Bulletin American Meteorological Society 303 The development of Doppler weather radars (Gray Gray, G. R., R. J. Serafin, D. Atlas, R. E. Rinehart, and J. J. et al., 1975) that can detect tornado vortices presents an Boyajian, 1975: Real-time color Doppler radar display. exciting opportunity to develop very effective tornado Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 56, 581-588. warning systems. As in the case of the visual sightings, Hering, W. S., H. A. Brown, and H. S. Muench, 1972: Meso- the Doppler radar can detect the phenomenon itself, scale forecast experiments. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 53, and it has the advantages that the incipient tornadoes 1180-1183. can be detected aloft well before touching ground (Don- Howe, O. M., 1974: Tornado path sizes. J. Appl. Meteor., 13, aldson, 1975), and detection can be made both day 343-347. and night. It is almost certain that the severe weather Mogil, H. M., 1974: Evaluation of severe weather and thun- forecaster working with Doppler information will also derstorm forecasts using manually digitized radar data and the SELS severe weather log. Preprints, Fifth Conference on have to make fast analyses and fast decisions; he will Weather Forecasting Analysis, Boston, Amer. Meteor. Soc., welcome computer guidance. Without speculating on the 270-275. form of this guidance, we can say that "radar plus com- Moore, P. L., A. D. Cummings, and D. L. Smith, 1974: The puter (plus forecaster?) equals fast diagnosis and National Weather Service manually digitized radar program warning." and its application to precipitation probability forecast- References ing. Preprints, Fifth Conference on Weather Forecasting and Analysis, Boston, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 69-74. Austin, G. L., and A. Bellon, 1974: The use of digital weather National Climatic Center, 1972: Climatological Data, Na- radar records for short-term precipitation forecasting. tional Summary, 23, NOAA Environ. Data Service, Ashe- Quart. J. Rev. Meteor. Soc., 100, 658-664. Blackmer, R. H., R. O. Duda, and R. Rebah, 1973: Applica- ville, N.C. tion of pattern recognition techniques for digitized weather , 1974: Storm Data, 16, NOAA Environ. Data Service, radar. Final Report Contract 1-36072, Stanford Res. Inst., Asheville, N.C. Menlo Park, Calif. Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1974: The World Alma- Donaldson, R. J., Jr., 1975: History of a tornado vortex nac, New York, N.Y., p. 1022. traced by plan shear indicator. Preprints, 16th Radar Waldvogel, A., 1974: The N0 jump of raindrop spectra. J. Meteorology Conference, Boston, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80-82. Atmos. Sci., 31, 1067-1078.

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Aviation weather publications available were revised by C. Hugh Snyder, former NWS Training Coordinator, and his staff at the FAA Academy in Oklahoma Aviation Weather, a joint publication of NOAA and the City. When Mr. Snyder, a member of the AMS, was awarded Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has undergone a a Department of Commerce Bronze Medal on the occasion complete face-lift since its first appearance in 1965. The of his retirement from the NWS in 1975, his work on these revised version is now available in the form of a two-volume publications was cited among his accomplishments. set: Aviation Weather (AC 00-64) and Aviation Weather Ser- Copies of Aviation Weather and Aviation Weather Ser- vices (AC 00-45). vices are available from the Superintendent of Documents, Aviation Weather is a general text on the principles of U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 meteorology and their application to aviation operations. It at $4.55 and $1.95 each, respectively. is intended primarily for pilots and flight operations per- sonnel, but also serves as an introductory text on weather for International geophysical calendar for 1976 non-aviation interests. Aviation Weather Services is now a separate publication The International Geophysical Calendar for 1976 has been that discusses services provided to the pilot by National prepared in cooperation with the world scientific community Weather Service and FAA facilities, the structure and inter- and is available from the Environmental Data Service's Na- pretation of weather observations and forecasts, data com- tional Geophysical and Solar Terrestrial Data Center. The munications, and use of analytic and prognostic charts. calendar is issued annually to coordinate solar and geo- The book is also used as a text in the NWS Pilot Weather physical observations and data exchange. Copies of the 1976 Briefer Course and will be updated periodically as new calendar may be obtained from: J. Virginia Lincoln, World products, forecast techniques, and briefing services are de- Data Center A for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, NOAA, Boulder, veloped. Colo. 80302. The volumes, again published jointly by NOAA and FAA, (More announcements on page 340)

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 06:50 AM UTC 308 Vol. 57, No. 3, March 1976 Interim Report of METROMEX Studies, NSF GI-38317, complex. Preprints, Fourth Conf. on Weather Modif., 18-21 111. State Water Surv., Urbana, 143-146. Nov., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 390-395. Semonin, R. G., 1972: Tracer chemical experiments in mid- Uthe, E. E., and P. B. Russell, 1974: Experimental study of west convective clouds. Preprints, Third Conf. on Weather the urban aerosol structure and its relation to urban Modif., 26-29 June, Rapid City, S.D., Amer. Meteor. Soc. climate modification. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 55, 115-121. and Amer. Soc. of Civil Eng., 83-87. Vogel, J. V., 1974a: Synoptic analysis. Interim Report of , and S. A. Changnon, 1974a: METROMEX: Summary METROMEX Studies, NSF GI-38317, 111. State Water of 1971-72 results. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 55, 95-100. Surv., Urbana, 6-16. , and , 1974b: METROMEX: Lessons for precipi- , 1974b: Analyses of possible urban-effect thunder- tation enhancement in the midwest. Preprints, Fourth storms. Preprints, Fifth Conf. on Weather Forecasting and Conf. on Weather Modif., 18-21 Nov., Fort Lauderdale, Analysis, 4-7 Mar., St. Louis, Mo., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Fla., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 353-357. 189-191. Sisterson, D. L., 1975: Studies on the urban moisture budget. Young, J. A., 1975: The entrainment of tracers near the M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Atmos. Sci., Coll. of Eng., Univ. of sides of convective clouds. Annual Report for 1974 to Wyo., Laramie, 141 pp. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Div. of Biomed. and Spangler, T. S., 1972: Dynamically induced meso-scale varia- Environ. Res., Part 3, Atmos. Sci., Rept. BNWL-1950PT3, tions of the urban mixing layer depth. Rept. No. AR104, Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, Wash., 140-142. Dept. of Atmos. Resour., Coll. of Eng., Univ. of Wyo., , T. M. Tanner, C. W. Thomas, and N. A. Wogman, Laramie, 30 pp. 1974: The entrainment of tracers near the sides of convec- , and R. A. Dirks, 1974: Meso-scale variations of the tive clouds. Annual Report for 1973 to U.S. Atomic Energy urban mixing height. Boundary-Layer Meteor., 6, 428-441. Commission, Div. of Biomed. and Environ. Res., Part 3, Spyers-Duran, P., 1972a: Upwind and downwind cloud base Atmos. Sci., Rept. BNWL-1850PT3, Battelle Pacific North- microstructure. University of Chicago Contribution to west Labs., Richland, Wash., 146-147. Project METROMEX-1, Univ. of Chicago, 111., 53-71. , , , , and M. R. Peterson, 1975: Concen- , 1972b: Observations of the cloud nucleus concentra- trations and rates of removal of contaminants from the tion around the St. Louis urban complex. University of atmosphere in and downwind of St. Louis. Annual Report Chicago Contribution to Project METROMEX-1, Univ. of for 1974 to U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Div. of Bio- Chicago, 111., 53-71. med. and Environ. Res., Part 3, Atmos. Sci., Rept. BNWL- , 1974: Cloud condensation nucleus measurements and 1950PT3, Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, Wash., estimates of production rates for the St. Louis urban 70-76.

(Continued from announcements, page 303) Part II, Oceanography, contains charts for types of tides, cotidal lines, typical tide curves, tide ranges, ocean surface Marine climatic atlas of the world current, and sea and glacier ice. The publication U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the Some of the meteorological data presentations have been World, Volume 1, North Atlantic Ocean (Revised 1974) is changed from the 1955 Atlas: wave statistics have been now in print. This volume updates and revises Volume 1 of added, and there are no upper air charts included, since the U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the World, 1955 several comprehensive volumes of upper air data have been (NAV AIR 50 1C-528) with nearly 20 additional years of published elsewhere in recent years. meteorological data. Funded and published by the Naval The nearly 400 page volume is for sale by the Superin- Weather Service Command, the new publication is the first tendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, of eight volumes of the Marine Climatic Atlas of the World Washington, D.C. 20402 for $23.90. that the Navy will revise and update. The volume consists of two parts under the same cover: Part I, Meteorology, prepared by the Environmental Data Information sought from industrial meteorologists Service's National Climatic Center; and Part II, Oceanogra- phy, supplied by the U.S. Navy Oceanographic Office. The AMS Committee on Industrial Meteorology is striving Part I, Meteorology, contains monthly charts and supple- to find and fill the needs of those meteorologists whose work mentary graphical presentations for surface elements: wind, is not limited to government or academic activities. Those waves, temperature (air and sea), humidity, precipitation, visi- who fall into this category should write to: Dr. John C. bility, cloud cover and height, and atmospheric pressure. Freeman, Institute for Storm Research, 4104 Mt. Vernon, Part I also includes monthly presentations of tropical cyclone Houston, Tex. 77006. They should include an indication of roses for each 5° quadrangle, extratropical cyclone roses for the topic that they would most like to see discussed in a each 10° quadrangle, and monthly charts showing mean conference on industrial meteorology. storm tracks and areas of cyclogenesis. (More announcements on page 312) Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 06:50 AM UTC 312 Vol. 57, No. 3, March 1976 Nightfall at midmorning at Jacksonville, Fla. air combined with a massive dissipating cumulonimbus aloft G. A. Winterling, WJXT Television, Jacksonville, to produce a cloud so extensive, both vertically and hori- Fla. 32207 zontally, that daylight could not penetrate. On the morning of 30 April 1971 an east-west line of thun- derstorms developed along a stationary front (Fig. 1) in extreme northern Florida. At 0930 EST, rainfall in excess of 2.5 cm and hailstones 2.5-5 cm in diameter were re- ported 11 km north of Jacksonville. National Weather Service (NWS) radar at Waycross, Ga., showed 160 km long line of thunderstorms (Fig. 2). An ominous overcast lowered over downtown Jacksonville as the NWS issued a tornado warning in response to a suspicious radar cell 48 km to the west. By 1030 EST, the sky turned nearly black (Fig. 3). Lights and street lamps came on and birds circled to roost. An eerie silence fell over the city. There was no thunder and no rain. A half-hour later, the clouds lifted and daylight re- turned. It is concluded that lifting or instability was insufficient to maintain thunderstorm activity over Jacksonville at the time of the thickening clouds, but the condensation of water vapor FIG. 2, National Weather Service radar picture from Way- related to the meeting of warm, humid air and rain-cooled cross, Ga., shows east-west line of thunderstorms over north- east Florida just north of Jacksonville at 0930 EST, 30 April 1971.

FIG. 1. An east-west stationary front extends across extreme FIG. 3. City lights of Jacksonville, Fla., come on at 1030 northern Florida, according to surface weather map for 30 EST, 30 April 1971, as overcast grows extremely dark. (Picture April 1971 (source: WEATHERWISE, 24, 145). from 16 mm motion picture film.)

(Continued from announcements, page 308) eign assistance. In compiling the report, CCEA provided climatological frequency distribution data and analyzed Haitian drought studies deviations from average precipitation through statistical The Environmental Data Service's Center for Climatic and analyses of historical data. CCEA also related satellite photos Environmental Assessment has prepared a five-volume re- with surface synoptic weather charts for each day of the six- port on the recent Haitian drought for the Office of Foreign month period of study, to define and evaluate the extent and Disaster Relief Coordination, Agency for International Devel- intensity of the Haitian drought. For information contact: opment (AID), U.S. Department of State. The report docu- the Center for Climatic and Environmental Assessment, En- ments the sparse rainfall and subsequent drought that oc- vironmental Data Service, NOAA, Federal Bldg., Columbia, curred in Haiti during the first half of 1975. Mo. 65201. The study provides a quantitative tool for relating the drought to Haiti's agricultural production and need for for- (More announcements on page 312)

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 06:50 AM UTC 314 Vol. 57, No. 3, March 1976 their associated wind profiles. Subsequently, Dr. Y. In summary, the one-day Workshop on the Modeling Delage showed results from a numerical model that at- of the Urban Boundary Layer succeeded in providing an tempts to explain quantitatively the development of opportunity for urban modelers to meet and exchange a low-level jet. Recent observations of wind and tem- up-to-date information. To what degree it accomplished perature profiles in an urban area were then presented the goal of discussing current problems, as opposed to by Dr. B. Ackerman. In conclusion, Prof. Blackadar dis- successes, is not clear. Moreover, due to the lack of cussed the distinction between external and internal time, many other problem areas worth considering had parameters, and their role in a truly predictive model. to be omitted. For example, the tailoring of urban The final sessions, on the verification of models, in- boundary layer models to air pollution predictions, the cluded presentations from Drs. D. Leahey, T. Yamada, coupling of urban models to regional and synoptic T. Yu, and D. Randerson. Dr. Leahey was critical about models, and the problems of cumulus parameters were the vague verification techniques employed by numerical not considered. In this regard, critique forms were sent modelers in general, and he suggested a possible standard- to all of the attendees of the workshop to solicit their ization of such verification procedures. Drs. Yamada views and suggestions for possible future workshops. The and Yu both discussed comparisons of turbulence models responses to the critiques have been summarized and with observations, and Dr. Randerson discussed results are discussed in the correspondence on p. 311. It is produced by a simple mesoscale model that was de- hoped that such feedback will provide the necessary veloped for operation purposes. He cautioned that, from ingredients for improving future workshops. a practical point of view, one should question whether Reference a complex model requiring extensive computer time Bergstrom, R. W., 1975: Modeling the urban boundary layer could yield significantly better forecasts than a simpler —Report on a workshop. Rept. No. TM X-73, 099, NASA/ model. Ames Res. Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 94035.

(Continued from announcements, page 312) Surface parameters were computed from 0 to 3 hours prior to the tornado occurrence for all tornadoes east of the Rocky NSSFC tornado data available Mountains. The surface tape, known as TORSFC, contains The National Severe Storms Forecast Center (NSSFC), Kansas the year, month, date, time, state, sea level pressure, surface City, has organized various tornado data that are now avail- wind, surface temperature and dew point, surface divergence, able. kinematic vorticity, geostrophic vorticity, and moisture con- The TORNADO PLOT Program selects all reported touch- vergence. downs within a given distance of any chosen point in the The fourth program, TORAIR, is similar to TORSFC U.S., out to a variable distance as selected by the user. The except upper antecedent conditions are computed for all program provides a listing of the tornadoes by segments if tornadoes since 1968 using an objective analysis method and the tornado path has been divided into segments. The listing the standard 0000 and 1200 GMT radiosonde data. The shows the date, time, state, segment number, latitude, longi- tape includes year, month, date, time of occurrence, state, tude, number of deaths and injuries, Fujita-Pearson FPP temperature, dew point, and wind speed and direction at Scale and the azimuth/range from the center point for the 850, 700, 500 and 200 mb. Also included are the mixing ratio period 1950 to the present year. The TORNADO PLOT in the lowest 100 mb, tropopause temperature, 850-500 mb Program also plots the initial touchdown points on a polar thickness and various stability indices. coordinate grid. All of the tapes are updated annually as soon as the A second program, TORNADO FREQUENCY, produces tornado occurrences for the preceding year have been veri- a variety of frequency tables using the reports selected by fied for accuracy against the Environmental Data Service TORNADO PLOT. Tables include path length versus path publication Storm Data and against all radar and satel- width, F scale versus path length, distribution by month lite information available at the center. There is a nominal and date, distribution by month and hour, mean time of oc- charge for the printouts in TORNADO PLOT and TOR- currence by month, mean path area by month, and overall NADO FREQUENCY. TORSFC and TORAIR are only averages of path length, initial touchdown time and path available in 7 track BCD tape output. For further informa- area. The program can be modified to produce frequency tion on obtaining the tornado data write to the National tables for a given state, for a particular year, or series of Severe Storms Forecast Center, Room 1728, 601 E. 12th years. St., Kansas City, Mo. 64106. A third program gives antecedent surface parameters for all tornadoes since 1968 using an objective analysis program. (More announcements on page 312) Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 06:50 AM UTC 318 Vol. 57, No. 3, March 1976 On the whole the reader of this book is grateful for the Act and other ". . . rulings and tasks." The book concludes compilation of much useful information, skillfully presented with References, a selection of publications for additional for the most part. In relation to other texts on the same sub- reference, an Appendix on Air Quality Maintenance in the ject, Mr. Smith's work comes off rather well.—H. P. Bailey U.S., and a useful Index. Without any doubt the authors have been very successful in the task which they set out for themselves. The book is well written and presented with no typographic or drafting Handbook of Air Quality in the United States. By Wilfrid errors that I could find, although the art work and printing Bach with Anders Daniels. The Oriental Publishing Com- on some of the U.S. maps could easily have been made pany, Honolulu, 1975. 235 pages. $14.95. Hardbound. larger and easier to read. In this book the authors have attempted to present a The primary reservation I have in recommending this book consolidated, comprehensive overview of all aspects, past, lies in a question of the representativeness of some of the present, and future, of the quality of the air over the United air quality data presented. Most of these data are presented States. To do this, the subject matter is presented in five as snapshot portrayals of the air quality distribution of a parts. particular, but not the same, year; e.g., Fig. 2.14 is for the Part 1 deals with the problems of air pollution control in- highest urban 24 h values of S02 in the U.S. for 1970, Fig. cluding control implementation plans, as well as techniques, 2.18 is for the highest 24 h values of total suspended particu- and the resultant costs. Part 2 considers ambient air pol- lates for the year 1971, while Fig. 2.22 is the frequency dis- lution concentration levels as related to existing air quality tribution of various pollutants in certain cities in 1966, etc. standards and health effects, the frequency distributions and There is no discussion of how each year's data fit into the distribution of emissions. Part 3, Air Quality Potential, will general scheme of things. It is also not clear how the "urban" be particularly appreciated by meteorologists as it pre- data are defined for cities having multiple sampling sites. sents model input and model theory in terms comprehensible In spite of the above reservation, this book is to be recom- to the non-specialist who, nonetheless, might have a need or mended to anyone concerned with the air quality of the desire to know or employ such mechanisms. Part 4 covers United States. It is unique in containing so much informa- trends in both ambient air concentration levels and in tion in one manageable volume at a very reasonable price. emissions over the United States. Projections are made of It is also unique in that the role of meteorology in air quality air pollution control consequences and of increased energy management is correctly and adequately presented, but as the utilization and demands. Part 5 deals with recent (to early senior author is a well-known meteorologist, that is no 1975) air quality control efforts, amendments to the Clean Air surprise.—Robert A. McCormick.

(Continued from announcements, page 314) officials, astronauts, engineers, and scientists who planned New publications and carried out the national effort to land men on the Moon. Analysis of air pollutants (Peter O. Warner, 1976, 352 pp., Atmospheric physics: tornadoes, funnel clouds, and thunder- $19.95, from Wiley-Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 storm damage in Iowa during 1974 (S. F. Eshelman and J. L. Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016) describes practical EPA Stanford, 1976, 55 pp., n.p., paperbound from Physics Dept., sampling methods and their application. The author shows Iowa State University, Ames, la. 50010). how to identify industrial particles using photographs to Atmospheric turbidity and precipitation chemistry data for pinpoint physical properties, presents procedures for setting 1973 (Environmental Data Service, National Climatic Center, up sampling equipment and collecting useful data, and de- 1975, $5.10 domestic, $7.55 foreign, from the National tails more sophisticated approaches—spectrofluorescence and Climatic Center, Federal Building, Asheville, N.C. 28801) X-ray diffraction. A review of sensory response analysis is contains available daily atmospheric turbidity data and included. monthly precipitation chemistry data for 15 separate chemi- Annual review of fluid mechanics, volume 8 (Milton Van cal constituents. Data were submitted by WMO Regional Dyke, Walter G. Vincenti, and J. V. Wehausen, editors, 1976, and Baseline Air Monitoring networks and other worldwide 418 pp., $15.00 in U.S., $15.50 elsewhere, hardbound, from cooperative stations. EPA processed the precipitation chem- Annual Reviews, Inc., 4139 El Camino Way, Palo Alto, Calif. istry data, while the NCC processed the atmospheric turbid- 94306) is a collection of fluid mechanics articles that includes ity data. papers on the stability of time-periodic flows; aerodynamics Clouds, rain and rainmaking. Second edition (B. J. Mason, of buildings; mixing and dispersion in estuaries; homogene- 1976, 189 pages, illus., $12.95 hardbound, from Cambridge ous turbulent mixing with chemical reaction; computation of University Press, 32 East 57th St., New York, N.Y. 10022) is turbulent flows; hot-wire anemometry; currents in submarine an account (requiring knowledge of elementary physics) of canyons: an air-sea-land interaction; boundary-layer stability recent research on the formation of clouds and the de- and transition; turbulent flows involving chemical reactions; velopment of rain, snow, hail, and lightning. The book in- and others. cludes "do-it-yourself" experiments at the ends of the chap- Apollo expeditions to the Moon (Edgar M. Cortright, editor, ters. Mason surveys the history of rainmaking experiments 1975, 324 pp., illus., published by NASA Scientific and Tech- and discusses the prospects for the future. The new edition nical Information Office, $8.90, from the Superintendent of has been revised to include more recent advances in cloud Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), Wash- physics research. ington, D.C. 20402) contains 15 chapters written by NASA (More announcements on page 312) Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 06:50 AM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society 331 teed the success of the entire expedition. One of us (HKW) ous to account for in a short biographical note, but it is was privileged to be with him on many occasions during this surely not an exaggeration to say that he pioneered in aero- period, in the GATE Operations Control Center (GOCC) logical and cloud physics research in the Soviet Union and working out flight plans, on his aircraft, or after duty hours, that the impact of his research can be felt far beyond the and the hours spent with this true scientist and warm per- boundaries of his home country. His name will live in his sonality are unforgettable. accomplishments.—A. Khrguian, Moscow University; and H. The ideas and activities of a great scientist are too numer- Weickmann, Past President, ICCP.

(Continued from announcements, page 318) cility, Monterey, Calif., 1975, 67 pp., illus., from NTIS, above) reports on a study in which a numerical wave model was Evapotranspiration of subirrigated vegetation in the Platte applied to the task of predicting the height, period, and River Valley of Nebraska—measurements with micrometeoro- direction of swell around an island under the assumption of logical and remote sensing methods (Agricultural Meteorol- uniform wind fields, except for the lee of the island where a ogy Progress Report 75-1, prepared in cooperation with the blocking effect is assumed and wind speeds are significantly Conservation and Survey Division by the Agricultural Mete- reduced. The study also re-examined typical reflective pat- orology Section, Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Institute terns detected by satellite in the lee of islands, under condi- of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska- tions of sunglint; the possibility of bow waves created by Lincoln, Blaine L. Blad and Norman J. Rosenberg, 1975, water currents flowing past an island; and, in general, the n.p., paperbound, from Agricultural Meteorology Section, nature of the sunglint problem around island barriers. 104 Plant Industry—East Campus, Dept. of Agricultural En- gineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Neb. Meteorological and hydrological data required in planning 68503) presents the results of field research on evapotrans- the development of water resources (OHR 5, WMO, 1975, 42 piration (ET) by subirrigated vegetation. The project ob- pp., $5.50 paperbound, from UNIPUB, Box 433, New York, jectives were 1) to test, on a wide-area basis, the utility of N.Y. 10016) discusses general methodology for meteorological, previously developed empirical and theoretical methods of hydrological, and hydro-economic calculations—data on river estimating ET; 2) to obtain estimates of the water consumed flow; effects of economic activities on meteorological and hy- in ET by naturally subirrigated vegetation in the Platte drological elements; and method of calculating annual flow. River Valley; and 3) to determine the feasibility of using remote sensing to provide the surface temperature data re- quired in the mass transfer and resistance equations. The following NOAA technical reports are now available: Handbook on aerosols (TID-26608, Richard Dennis, editor, Analysis of an all-weather system for wind sounding up to prepared for the Division of Biomedical and Environmental 15 km altitude (NOAA-TR-ERL-334-WPL-41, R. B. Chad- Research and Division of Reactor Research and Develop- wick, E. E. Gossard, and R. G. Strauch, 1975, 43 pp., $3.75 ment, U.S. Energy Research and Development Administra- paper copy, $2.25 microfiche, from NTIS, above). tion, 1976, 148 pp., $6.00 paper copy, $8.50 foreign, as An historical climatology of damaging downslope windstorms TID-26608 from National Technical Information Service (NTIS), U.S. Department of Commerce, Springfield, Va. 22161) at Boulder, Colo. (NOAA-TR-ERL-336-APCL-35, C. David provides a selective treatment of those physical and kinetic Whiteman and Johanna G. Whiteman, 68 pp., $4.50 paper properties of aerosol systems that are fundamental to the copy, $2.25 microfiche, from NTIS, above). solution of many particulate problems confronting both OPEN SESAME, Severe Environmental Storms and Meso- nuclear and non-nuclear industries. Contributing authors dis- scale Experiment, Proceedings of the opening meeting at cuss key aspects of particulate behavior in relation to Boulder, Colorado, on September 4-6, 1974 (COM-75-11394/ ambient atmosphere and stack monitoring; development of 4GA, D. K. Lilly, 1975, 497 pp., $12.00 paper copy, $2.25 high-efficiency control systems for waste-gas emissions; mete- microfiche, from NTIS, above). orological transport and dispersion; forecasting of pollution and visibility; and other applications. The material is pre- Studies of the atmosphere using aerospace probes 1974 (COM- sented under the headings of aerosol generation, dynamic 75-11408/2GA, Annual scientific report, Verner E. Suomi, behavior, optical properties, and sampling and particle-size 1975, 158 pp., $5.00 paper copy, from University of Wisconsin measurements. The final chapter contains values for com- Press, Box 1379, Madison, Wise. 53701) contains studies of monly used aerosol properties in graphical and/or tabular cloud bubbles and squalls; anatomy of an Atlantic tropical form. disturbance; satellite-derived cloudiness during the Indian summer monsoon; temporal cloud statistics over the Asian Island barrier effects on sea state and atmospheric moisture monsoon region and adjacent areas during the summer; and as detected by a numerical wave model and sensors of the observations of convective scale turbulence over the tropical Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) (NAVENV- ocean. PRESCHFAC Tech. Paper No. 18-75, Robert W. Fett and Kevin Rabe, Naval Environmental Prediction Research Fa- (More announcements on page 340) Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 06:50 AM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society 339 The Membership Commission has approved the following applicants in the categories designated. 102nd List of Candidates for Corporation Member Celesco Industries, Inc. Institut fur Meteorologie und Geophysik, Universitat Innsbruck Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute 143rd List of Candidates for Associate Member Baker, Marcia B. Dromgoole, Thomas W. Keating, Timothy J. Shaw, Garry D. Balansky, Gerald Greene, Barry R. Martin, Gregory L. White, Clarence G. Bretzke, Lou S. Gricus, Cynthia A. Pittman, Doyle E. Cohen, David A. Hauck, Dale L. Schloeman, Robert W. 197th List of Candidates for Student Member Adamski, William J. Bergman, Peter J. Bricker, Bruce B. Clark, Robert J. Allan, Rand B. Bernard, Eddie N. Brost, Richard A. de la Pena, Daniel J. Asimenios, George S. Bishop, Terry L. Cannon, Thomas C. DiCroce, Donald L. Atkinson, Garey C. Blaha, John P. Catalano, Jude J. Dunkerton, Timothy J. Baumann, Richard J. Blumenthal, Barry P. Chen, Yi-Leng Edson, Roger T. Belle, Kenneth C. Boudra, Douglas B. Clanton, Mary Lee Fleischmann, James J. 198th List of Candidates for Student Member Geyer, James R. Jupin, Robert J. Kostrow, Paul I. Lubiens, Glenn R. Goodman, Michael Kadin, Charles Kovach, Richard J. Lukow, Thomas E. Harris, Ann S. Kennedy, Henry V. Krause, Paul F. Mass, Laurie A. Higuchi, Kaz Kjera, Robert G., Jr. Lestrade, John P. McCutcheon, John R. Home, David W. Knipe, Garry D. Lovell, Mark D. Mohr, Duane L. Horton, Charles W. Koshio, Linda N. Low-Nam, Simon V. Mower, Richard N. 199th List of Candidates for Student Member Muller, Kathleen B. Redmond, Kelly T. Toland, Ray B. Weidman, Charles D. Muzio, Miles S. Rolofson, Elwyn L. Toschik, Joseph C. Wilkes, Craig R. Owen, Dale R. Rutherford, Ronald L. Tung, Tung-Sun Yeh, Kung-Wei Pina, Jose F. Schmitz, Kurt R. Ulrich, Joan M. Yip, Tsoi-Ching Pressman, Howard J. Surgalski, Thomas W. Van Helvoirt, Gary T. Radtke, James P. Tamul, Joseph J. Walsh, Patricia A.

(Continued from announcements, page 331) into four topical areas: the solar radiation data base, instru- Opportunities for permafrost-related research associated with mentation for solar radiation measurement, solar radiation the trans-Alaska pipeline system (Committee on Permafrost, collectors, and materials and materials research. The section Polar Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 1975, on the solar radiation data base includes papers on symbols, n.p., from the Polar Research Board, National Academy of units and nomenclature; the NOAA solar radiation program; Sciences, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. solar energy microclimate as determined from satellite ob- 20418) was published by the NAS at the request of the In- servations; sources of insolation data; and insolation data teragency Arctic Research Coordinating Committee. The and solar utilization devices. report covers geotechnical interactions of permafrost and The politics of natural disaster: The case of the Sahel man-made facilities; permafrost and related geologic docu- drought (Michael H. Glantz, editor, 1976, 340 pages, $21.50, mentation, mapping, and analysis, interactions of hydrologic hardbound, from Praeger Publishers, 111 Fourth Ave., New and permafrost related parameters and processes; coordina- York, N.Y. 10003) is a collection of research papers on tion and constraints; and recommendations and required ac- problems related to the severe drought that reached its peak tion. The report is the result of a workshop conducted by in the early 1970s in the Sahelian zone. After a foreword by the NAS Committee on Permafrost in March 1975 at Scotts- Walter Orr Roberts, the book is divided into sections of dale, Ariz. social science and natural science contributions. The natural Optics in solar energy utilization (SPIE Volume 68, Yale H. science section includes papers on climatic changes and the Katz, editor, 1975, 192 pp., $34.00 U.S. and Canada, $35.00 future of the Sahel; dust as a cause of drought; agricultural overseas, from the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation production systems; and weather and climate modification Engineers (SPIE), Box 1146, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. and the future of the Sahel. Glantz is a political scientist 90274) contains the proceedings of a SPIE national seminar at NCAR. held in August 1975 in San Diego, Calif. Papers are organized (More announcements on page 340)

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 06:50 AM UTC 340 Vol. 57, No. 3, March 1976 (Continued from announcements, page 339) curacy of lysimetric, energy balance and stability-corrected aerodynamic methods of estimating above canopy flux of The Rutherglen experiment on Sherpa wheat: environmental C02; 3) C02 concentration and flux in a large agricultural and biological data, II (Division of Atmospheric Physics region of the Great Plains; and 4) vertical profiles of C02 Technical Paper No. 26, CSIRO, G. W. Paltridge, A. C. Dil- concentration in stable stratification. ley, W. Shepherd, and D. J. Connor, 1975, 31 pp., n.p., paperbound, from the Commonwealth Scientific and In- Trace contaminants in the environment (S-149, AIChE, 1975, dustrial Research Organization (CSIRO), P.O. Box 77, Mor- 70 pp., $5.00 members, $20.00 others, from the American In- dialloc, Victoria 3195, Australia) presents the experimental stitute of Chemical Engineers, 345 E. 47th Street, New York, data acquired in a second year of study of Sherpa wheat N.Y. 10017) presents fundamental and applied studies on grown at Rutherglen in northern Victoria. The data are aerosols and air pollution, and movements of the important comprehensive enough to be used in verifying a wide variety contaminants through the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and of mechanistic crop simulation models as well as current lithosphere. formulations of atmospheric flux-gradient relationships. Re- Wind environment around buildings (Building Research Es- sults for continuously measured parameters are presented on tablishment Report, Dept. of the Environment, A. D. Pen- microfiche at the back of this publication. warden and A. F. E. Wise, 1975, 57 pp., illus., $12.50, pub- Sea surveying, parts 1 and 2 (A. E. Ingham, editor, part 1: lished by British government, from Pendragon House, P.O. text, 306 pp., part 2: 233 pp., illustrations; sold only as a Box 5, Rowayton, Conn. 06853) describes research on hazard- set for $49.50, from Wiley Interscience, see above) covers ous windy conditions in pedestrian areas near tall buildings. principles of surveying for port and offshore industries. The Topics discussed include case studies of wind problems and book first discusses fundamentals of measurement and marine remedial measures on existing sites, wind tunnel tests, mete- investigation and then deals with individual specialties in orological data, and human requirements. surveying the marine environment. Topics include: geodesy, projections, and grids; the offshore fix; hydrographic surveys; Meetings of interest marine geoscience; and applied oceanography. 11-13 May 1976: A Symposium on Nonbiological Transport and Transformation of Pollutants on Land and in Water Terrestrial source and sink strengths for atmospheric carbon will be held in Gaithersburg, Md., hosted by the National dioxide in an agricultural region (Agricultural Meteorology Bureau of Standards (NBS), and co-sponsored by the EPA, Progress Report 75-2, Final Report to the Environmental NBS, NSF, and ERDA. A program listing of topics and speak- Data Service, NOAA, Shashi B. Verma and Norman J. Rosen- ers is available from the NBS Office of Information Activities, berg, 1975, n.p., paperbound from Agricultural Meteorology National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234 (tel: Section, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, see above) contains 301/921-2435). chapters on 1) a system and program for monitoring C02 concentration and gradient in an agricultural region; 2) ac- (More announcements on page 341)

Sixth Edition Announcing publication of a completely new version of a Society-sponsored series of biennial reports on academic curricula, which surveys colleges and universities having Curricula degrees or majors in physical and/or dynamical oceanog- in the raphy, and hydrology, as well as in the atmospheric sciences. The report includes information for 103 schools on academic Atmospheric and key research personnel, types of degrees granted, under- and graduate and/or graduate courses and credits, titles and authors of theses and dissertations in progress, and descrip- Oceanographic tions of special facilities. Sciences: The educational and reference information contained herein 1976 is an indispensable resource to prospective students, to those involved in career planning and counseling, and to the entire Colleges meteorological community. and Universities 259 pages—price $5.00 in the United States Send orders and remittance to: and Canada American Meteorological Society 45 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 02108

Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/04/21 06:50 AM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society 341 (Continued from announcements, page 340) 26-28 May 1976: The Tenth Annual Congress and Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Meteorological Society will METEOROLOGIST be held at Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec (see BUL- The Atomics International Division of Rockwell LETIN, 56, p. 1153). Contact: Dr. Andre P. Plamondon (Chair- International is in need of a Meteorologist to man of the Coordinating Committee), Faculte de Foresterie, work at their Rocky Flats Plant near Boulder, Universite Laval, Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Colorado. We are looking for a candidate with a PhD in Meteorology with experience 7-18 June 1976: An International Symposium on Solar-Ter- in micrometeorology. The duties of this posi- restrial Physics will be held in Boulder, Colo., sponsored by tion include design and implementation of a the AGU, COSPAR, IUGG/IAGA, and SCOSTEP (Special comprehensive program to collect and inter- pret meteorological data at Rocky Flats and Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics), and hosted by the environs with special emphasis on soil re- University of Colorado, University of Denver, NCAR, and suspension, and to work toward development NOAA. Invited review papers and selected contributed papers of a reliable dispersion model for the atmos- will deal with the following topics: 1) Solar dynamics—origin phere in and around Rocky Flats. By virtue and modification of solar photon and particle fluxes; 2) In- of our operating contract with the Energy Re- terplanetary medium—propagation of the solar output search and Development Administration, we throughout the solar system; 3) Dynamics of the earth's can consider U. 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