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News from Our Chapters news from our chapters The following are meeting reports received at AMS headquarters on or before 14 April 1972. Central Oklahoma about "Modern Developments in Meteorology." He discussed the World Weather Watch, the Global Atmospheric Re- Approximately 75 people attended the February meeting search Program, the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment, of the Central Oklahoma Chapter in spite of a raging and the various problems encountered in each. icestorm. The meeting was held at the Norman Public At the January meeting Duane Benton, Instructor in Library in Norman, Okla. Mr. Allen Pearson, Director of Meteorology, Ashland College, was the speaker. He talked the National Severe Storms Forecast Center, Kansas City, about the Pre-BOMEX (Barbados Oceanographic and Mete- narrated a film, What Do We Know About Tornadoes? He orological Experiment) of 1968, in which he participated. expounded on the terms peculiar to severe weather fore- The March meeting's speaker was Dr. T. Theodore casts and clarified the Center's verification methods. Mr. Fujita of the Department of Geophysical Sciences at the Pearson told of the current effort at the center to classify University of Chicago. The title of his talk was "All About tornadoes using, among other parameters, their center Tornadoes." maximum wind speed and pathlengths. He entertained Attendance at the meetings has averaged from 25-35 with questions from the floor during his talk, and engaged in over 70 at the March meeting. A program including a informal discussion with attendees as refreshments were panel discussion of weather and safety in small boating is served after the meeting. planned for the May and final meeting of the year. Officers Committee chairmanships for the calendar year 1972 were for the next year will be elected at the May meeting.— announced as follows: Craig Goff, Membership; Joe Golden, Joseph Prelec, Jr., Secy-Treas. Program; Bill Curry, Publicity; and Dr. Stan Barnes, Educa- tion. This year again the Chapter provided awards to the winners of the Oklahoma City Science Fair, which was District of Columbia held 29-31 March.—William T. Davis, Secy-Treas. The speaker for the 15 March meeting of the D.C. Chapter was Dr. Alan E. Strong, Oceanographer, Environmental Central South Carolina Sciences Group, National Environmental Satellite Service. On Tuesday, 28 March, 21 members and guests met in the His subject was "Applications of National Oceanic and Atmo- facilities of the National Weather Service Forecast Office, spheric Administration Satellites Data Toward Monitoring West Columbia, S.C., to hear Mr. Charles Lindsay speak on the Marine Environment." Dr. Strong described the utiliza- "Forecasting Thermal Conditions for Soaring." Slides de- tion of data from the operational NOAA environmental picted the meteorological conditions required for soaring. satellites and the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- Many experiences of sail plane enthusiasts were introduced tration research satellites in the oceanographic research by Mr. Lindsay in order to illustrate situations in which program. they had found themselves due to changing meteorological The data application studies are presently being directed conditions during a flight. toward developing regional sea surface temperature charts Slides taken during the National Soaring Meet held in from thermal infrared scanning radiometer data, mapping Bryan, Ohio, last summer were also shown. At the end of sea ice in the arctic and antarctic, and inferring sea surface March 1972 a sail plane meet was held in Chester, S.C. roughness and wind fields from sun glint. Dr. Strong ex- Two participants in this meet, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kruesi plained that the advent of the environmental satellite has, of Hockessin, Del., were our guests for the evening.—G. for the first time, provided the oceanographer with good, Emmett C. Kauffman, Secy-Treas. nearly synoptic data coverage of the broad ocean areas. He illustrated, by means of numerous photographic slides, the Cleveland detailed oceanographic features that may be inferred from the processing of satellite data. Dr. Strong stated that he The Cleveland Chapter meets on the second Tuesday of anticipates a rapidly expanding knowledge of the ocean the months of September, November, January, March, and environment with the availability of data from the im- May. Officers for the current year are: President, Robert proved sensors of the ITOS-series satellites in the near Zames, Meteorologist, WEWS-TV; Program Chairman, Rich- future, particularly from those operating in the infrared ard Finn, Vulcan Laboratories; Secretary-Treasurer, Joseph spectrum.—Harry O. Davis, Rec. Secy. Prelec, Jr., Forecaster, National Weather Service. The speaker for the September meeting was Robert E. Hamilton of the National Weather Service Forecast Office, Greater Boston Cleveland, Ohio. The title of his talk was the use of radar On 25 January the Greater Boston Chapter met at L. G. in forecasting the weather. He detailed his research on the Hanscom Field in Bedford, Mass. The speaker for the eve- 4 July 1969 severe storm that hit Cleveland. ning was Mr. Eli Bulba of Eli Bulba, Inc., consulting engi- For the November meeting, Perry Fisher of the Geology neers in air pollution control surveys, systems design, and Department of Case Western Reserve University talked aerosol technology. Mr. Bulba's topic was "Air Pollution 560 Vol. 53, No. 6, June 1972 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/30/21 09:36 AM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society Controls: A Case Study." In his talk Mr. Bulba reviewed city and discussed the techniques involved in the data col- a plan proposed by the state of Massachusetts to achieve lection. Theodolite equipment and observation support were air quality commensurate with the resources of the state. He provided by the Air Weather Service's 6th Weather Squa- also presented a well-illustrated case study of a ferrous dron (MOB). Dr. Ackerman currently is in the process of cupola foundry where scrap iron is processed. He compared analyzing the wind profile data from the nine sites around the complex emissions from such a foundry with those of a the city. The data sample obtained will provide for an in- cement plant where some of the product is incorporated depth study of the complex circulation patterns of a metro- in the emissions and becomes pollution. Mr. Bulba stressed politan area. the importance the particulate size plays in controls and laws Upon completion of her lecture, Dr. Ackerman answered to be developed and he cited the need to know annual costs a number of questions from the audience.—Charles Lee, of pollution controls so that they may be economically as Secy. well as ecologically desirable. The second meeting of 1972 was held on 23 February Greater Tokyo on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Greater Tokyo Branch of the American Meteorologi- in a joint meeting with the MIT Department of Mete- cal Society held its third meeting of the 1971-72 season in orology and Oceanography. The speakers for the evening the Early American Room of the Sanno Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, were Paul Sherr, James Barnes, David Spiegler, and David on 9 February 1972. The meeting was called to order at Staelin of Environmental Research and Technology, Inc., 1900 hours by Maj. Austin G. Cotton, Vice President. Gen- of Lexington, Mass. They chose as their topic, "Current and eral William H. Best, Commander of the Air Weather Ser- Future Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing." vice, U.S. Air Force, introduced the honored speaker, As moderator, Paul Sherr introduced Dr. Barnes who spoke RAdm. William J. Kotsch, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Deputy on "Current and Planned Satellite Systems." Among the Director for Operations at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. ones that he discussed were the ESSA series, ITOS-D, and RAdm. Kotsch gave a very interesting presentation on TIROS-N. Following him, Dr. Spiegler spoke on "Use of revolutionary changes in the weather services as the result Satellite Data in Synoptic Meteorology." He used a semi- of adopting computerized equipment during the past decade. tropical cyclone of late October 1969 as his example and He also referred to man's role in the meteorological fields in correlated satellite pictures and surface charts in tracking the future. the storm's path and development. Following the speaker's presentation. Dr. Ichiro Imai, Prof. Staelin spoke next on "Vertical Sounding Techniques Chapter President, appointed a nominating committee to and Microwave Observations of the Earth's Surface." He select candidates for office for the 1972-73 season. The meet- displayed pictures taken from satellites depicting tempera- ing was adjourned at 1940 hrs.—Toshio Ide, Secy. ture and water vapor profiles as well as some which depicted differences between land and water, wet and dry land, and Kansas City old and new ice. Dr. Barnes ended this interesting discussion by speaking on "Uses of Satellite Data for Snow and Ice Eighty-seven members and guests attended the annual social Surveying." Using composite APT photographs, he delini- dinner meeting of the Kansas City Chapter on 7 December. ated areas of major snowmelt water and showed how these The meeting was held at the "Brown Bottle Club" of the areas can be mapped using the photographs. Schlitz Brewing Company. Following the dinner Chapter Also at this meeting, an announcement was made con- Chairman, Allen Pearson introduced the nationally known cerning a fun-filled weekend on Mount Washington in New humorist of the Kansas City Star, Mr. William Vaughan, Hampshire that is being planned for early June.—Elizabeth as speaker for the evening. L. Kintigh, Secy. Mr. Vaughan's topic was a humorous one, "Thirty Years After Pearl Harbor and Other Lousy Forecasts I Have Known." In addition to the humor, the speaker conveyed a Greater St. Louis serious message about the nature of humor and its role in The 23 March meeting of the Greater St.
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