 14(3), 1963 Physics of the Upper Atmosphere Sferics, 4(11), 1953; 10(4), 1959 Physics of Clouds Micrometeorology, 7(7,8), 1956 Physics of Precipitation Soil Moisture, 10(3), 1959 Atmospheric Electricity Soil Temperature, 2(3), 1951 Solar Astrophysics, 9(2), 1958 Studies of Thermal Convection, 1959 Solar Events, 13(11), 1962 Topics in Engineering Meteorology, 1960 Solar Weather Relationships, 8(1), 1957 Atmospheric Radiation Tables, 1960 Special Winds, 2(7), 1951 Fluctuations in the Atmospheric Inertia: 1873-1950, Storm Surges, 6(3), 1955 1961 Stratus Forecasting, 3(6), 1952 Statistical Prediction by Discriminant Analysis, 1962 Textbooks, 11(2), 1960 The Dynamical Prediction of Wind Tides on Lake , 1(8), 1950 Erie, 1963 Tornadoes, 1(5), 1950; 10(2), 1959 Tropical Cyclones, 7(9,10,11), 1956 Severe Local Storms, 1963 Tropopause, 5(4), 1954 Books Tropospheric Propagation, 8(9,10), 1957 Turbulence, 3(11), 1952; 4(1,2), 1953 COMPENDIUM OF METEOROLOGY, 1951 Upper Atmosphere Humidity, 12(8), 1961 DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY AND WEATHER FORECASTING, Upper Atmosphere Photochemistry, 6(5), 1955 1957 Upper Atmosphere Structure, 12(4,5,6), 1961 GLOSSARY OF METEOROLOGY, 1959 Upper Atmosphere Winds, 4(5,6), 1953 VLLHELM BJERKNES MEMORIAL VOLUME, 1962 Urban Climatology, 3(7), 1952 EARLY AMERICAN HURRICANES, 1492-1870, 1963 Van Allen Belts, 13(1), 1962 Vertical Motion, 5(8), 1954 CURRICULA IN THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 1964 Visibility, 3(9), 1952 Translations Volcanic Dust, 1(6), 1950 Weather Modification, 1(3), 1950; 6(10), 1955; 11(12), Problems of Dynamic Meteorology and Climatic The- 1960; 13(3), 1962; 14(1), 1963 ory 693

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 12:39 AM UTC Vol. 45, No. 11, November 1964 Questions of Physics of the Atmosphere extensive work is Studies of clouds, precipitation, and (Transactions of the A. I. Voeikov Main Geophysi- electricity (Issledovaniia Oblakov, osadkov cal Observatory, Leningrad) i grozovogo elektrichestva), Moscow, Izd-vo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1961, Editors N. I. Vul'fson and L. M. Conference Proceedings Levin. The volume presents reports of the Sixth Inter- departmental Conference on Clouds, Precipitation and Forthcoming Russian Book Thunderstorm Electricity, 15-19 June 1959. The trans- In the near future members will be informed via an- lation of the book has been possible through a grant nouncement in the BULLETIN of the availability of a from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Wallace E. book translated from the Russian language and pub- Howell has served as scientific editor of this transla- lished by the American Meteorological Society. This tion.—F. D. A.

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Effective 1 January 1965, the following changes in the Library of Congress, Defense Documentation Cen- style, approved by the Publications Commission, are ter (DDC), or other generally accessible source for to be instituted in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sci- such material. Order number and price, if applicable, ences, the Journal of Applied Meteorology, Meteoro- should be included in the bracketed material. logical Monographs, and the Bulletin of the American 3. Reference to the Letter Symbols for Meteorology Meteorological Society. The cooperation of our pros- of the American Standards Association will be deleted, pective authors in following the new style will aid in since this listing is somewhat obsolescent and not holding down editorial costs and delays, and will be widely available. deeply appreciated. 4. The recommended time zone remains Greenwich, 1. The Germanic system of abbreviating periodicals but the seldom used abbreviation GCT is to be re- in the reference lists of articles, long used in AMS placed by GMT or UT. (The common short designa- publications, has the advantage of economically dif- tion Z will not be accepted.) ferentiating the nouns and adjectives in titles. Nouns 5. The cgs system of units is strongly recommended have an initial capital, while adjectives are lower case for all journals, and will ultimately be made manda- (e.g., J. atmos. Sci., J. geophys. Res.). However, the tory. For temperature, degrees C or K are preferred new American Standard for Periodical Title Abbrevia- to degrees F. tions, prepared for the American Standards Association 6. The solidus (/) is advised in text for letter sym- by a distinguished committee representing the Library bols (e.g., AT/T, or dx/dt) but is not to be used in of Congress, National Science Foundation, American statements of units (e.g., cm/sec). Negative exponents Chemical Society, Biological Abstracts, etc., specifi- are to be used in this case (e.g., cm sec-1). cally forbids this usage (Par. 4.1.5). Thus, to conform 7. Per cent is written as two words and is preferred with general American usage, we will henceforth use in text to the symbol (%). However, the % symbol initial capitals in all words of journal titles (e.g., J. may be allowed, for reasons of economy, in papers Atmos Sci., J. Geophys. Res.). dealing extensively in percentage. 2. Authors are requested to avoid the use of refer- 8. The numbers which identify equations are to be ences to non-standard material such as "project re- placed at the right-hand margin (in parentheses). Ref- ports." Footnotes have been used in the Journal of erences in text to the equations may then usually be Applied Meteorology, but not in the Journal of the made by the number in parentheses, without use of the Atmospheric Sciences, to differentiate such non-stand- word equation. Use of parentheses for other sets of ard material. Since footnotes are a more cumbersome numbers (e.g., test 12, case 3, assumption 6) should and expensive means of reference, differentiation by be avoided. When the word equation is used with a footnote will be discontinued. In their reference lists, number, it is to be abbreviated Eq. (with a capital the authors who find such material indispensable must E and period) or Eqs. in the plural. This corresponds add at the end of any such reference [in brackets] a to our standard abbreviations of figure as Fig. and standard source from which it may be obtained, e.g., figures as Figs. 694

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