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. Bulletin American Meteorological Society 181 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/07/21 09:36 AM UTC Vol. 50, No. 3, March 1969 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: 182 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/07/21 09:36 AM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society 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.

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