Meetings Ot the AMS

meetings ot the AMS

1969

Chicago, 111. April 8-10 Conference on Thunderstorm Phenomena—Sixth Conference on Severe Local Storms

Washington, D. C. April 21-24 With the American Geophysical Union

London, England Aug. 25-29 The Global Circulation of the Atmosphere—Joint Meeting with the Royal Me- teorological Society

Virginia Beach, Va. Sept 3-5 Third Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting

Seattle, Wash. Sept. 8-10 Ninth Conference on Agricultural Meteorology

Chicago, 111. Oct. 13-17 With American Society of Civil Engineers' Sixth National Meeting on Environ- mental Engineering

Urbana, 111. Oct. 14-16 Symposium on Atmospheric Science Education

Madison, Wis. Oct. 21-22 Symposium on "The Future of the Atmosphere"

Chicago, 111. Nov. 7-8 Third Conference on Weathercasting (Radio & TV)

Miami, Fla. Dec. 2-4 Sixth Technical Conference on Hurricanes

Boston, Mass. Dec. 26-31 With the American Association for the Advancement of Science; including 50th annual AMS Business Meeting 1970

Washington, D. C. Feb. 9-12 AMS Golden Anniversary and U. S. Weather Services Centennial Joint Celebration

Santa Barbara, Calif. March Second Conference on Weather Modification

Houston, Tex. March/April The Motion and Dynamics of the Atmosphere

Washington, D. C. April 20-24 With the American Geophysical Union

Las Vegas, Nev. May 4-7 Fourth Conference on Aerospace Meteorology

Honolulu, Hawaii June International Conference on Tropical Meteorology Additional Meetings and Conferences to be scheduled.

Conference on Severe Local Storms, Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, the University of Chicago, 1100 East 58th St., Chicago, 111. 60637. April 8-10, 1969, Chicago, III. The program was published in the February BULLETIN. The Sixth Conference on Severe Local Storms sponsored by the American Meteorological Society will be held at the Spring Meeting, Jointly with AGU, Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, 111., on April 8-10, April 21-25, 1969, Washington, D. C. 1969. The Chicago Chapter and the AMS Committee on The annual joint meeting of the American Meteorological Severe Local Storms will co-host the conference. The meet- Society and the Section of Meteorology of the American Geo- physical Union will be held at the Sheraton Park Hotel and ing will provide the opportunity for members and guests to the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D. C., April 21-25, 1969. visit the new meteorological facilities of the Dept. of Geo- The Program Committee consists of Karl R. Johannessen, physical Sciences of the University of Chicago. ESSA-Weather Bureau, Chairman; Dr. Alan Faller, University The theme of the meeting is the meteorology of thunder- of Maryland; Col. Arnold R. Hull, Air Weather Service, U.S.A.F.; Capt. Thomas H. R. O'Neill, Office of Director of storms and thunderstorm phenomena. A reunion of thunder- Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense; storm project personnel will be held in conjunction with Philip E. Calabrese, ESSA-Weather Bureau. this meeting. Please refer to the Transactions of the AGU for further The Program Chairman: Prof. Roscoe R. Braham, Jr., details.

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Conference on the Global Circulation of 3. A Conference Registration Fee will be payable by all those the Atmosphere attending the sessions. This must be remitted with the Conference Reservation Form (see paragraph 6 below). to be held in London, 25-29 August 1969 4. The Registration Fee will entitle visitors to attend the by the Royal Meteorological Society sessions, the social events (accompanied where applicable and the American Meteorological Society by their ladies), and to a copy of the Proceedings which in collaboration with the Royal Society will be published subsequently as a hard-back volume and with the participation of containing the contributions of the main speakers. Addi- the Canadian Meteorological Society tional charges will be made for the Excursion and the Subscription Banquet. 5. Visitors will be responsible for making their own reserva- OUTLINE PROGRAMME tions for accommodation. These can be effected through Monday, 25 August 1969 any office of Messrs. Thomas Cook 8c Son Ltd., Dean and Session 1 Morning The nature of the global circulation Dawson Ltd., or Wagons-Lits/Cook, who have been ad- of the atmosphere. vised of the Conference. Prompt application is recom- Session 2 Afternoon Numerical simulation of the global mended. atmosphere. 6. The full Programme and Conference Reservation Forms Evening Reception by the Host Country. will be circulated with the April issue of the Quarterly Journal and the May issue of 'Weather.' Tuesday, 26 August 1969 The program will also be published in the BULLETIN OF Session 3 Morning Energy balance of the global atmo- THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. sphere. Session 4 Afternoon Boundary layer transfer processes. Evening Reception by the American Meteoro- Travel funds logical Society. The American Meteorological Society expects to have limited travel funds to cover the travel (jet economy round trip only) Wednesday, 27 August 1969 of a small number of United States non-governmental sci- Session 5 Morning Tropical circulation and convective entists to the Royal Meteorological Society-American Mete- processes. orological Society conference on the global circulation of the Afternoon Excursion by coach to the Headquar- atmosphere to be held in London, 25-29 August 1969. Re- ters of the Meteorological Office. quest for application should be addressed to the Executive Director, American Meteorological Society. Thursday, 28 August 1969 Session 6 Morning The role of extra tropical disturb- ances in the global atmosphere. Call for Papers Session 7 Afternoon The structure and dynamics of the Third Conference on Weather Forecasting and lower stratosphere. Analysis, September 3-5, 1969, Virginia Beach, Va. Friday, 29 August 1969 The Hampton Roads Chapter located in the Norfolk area Session 8 Morning a. The scope and application of lab- of Virginia announces that the 3rd Conference on Weather oratory models of the atmosphere, Forecasting and Analysis, sponsored by the American Me- b. Recent developments in satellite teorological Society will be held at the Cavalier Hotel, Vir- techniques for observing and sensing ginia Beach, Va., September 3-5, 1969. the atmosphere. Papers are invited on subjects dealing with all facets of Session 9 Afternoon Progress report on the planning and weather forecasting and analysis. Titles and abstracts of 200 implementation of GARP and World to 300 words must be received by the program chairman not Weather Watch. later than 1 April 1969, in order to be included in the pro- Evening Subscription Banquet. gram. The program will be published in the June 1969 BUL- LETIN. Mail to: Dr. E. C. Kindle, Program Chairman, Navy To date, speakers will include Dr. B. J. Mason, Professor Weather Research Facility, Bldg. R-48, Naval Air Station, V. Suomi, Professor Bert Bolin, Professor E. Lorenz, Pro- Norfolk, Va. 23511. fessor P. A. Sheppard, Dr. J. Smagorinsky, Dr. R. J. Murga- troyd, Dr. K. A. Browning, Dr. R. Hide, Mr. G. A. Corby and Mr. F. H. Bushby. Acceptances from others speakers are Call for Papers awaited. 9th Conference on Agricultural Meteorology, Ample time will be allocated for other contributions and September 8-10, 1969, Seattle, Wash. for discussion. The Ninth Conference on Agricultural Meteorology of the American Meteorological Society will be held on the Uni- ADVANCE INFORMATION versity of Washington campus at Seattle, Wash., September 1. The Conference will be held in the Rooms of the Royal 8-10, 1969. Society in Central London. Sessions on several aspects of Agricultural Meteorology will 2. It will be open to members and non-members of the So- be developed from volunteer papers, panel discussions, and cieties. invited papers. Tentative topics to receive emphasis are:

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1) Radiation, heat and air exchange in the plant environ- spirit of a building dedication but also toward the dedica- ment tion of atmospheric science to meet the problems of the 2) Photosynthesis and evapotranspiration as related to cli- future. Four sessions are planned: 1) Looking Back, 2) The mate and plant factors Present Atmosphere, 3) The Future of the Atmosphere and 3) Pollutant transport. 4) The Future of Atmospheric Sciences. The first session deals with the history of the atmosphere both in terms of Contributions on these and other topics are invited. its origin and past climatic conditions. The second empha- Titles and abstracts must be submitted before 1 March sizes the present state of our observational theoretical knowl- 1969. The abstract should be clear, concise and informative edge of the atmosphere. The third brings forth future prob- (see p. 470, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Aug. 1965) as it will be lems such as pollution and weather modification. The last the basis for the acceptance or rejection of a paper. Providing session focuses on the central issues of the future of the key words will aid scheduling. profession: The scientific and technical manpower needs We will also continue the practice of having shorter contri- and the development of programs and organizations to butions (but well prepared) of 5 minutes duration on the fol- make the best use of this manpower. lowing: important recent findings, unique instrument devel- Invited papers are planned for each session. Contributed opment or applications, unexpected problems, etc. The intent papers of general interest are also solicited. Abstracts and to present such material and the title should be made known titles should be sent before 1 June 1969 to the Program to the program chairman before 20 August 1969. Chairman, Prof. Reid Bryson, Department of Meteorology, The local arrangements chairman is Dr. Leo J. Fritschen, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. 53706. This meeting was College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Se- originally scheduled for May. attle, Wash. 98105. Send titles and abstracts to the program chairman, Dr. R. J. Hanks, Department of Soils and Meteorology, Utah State Call for Papers University, Logan, Utah 84321. Third Conference on Weathercasting, November 7 and 8, 1969, Chicago, III. Call for Papers A national conference on radio and television weathercasting, sponsored by the American Meteorological Society, will be First Symposium on Atmospheric Sciences Education, held at the Executive House in Chicago, Illinois, on Novem- October 14-16, 1969, Urbana, III. ber 7 and 8, 1969. The current committee on Radio and Tele- The first Symposium on Atmospheric Sciences Education vision Weathercasting will serve as the program committee. will be held on the Champaign-Urbana campus of the Uni- The purpose of the conference is to bring together mete- versity of Illinois on October 14-16, 1969. The meeting will orologists who are actively participating in broadcasting be co-sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and media, or whose interests are closely associated with such hosted by the East Central Illinois Chapter of the AMS. media. Both professionals and non-professionals are invited Planning higher education requirements for future atmo- to attend. spheric scientists will be stressed. Papers will be welcomed on any and all subjects of weath- Papers are invited on the subjects of present and future ercasting such as: broadcast formats and techniques, the employer requirements, academic training, recruitment, fa- AMS Seal of Approval program, the role of the non-profes- cilities, and future manpower needs. Government agencies, sional, instrumentation, management-weathercaster relations. private industry, the military, and the academic community Also invited are papers dealing with the career aspects of are encouraged to submit papers. Authors of papers not in- weathercasting and formal preparation for such a career. cluded in the formal sessions will be invited to participate in Specialized sessions will be organized, depending upon round-table discussions. the nature of papers submitted for presentation. The program committee requires that titles and 200-300 Titles, abstracts, projection requirements, and presentation word abstracts be submitted by 1 May 1969. Authors will be time should be submitted by June 15, 1969, to the Program notified of time allocations and specific paper requirements Chairman: Gordon Weir, KNBC News, 3000 West Alameda by 1 June. Since a formal Proceedings will be prepared, final Avenue, Burbank, Calif. 91503. papers should be submitted by 1 August. Titles and abstracts should be mailed to: AMS Program Chairman, Illinois State Water Survey, Box 232, Urbana, Call for Papers Illinois 61801. Sixth Technical Conference on Hurricanes, December 2-4, 1969, Miami Beach, Fla. Symposium on "The Future of the Atmosphere," The Sixth Technical Conference on Hurricanes, jointly Oct. 21-22, 1969, Madison, Wis. sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and its The American Meteorological Society will sponsor a Sym- Greater Miami Chapter, will be held at the Americana Hotel, posium on "The Future of the Atmosphere," Oct. 21-22, 1969, Bal Harbour, Miami Beach, Fla., December 2-4, 1969. The at the new Meteorology and Space Science Building on the Sixth Conference scheduled for Hawaii has been rescheduled Madison campus of the University of Wisconsin. This meet- to Miami, and the Hawaii meeting in June 1970 will be ing is in conjunction with dedication ceremonies for the oriented very broadly around tropical meteorology. Meteorology and Space Science Building. The Conference will deal with all phases of tropical cy- The subject of the symposium is oriented not only in the clones as well as related meteorological topics. The topics of

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Rosenthal, National Hurricane Research Labora- 14. Other meteorological aerospace vehicles design, test, tory, P. O. Box 8265, University of Miami Branch, Coral and operation problems not heretofore listed. Gables, Florida (33124). Abstracts must be received prior to A hstracts and papers 1 August 1969. It is recommended that authors submit only one paper. Abstracts of papers must be submitted by 1 September 1969 but should be submitted as early as possible in order to permit adequate consideration by the program committee. Call for Papers Abstracts must be between 200 and 400 words long. Com- plete camera-ready copy of accepted papers, not to exceed Fourth Conference on Aerospace Meteorology, 10 single spaced pages (including abstract and illustrations), May 4-7, 1970, Las Vegas, Nev. must be received by 15 December 1969 in order to be in- The Fourth National Conference on Aerospace Meteorology cluded in this conference. is being arranged by the AMS Committee on Atmospheric Proceedings Problems of Aerospace Vehicles aided by the AIAA Com- mittee on Atmospheric Environment. The Institute of En- All papers will be published in Proceedings and will be vironmental Sciences will be responsible for a session on provided to preregistrants one month in advance of the testing in simulated natural environments. meeting. Other attendees will receive Proceedings when reg- istering. Tentative plans, contingent upon review of papers Theme selected, is that there will be no formal presentation of The theme of this meeting is meteorology in design, test, papers at this meeting. Should these tentative plans appear and operation of current and future aerospace vehicles in- workable, the morning of registration day, as well as the cluding balloons, aircraft of all types, rockets, missiles, space preregistration period, will be allotted for individual study vehicles, and satellites. Papers being sought fall into two of the Proceedings. major categories: Meeting format a. Meteorological studies related to aerospace system de- Authors of papers accepted will be divided into panels sign and operational problems. according to topic areas. Panelists must meet with their b. Engineering studies of the influence of meteorological chairman during workshop sessions to be conducted on parameters in mission planning, design, test, and operation the afternoon of registration day. Other attendees may of aerospace systems. attend any workshop. During each workshop session panels Topics will develop material for a general session. About ten work- Problem areas of particular interest include: shops and general sessions are anticipated. 1. Special meteorological problems encountered on aero- General sessions, commencing on the second day and con- space vehicles test ranges. tinuing for 2 to 3 days, will start with a short overview by 2. Mesoscale pressure, temperature, atmospheric motion, the session chairman and be followed by very short informal and other gradients important in SST design and operation. talks by each author. These will describe, only in general, 3. Meteorological problems of aerodynamic lift, hypersonic details of the study but will emphasize findings. Showing of speed aerospace vehicles. many slides in these informal talks should be avoided, but 4. Artificial satellite meteorological problems, especially showing of 1 or 2 summary type slides, not necessarily in the those related to portions of orbital flights within the sensible formal paper, is encouraged. Presenting summary material atmosphere. in a chalk talk is also encouraged. Following introductory 5. Meteorological problems related to design and opera- material by chairman and panelists, sessions will be open tion of advanced ballooning systems. to informal discussion between panelists and between the 6. Atmospheric models for aerospace vehicle design and panel and attendees. Total time for each general session operation. will be about 1-1/2 hours. Time for audience participation 7. Wind and turbulence problems during launch and will equal or exceed that allotted to chairmen and panelists powered flight of rockets, missiles, and space vehicles. for introductory material. Half hour coffee breaks between 8. Meteorological problems related to impact or recovery sessions are planned to permit extension of discussion into of re-entry vehicles. these breaks, should there be sufficient interest. 9. 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New publications ity of depth determination by the combined use of depth phase, body-surface differences, and surface wave dominant Abstracts of reprints supported by ONR July 1967-May 1968 period is still not as reliable as required. The empirically (AD-676 217, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, observed limit on tsunami magnitude imposed by water Calif., 1968, 44 pp., from Clearinghouse*, Department of depth is explained. (Author) Commerce, Springfield, Va. 22151) lists abstracts on oceanography reporting research results by authors affiliated with The behavior of solitary waves on a stepped slope (AD-676 Scripps Institution. 220, Robert L. Street et al., Stanford University, August 1968, Accidents involving weather as a cause/related factor, general 73 pp., from Clearinghouse*, above) reports on a set of experiments run in a research facility to evaluate long wave aviation, 1966 (PB-178 984, from Clearinghouse*, above) behavior on a stepped slope. The primary objective was to shows that accidents connected with weather are more than establish bounds on the final volume delivery onto a shelf twice as likely to be fatal as non-weather-involved mishaps. resulting from long-wave encroachment. Solitary waves were This report and an analysis of it gives statistics on 896 used for the tests so that bottom topography effects on the weather-involved aircraft accidents in 1966 and incorporate wave behavior could be isolated from the other complex brief reports on each. The general aviation (non-airline) fatal wave-wave interactions that would have been present if wave accident probability when weather was involved is 2.6 times trains had been used. A study was made of the water volume that of an accident with no weather involvement. A "com- transmitted onto the shelf by the wave and of their deforma- posite picture" of the typical fatal weather accident in 1966 tion and readjustment to the new water depth. The results is drawn. were interpreted in terms of a non-dimensional initial vol- An annotated bibliography of climatic maps of North Viet- ume, the slope, and the ratio of water depth. (Author) nam (AD-676 915, Annie E. Grimes, Environmental Data Service, Silver Spring, Md., September 1968, 51 pp., from Climatography of hail in the central United States (Research Clearinghouse*, above) includes all available sources in report No. 38, Crop-Hail Insurance Actuarial Association, various libraries of the Washington Metropolitan Area with Stout and Changnon, available on request from CHIAA, 209 maps of North Vietnam, Indochina, and Southeast Asia. West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, 111. 60606) gives hail frequency (Author) for month, year, and decade. This detailed climatology of hail-storm occurrences east of the Rockies was developed by Annotated bibliography of ESSA publications of hydromete- the use of records from 1285 stations of the Weather Bureau orological interest (PB-179 855, Weather Bureau, Office of cooperative network and first-order stations. Climatology, Washington, D.C., August 1968, 31 pp., from Clearinghouse*, above) was prepared by J. L. H. Paulhus. Climatology of hourly occurrences of selected atmospheric Application of large aperture array techniques to tsunami phenomena in Illinois (Stanley A. Changnon, Jr., from Illi- warning (AD-828 319, Green and Greenfield, MIT Lincoln nois State Water Survey, Box 232, Urbana, 111. 61801) gives Laboratory, Lexington, Mass., December 1967, 30 pp., from hourly occurrences of glaze, sleet, snow, thunderstorms, hail, Clearinghouse*, above) examines the potentialities of a fog, and smoke from the data of first-order stations in single large array like the Montana LASA in providing rapid Illinois. tsunami warning information from earthquakes at teleseismic distances from the array. It appears that speed and locating A compact, self-contained ground temperature recorder accuracy of such a station are adequate. Depth determination (G. H. Johnston, National Research Council of Canada, from depth phase observation is somewhat enhanced com- 1966, 7 pp., 10 cents, from Division of Building Research, pared to that available from a small station, but the reliabil- National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.) is a reprint from Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 3, 4, 246-250, * Hard copies $3.00, microfiche 65 cents. November 1966.

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Development of short range forecasting techniques (PB-175 of existing literature on geology, geomorphology, oceanog- 722, V. S. Whitehead et al., University of Oklahoma, Norman, raphy, meteorology, botany, and archaeology. (Author) Okla., for ESSA, June 1968, 114 pp., from Clearinghouse*, above) contains sections on (1) Determination of rainfall A new set of oceanic diffusion programs (AD-675 269, A. potential from synoptic scale patterns; (2) application of Okubo, Chesapeake Bay Institute, Johns Hopkins University, hourly surface data to the development of short-range fore- for AEC and the Navy, June 1968, 55 pp., from Clearing- casting techniques; and (3) the observational network scale house*, above) investigates empirical relations between dif- as a factor in weather forecasting. fusion characteristics using data from dye release experiments in the surface layer of the sea. Data cover a time scale Educators guide to free science materials (372 pp., $8.25, of diffusion ranging from one hour to one month and a from Educators Progress Service, Randolph, Wis. 53956) length scale from 100 m to 100 km. Two oceanic diffusion lists, classifies, and gives sources for science materials said to programs are given; one showing horizontal variance versus be available without charge to educators, librarians, and diffusion time, and the other showing apparent diffusivity others. Included are films, filmstrips, bulletin, charts, posters, versus the scale of diffusion. (Author) etc. Objectives and goals in space science and applications—1968 Federal funds for research, development, and other scientific (NASA SP-162, 122 pp., il., $1.50 from GPO, above) opens activities ($2, from Superintendent of Documents, Govern- with a glimpse of the past, present, and future. Chapter 2 ment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402) is volume then outlines the objectives of space exploration in respect XVII in the series by that title and covers fiscal years 1967, to space physics, astronomy, lunar exploration, planetary 1968, and 1969. Federal obligations for basic research, ap- exploration, bioscience, and space applications. Chapters 4, plied research, and development (plant excluded) totaled 5, and 6 treat these same categories from the viewpoints of $16.5 billion in fiscal year 1967 and were expected to total strategies for space exploration, FY 1969 program additions, $16.2 billion in fiscal year 1968. The estimated drop in 1968 and future mission options, respectively. Chapter 3 gives represents the first time since 1955 that total Federal R&D views on relative emphasis. Excellent charts, diagrams, and funding has decreased from the preceding year. The 1969 photographs are included. R&D total, based on the Budget of the United States Govern- ment, FY 1969, as submitted to the Congress in January 1968, Oceanography legislation (Hearings Serial No. 90-20, 229 pp., was expected to be $17.3 billion. However, as a result of from Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House subsequent actions, the 1969 total will probably be less than of Representatives, Washington, D.C.) contains the transcript in 1968. Statistics in the report are based on the January of statements, testimony, and exhibits presented during con- 1968 data and do not reflect subsequent changes. Data are gressional healings on such topics as marine sanctuaries, the arranged by character of work, agency, performer, and International Decade of Ocean Exploration, and the con- field of science. tinuation of the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development. FLIP—Floating instrument platform (AD-675 216, Bronson and Glosten, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, Operational guide for mapping snow cover from satellite Calif., for the Navy, August 1968, 28 pp., from Clearing- photography (PB-179 856, Barnes and Bowley, Allied Research house*, above) gives a general non-technical summation of Associates, Inc., Concord, Mass., May 1968, 118 pp., from Clear- the construction, operation, and potential of the R/P FLIP— inghouse*, above) was prepared specifically for regions of a super-stable, open-sea, free-floating platform from which to relatively flat terrain within the Upper Mississippi and conduct research in physical oceanography (primarily under- Missouri River Basins. The procedures discussed can also water acoustics) to a scale heretofore impossible because of be applied to other areas with similar terrain, and may be background noise and ship movement. applicable, at least to some degree, to regions of character- istically different terrain and vegetation. Techniques are International Decade of Ocean Exploration (PrEx 12.2:Oc 2, given for identifying snow cover and for differentiating snow 7 pp., 15 cents, from GPO, above) gives details on President cover distribution and for transferring the information in Johnson's proposal on 8 March 1968 for an International the satellite photograph to a working map. Techniques for Decade of Ocean Exploration during the 1970's—a decade of obtaining qualitative estimates of snow depth from snow intensified and sustained international collaboration to plan, brightness are discussed. ESSA-2 and Nimbus II photographs develop, and implement programs for exploring the world's are given. In Section 7, the methods and techniques are oceans. The purpose of the report is to foster development of summarized in the form of an operational check list and the decade concept by scientists, engineers, and representa- example. A bibliography on the use of satellite photographs tives of industry and governments. to observe snow cover is included. (Author) Marine desert ecology of southern Peru (AD-674 431, Alan K. Planetary exploration: 1968-1975. Report of a study by the Craig, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Fla., August Space Science Board (1968, 49 pp., available from Space 1968, 215 pp., from Clearinghouse*, above) presents results Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences/National of a reconnaissance of part of the south-central Peruvian Research Council) stresses the importance of planetary ex- coast. The data constitute the initial phase of a project in- ploration to nearly all scientific disciplines and urges the ini- volving a general survey of marine desert ecology. Broad ob- tiation of a series of relatively small and inexpensive un- jectives include reconstruction of the late Pleistocene paleo- manned spacecraft to orbit Venus and Mars at every planetary geographic environment and assembly of land-based evidence opportunity and to make exploratory probes of other targets for previous Peru Current deflections. Contemporary prob- such as Jupiter and Mercury. High priority is given to a lems of human ecology are considered after systematic review program of Martian orbiting and landing missions to detect * Hard copies $3.00, microfiche 65 cents. possible evidence of life on that planet.

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Precision measurement and calibration—Selected NBS papers Meetings of interest on temperature (NBS Special Publ. 300, vol. 2, J. F. Swin- dells, ed., August 1968, 513 pp., $4.75, from GPO, above) 17-20 June: Planning Challenges of the 70's in Space and the although designated volume 2, is the first to be issued in an Public Domain, joint national meeting of the American As- extended series which will bring together previously pub- tronautic Society and Operations Research Society of Amer- lished writings by NBS authors dealing wTith precision mea- ica, Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colo. Contact: Dr. George surements of specific physical quantities and the calibration W. Morgenthaler, General Program Chairman, Martin Mari- of related metrology equipment. The present volume, a etta Corporation, P. O. Box 179, Denver, Colo. 80201. compilation of reprints on temperature and calibration through June 1967, begins with a summary of recommended practice for expression of uncertainties, and then discusses 29-30 August: International Symposium on Numerical Ref- the various aspects of precise temperature determination, erence Data for Science and Technology, Warsaw, Poland, grouping the material under the headings: Temperature sponsored by the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish scales, resistance thermometry, thermoelectric thermometry, National Board for Quality Control and Measures. The sym- liquid-in-glass thermometry, and spectroscopic thermometry. There follows a selected but extensive bibliography on tem- posium is a recognition by Poland of the importance of perature measurement from January 1953 to December 1965, international collaboration in preparation and dissemination and subject and other indexes. of reliable data for science and technology. Papers are by invitation. Contact: Prof. A. Bylocki, Bureau M 6, ul. Electro- Proceedings of the symposium on the problems of desert and alna 2, Warsaw 1, SKR. P-10, Poland. semi-arid regions, November 1966 (ICASALS Publ. No. 1, 63 pp., from International Center for Arid and Semi-Arid Land Studies, Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas). 7-12 September: Symposium on the Hydrology of Glaciers, Selected water resources abstracts (Water Resources Scientific Cambridge, England, sponsored by the Commission on Snow Information Center, January 1969, 24 issues per year, $22 and Ice (IASH) and the Glaciological Society. The program domestic, $27.50 foreign, single issues $3, from Clearing- will include water balance of glaciers, movement and storage house, above) is published and distributed for WRSIC, Of- of water within glaciers, glaciers considered as groundwater fice of Water Resources Research, Department of Interior. systems, and the glacier as a source of stream flow. Contact: It provides data on the physical, life, and social sciences as The Secretary, Glaciological Society, c/o Scott Polar Research well as related engineering and legal aspects of the character- Institute, Cambridge, England. istics, conservation, control, use or management of water. Abstracts of current monographs, journal articles, transla- tions, and technical reports cover such topics as groundwater, lakes and estuaries, water yield, watershed protection, water 8-12 September: Technical Conference on Upper-Air Instru- pollution, waste treatment, water demand, water law, hy- ments and Observations, Paris, France, sponsored by the draulics, and soil mechanics. World Meteorological Organization and its Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation. It is expected that Studies of techniques for the analysis and prediction of the conference will include sessions on constant-level bal- temperature in the ocean, part VI: Translation of asynoptic loons, meteorological satellites (especially as sensors of tem- data (AD-675 515, Thomasell and Walsh, Travelers Research Center, Inc., Hartford, Conn., for Naval Oceanographic perature and moisture profiles in the lower atmosphere), Office, May 1968, 57 pp., from Clearinghouse*, above) studies sensors and telemetry for meteorological rockets, new land accuracy of sea-surface temperature analyses constructed and marine rawinsonde systems (including methods for auto- from routinely available data in the Gulf Stream by in- mating data reduction), problems of making rawinsonde ob- corporating estimates of the large-scale flow into the analysis servations to very high levels, sensors on ancillary devices, procedure. and reference radiosondes. Contact: Vaughn D. Rockney, Weather modification, 9th annual report, 1967 (NS 1.21:967, W 13, ESSA Weather Bureau, 8060 13th St., Silver Spring, 1968, 101 pp., il., 40 cents, from GPO, above) presents the Md. 20910. ninth annual report by the National Science Foundation on weather modification for the fiscal year ended on 30 June 1967. 7-9 October: 9th Annual Conference on Environmental Ef- fects on Aircraft and Propulsion Systems, sponsored by the * Hard copies $3.00, microfiche 65 cents. Naval Air Propulsion Test Center, to be held at Holiday Inn, Bordentown, N. J. New information is sought on all Statistical courses at MIT types of natural environmental phenomena such as pre- Massachusetts Institute of Technology will offer, 7-18 July cipitation, turbulence, lightning, icing, violent storms; surface 1969, an elementary summer course titled "Statistical Method conditions such as ice, slush, snow, salt water, mud. Empha- in Modern Experimentation." The course will focus on sis will be on prediction and frequency of occurrence, type factorial designs with each factor at two or at three levels. and extent of damage, detection of occurrence, and methods Lectures will be given by Prof. Harold Freeman and the of operating in adverse environments. All papers will be un- computational laboratory will be conducted by Dr. Paul Berger. Further particulars may be obtained by writing to classified. Contact: R. A. Bard, Program Vice Chairman, the Director of the Summer Session, Room El9-356, Massa- Naval Air Propulsion Test Center, P. O. Box 176, 1440 chusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Mass. 02139. Parkway Ave., Trenton, N. J. 08628.

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University of Wyoming graduate study Graduate study leading to the Master of Science degree in Atmospheric Resources is offered at the University of Wyo- ming. The program offers the student the opportunity to do advanced study in such areas as cloud physics, cloud dynamics, thermodynamics, fluid dynamics, mathematics, chemistry, etc., with emphasis on applications to precipitation management (weather modification) and air pollution. The Natural Resources Research Institute operates a well- equipped observatory atop Elk Mountain, an isolated peak at the northern extremity of the Snowy Range. This facility is a unique natural laboratory in which a variety of inter- esting topics can be effectively studied. The observatory is equipped with a hardline telemetry system, NCAR ice nucleus counter and other cloud physics instrumentation. The University also has available an aircraft equipped with a digital acquisition system, NCAR ice nucleus counter and other portable instrumentation. Digital computer facilities (Philco 2000 Model 211) and an instrumentation laboratory Ariel Cohen, Hebrew University doctoral student, at the laser meteorological instrument during his nightly research. are also available. Studies of the characteristics and modifications of oro- (Continued from news and notes, page 178) graphic clouds are conducted during winter experiments and summer research includes study in cloud physics and dy- Hebrew University laser research in meteorology namics of hailstorms on the high plains. In addition, nu- Night after night, Hebrew University scientists have been merical modeling of cumulus and orographic systems is training a newly-installed ultrapowerful meteorological laser being conducted. instrument at various objects in the atmosphere as part of Graduate research assistantships stipends for the academic research which is expected to yield important data. year are $2,628.00 which obligates the student to work 18 The main sponsor was the Environmental Science Services hours per week. A major portion of the non-resident tuition Administration's National Severe Storms Laboratory, under fees are remitted. the U. S. Department of Commerce, which granted $40,000 B.S. degree or equivalent in meteorology, engineering, for a two year research project ending March 1969. Most physics, chemistry, or mathematics is a minimum require- of this sum was for the purchase of the laser and receiver, ment for the program. as well as peripherals including an oscilloscope and optical Applications and further information may be obtained bench. by writing: Head of the Department of Civil and Architec- The study was conducted by two young scientists, Ariel tural Engineering, P. O. Box 3295, University Station, Lara- Cohen, 28, and Michael Graber, 26, as part of their Ph.D. mie, Wyoming 82070. and M.Sc. work, respectively. It was carried out by the Department of Meteorology, headed by Prof. Jehuda Neu- mann, in collaboration with the Department of Physics' Symposium on Advances in Instrumentation for Microwave Division, headed by Prof. William Low. Fred Air Pollution Control Goldwater, an electronics engineer, head of the Meteorology Department Laboratory, was responsible in part for the Under sponsorship of the National Air Pollution Control selection and acquisition of the laser and has directed its Administration, a Symposium on Advances in Instrumenta- installation and preparation for actual work. tion for Air Pollution Control is scheduled at the Terrace Designed mainly for upper atmospheric research and Hilton Hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio, 26-28 May 1969. Papers equipped with Israel's largest telescope (12 inch), the British- will be solicited by invitation for five half-day sessions on made instrument emits a pulse of light energy with a peak the following topics: power of 100 million watts, equivalent to the output of one of Israel's largest power station generators. Unlike the per- 1. Instrumentation for Plume Measurements formance of the power plant, which generates this amount of 2. Instrumentation for Emission Measurements power around the clock, the laser instrument only maintains 3. Instrumentation for Measuring Meteorological Parame- this power for the duration of 70 billionth of a second ters (.00000007 sec). 4. Long-Path Instrumentation for Air Quality Measure- Yet, the concentration of power is so intense that the laser ments beam, travelling unseen by the human eye, can pick up re- 5. Point Sampling Instrumentation for Air Quality Mea- turns from the atmosphere at a maximum altitude of surements. 60-70 km. The two-meter-long, half-meter-wide electronic device is On the last afternoon, an informal panel discussion will now installed on the roof of Jerusalem's four-story Terra be held to discuss future instrumentation needs. Sancta building, home of the University's Department of For additional information write to one of the following: Meteorology. It can be pointed in almost any direction. It Dr. A. P. Altshuller or Mr. Charles R. Hosier, 5710 Wooster is the largest meteorological laser installation ever built in Pike, Cincinnati, Ohio 45227. Britain.

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"Although the performance is satisfactory, we would ob- Karl Compton. In succeeding years it has ben presented to tain better results if the instrument were placed far from such distinguished scientists as Vannevar Bush, Charles Stark settled areas," Mr. Goldwater said. "The apparatus was Draper, Alan Tower Waterman, Edwin H. Land, and others. ordered before the Six-Day War when Jerusalem did not The Prize for 1968 was presented to Dr. Spilhaus at the have as many lights as now, but today with all the illumina- meeting on 28 December at the Sheraton-Dallas. The cita- tion of the Old City wall, those lights to a certain extent in- tion read in part: "A meteorologist and oceanographer of terfere with our work." distinction, who inspires the scientific community by his The research is partly concerned with studies of the tropo- services as scientist, administrator in universities and scien- sphere (lower atmosphere) probing the development of cloud tific organizations, adviser to governments, inventor, author, droplets, visibility and dust layers which are correlated to and by his effectiveness as a journalist of science." various weather phenomena. Particularly with respect to The award ceremony was followed by a lecture and a panel clouds, the researchers hope for results unobtainable with discussion with Dr. Spilhaus as lecturer on the subject "Tech- any other instrument. Its main objective, however, is a study nology, Living Cities, and Human Environment." In con- of the upper atmosphere detecting cloud layers, measuring cluding his address Dr. Spilhaus said: density variations and, if possible, also wind speed. This part "What I've done in the past minutes is to throw out a of the research is important in order to obtain data on kaleidoscope of ideas which may be tried, some may be dis- density and temperature at various altitudes. carded. I've done this in order to stimulate (or irritate as Two wavelengths will be used to arrive at a comprehensive the case may be) our distinguished Panel into discussion. picture as to size and number of particles—one already in There are many step jumps and innovative ideas which must operation is the ruby wavelength (.0007 millimeters), while be tried if we are going to get away from whittling at our the other will be the Neodymium wavelength (.00106 mm). people problems. Some have suggested a Marshall plan. I So strong is the instrument's laser beam that it can pene- think a closer analogy is a space program on Earth. We trate cloud formations and probe more distant objects. Sig- have just witnessed how commitment and imagination using nals are sent back from every encounter which lies in the the best in government and the best in industry can work as path of the beam, ranging from falling rain and cloud drop- a team and achieve the unbelievable result from crawling lets through dust particles and even air molecules. in space with the first little Explorer satellite to three men visiting the Moon, accomplished in a span of only ten years. While the instrument is now mainly used for pure re- To provide a better environment for people on Earth can search, it is already being prepared for applied work, e.g., we not explore space on Earth with similar commitment and a comparison with measurements now obtained by the radio imagination and with the involvement of people in a grand equipped weather balloons sent up twice daily by the Beit national experiment?" Dagon Meteorological Station to gather temperature, pressure, Dr. Spilhaus came to the United States from Cape Town, humidity, and wind speed data. South Africa, in 1931 and received a master's degree at "The laser beam has several advantages compared to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1933, remaining balloon not least as far as range and cost are concerned," there to conduct research on aeronautical and meteorological said Ariel Cohen. "One laser shot costs only one dollar, which instruments. In 1935, in conjunction with the Union of is a mere fraction of the cost of the balloon measurements. South Africa Defense Forces, he established the first upper Another advantage is that the laser is the best method to air investigations in that country. He returned to South measure visibility in the troposphere." Africa again in 1948 to earn his doctoral degree at the Uni- Among the many unknowns the young scientists hoped to versity of Cape Town. probe was whether the laser is able to measure humidity. Well known for his many contributions as educator, ad- They expected to establish this in the final three months of ministrator, research scientist, inventor (bathythermograph, the study. Spilhaus space clock), and author, and for his services on numerous national and international committees and boards, AAAS president-elect honored Dr. Spilhaus holds the Legion of Merit, USAF, 1946; Ex- Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus, pres- ceptional Civilian Service Medal, USAF, 1952; and the Patri- ident of The Franklin Insti- otic Civilian Service Award, Department of the Army, 1959. tute, Philadelphia, and president-elect of the American Association for the Advance- Executive director appointed for ment of Science for 1969, was Science Council of Canada further honored at the AAAS Dr. P. D. McTaggart-Cowan, formerly president of Simon meetings in Dallas in De- Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C., was named executive di- cember when he received the rector of the Science Council of Canada on 1 November 1968. William Procter Prize for The Science Council was established in 1966 within the Scientific Achievement from Science Secretariat of the Privy Council Office of Canada, the Scientific Research Soci- but on the date of Dr. McTaggart-Cowan's appointment was ety of America (RESA). The separated from the other functions of the Science Secre- Prize, consisting of a certifi- tariat and became an independent body reporting directly cate of award mounted in a to the Prime Minister. The Council is comprised of 25 handsome leather case and a check for $1000, is awarded members chosen from among persons having a specialized each year to a scientist or engineer in recognition of notable interest in science or technology and four members chosen accomplishment in scientific research or in the administra- from among officers or employees in departments or agencies tion of such research. The first award was made in 1950 to of the Government of Canada.

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The Council is charged from the University of British Columbia in 1933 with first with the duty of assessing class honors in mathematics and physics, and became a in a comprehensive manner Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in 1934, receiving an Canada's scientific and tech- honors B.A. degree in natural science in 1936 from Corpus nological resources, require- Christi College. ments and potentialities, and He joined the British Meteorological Office at London to make recommendations Airport, Croyden, in 1936, and later that year became officer thereon to the Minister. The in charge of the meteorological service in Newfoundland. Council is specifically charged In 1942 he was appointed chief meteorologist for the RAF with the duty of giving con- Ferry Command, holding that position until 1945, when he sideration to and making re- became secretary of air navigation for the Provisional Inter- ports and recommendations national Civil Aviation Organization. In 1946 he moved to to the Minister on: a) the the headquarters of the Canadian Meteorological Service at adequacy of the scientific and Toronto, where he was appointed associate director in 1957 technological research and and director in 1959. He was named president of Simon development being carried on Fraser University in 1963. in Canada; b) the priorities Among his many honors are the MBE for services with that should be assigned; c) the effective development and the RAF Ferry Command, the Coronation Medal, the Losey use of scientific and technological manpower; d) long-term Award, the Charles Franklin Brooks Award, an honorary planning for scientific and technological research and de- doctorate of science from the University of British Colum- velopment; e) Canada's participation in international scien- bia. A past vice president of the American Meteorological tific or technological affairs; f) coordination of Government Society, he was made a Fellow in 1967, and in the same year and private research and development; g) statistical informa- received the Confederation Medal. He is a past president of tion required to provide a proper basis for the formulation the Canadian Branch of the Royal Meteorological Society. of government policy in relation to science and technology. In 1963 he was president of the WMO Regional Association Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1912, Dr. McTaggart- IV, and is presently governor of the Arctic Institute of Cowan came to Vancouver, B. C., as a child. He graduated North America.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEATHER MODIFICATION

The First National Conference on Weather Modification sponsored by the American Meteoro- logical Society was held from April 28 to May 1, 1968, in Albany, N. Y., bringing together scientists of international repute. This conference provided an opportunity for meteorologists and engineers to present analyses of their experimental and theoretical work dealing specifically with on- going programs in weather and climate modification.

Topics included in this comprehensive volume are:

Field Programs and Projects Warm Rain and Warm Cloud Modification Large Scale Climate Modification Inadvertent and Social and Legal Aspects of Weather Modification Cumulus Modeling and Cumulus Seeding Instruments and Techniques for Weather Modification Fog, Stratus and Winter Orographic Cloud Modification Hail Suppression Price: $20 nonmembers Approx. 500 pp. $15 AMS members

SEND ORDERS TO: AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 45 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 02108

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