VOL. 40, No. 7, JULY, 1959 347 REFERENCES Clem, Le Roy H., D. Colson, and L. P. Harrison, 1954: Corrections of upper-level wind computations for Aerological Observatory, Tateno, 1954: The relay obser- effect of earth's curvature. Bull. Amer. meteor. vation of upper wind over Honjo and Tateno in Soc., 35, 357-362. the winter season 1951-1952. /. aerol. Observ. Dvoskin, N., and N. Sissenwine, 1958: Evaluation of Tateno, 5, 199-218. AN/GMD-2 wind shear data for development of Air Weather Service, 1955 : Winds over 100 knots in the missile design criteria. Air Force Surv. in Northern Hemisphere. Tech. Rep. 105-121, Wash- Geophys., No. 99, 72 pp. ington, D. C., Air Force, 67 pp. Gustafson, A. F., 1954: The error in RAWIN computa- Arakawa, H., 1956: Characteristics of the low-level jet tions due to neglecting the earth's curvature. Bull. stream. /. Meteor., 13, 504-506. Amer. meteor. Soc., 35, 295-300. were presented at a ceremony at the Graduate School of Public Administration, Harvard University. ABOUT OUR MEMBERS William C. Davis, formerly with the Research Proj- ects Laboratory, Army Ballistic Missile Agency, has transferred to the Signal Office, U. S. Army Ordnance Norman S. Benes has returned from his tour of duty Missile Command, as physical scientist in the R&D with the IGY at Cape Hallett, Antarctica, and is cur- Staff Assistance Division. rently assigned to the Weather Bureau Airport Station, Majors Anthony J. Gimelli and Clarence O. Seaman Phoenix, Arizona. were among a group of Air Force personnel who were Walter A. Bohan, senior engineer of Cook Research presented with MATS Flying Safety awards in April by Laboratories, in April gave a talk to high school students Colonel Roy W. Nelson, Jr., commander of the 2d in Chicago using source material furnished by the AMS. Weather Wing. Minimum prerequisites for the award The papers given at the AMS National Meeting in are one year's service in MATS, 1000 accident-free fly- Chicago in March by Horace R. Byers and Thomas F. ing hours in MATS, and exemplary duty performance. Malone were reported in SCIENCE NEWS LETTER of 4 Five of the seven speakers on the program The IGY April. Dr. Byers described a new way, devised in col- Reports to American Youth, sponsored by the Frontiers laboration with Dr. Herbert Riehl, to compute the high- of Science Foundation of Oklahoma, Inc., and the Na- est expected flow in rivers and streams on the basis of tional Academy of Sciences, were AMS members. Speak- wind speed and direction up to 10,000 ft over the water- ing to some six thousand secondary school students in shed area. Dr. Malone discussed the use of a probability Oklahoma City in April were: Dr. Laurence M. Gould, figure in deciding when hurricane warnings should be president of Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota; issued. Dr. Joseph Kaplan, professor of physics, University of The Weather Bureau's Eighth Advanced Study Group, California, Los Angeles; Dr. Roger R. Revelle, director, which began work in February, was increased by four Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California; members this year. AMS members included in the group Dr. Walter O. Roberts, director, High Altitude Observa- are A. V. Carlin, training officer, and V. J. Oliver, in- tory, Boulder, Colorado; and Dr. Harry Wexler, chief structor; Glen L. Bowie, Central Office; Kenneth R. scientist IGY Antarctic Program, Washington, D. C. Clark, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Gordon E. Dunn, U. S. Weather Bureau length-of-service awards were Miami, Florida; Richard A. Garrett, Topeka, Kansas; announced in March as follows : 35-year—Frank C. Hood, Thomas E. Jermin, Great Falls, Montana; Alan H. Jones, Asheville, North Carolina, and Rheinhart C. Schmidt, Central Office; Lawrence R. Mahar, Hartford, Connecti- Central Office; 30-year—Arvy A. Lothman, Fresno, Cali- cut; Joseph L. Paulhus, Central Office; and Roger G. fornia, and Jack C. Thompson, Central Office. Plaster, Jacksonville, Florida. Eric E. Jenkins of Ottawa, Canada, recently joined the Several AMS members are serving on special commit- firm of Cuthbert Scott and Company. tees of the American Association for the Advancement Four AMS members were on the program of the joint of Science: Dr. Jule G. Charney of the Massachusetts meeting of the Western Snow Conference and Colorado Institute of Technology on Cooperation among Scientists; River Water Forecast Commitee held at Reno, Nevada, Kenneth C. Spengler, executive secretary of the AMS, on in April. They were: William A. Lang, Southern Cali- Council Agenda and Resolutions; Dr. Roger R. Revelle, fornia Edison Company, Los Angeles; Eugene L. Peck, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Henry M. Stom- Weather Bureau, Salt Lake City; Vail Schermerhorn, mel, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, on Liter- River Forecast Center, Weather Bureau, Portland; and national Oceano graphic Congress, Committee on ar- Clement J. Todd, Meteorology Research, Inc., Pasadena. rangements. Three AMS members were on the Steering Committee Albert P. Crary, physicist of the Air Force Cambridge of the National Conference on Air Pollution held in Research Center and recently appointed chief scientist Washington last November. Dr. Thomas F. Malone of of the United States Antarctic Research Program, re- The Travelers Insurance Companies, Hartford, Connecti- ceived another honor on 8 April when he was named one cut, was the AMS representative; Joshua Z. Holland of of the Civil Servants of the Year—1958, Greater Boston the Atomic Energy Commission represented the Inter- Area. This was the first year of these awards, which (Continued on page 339) Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/25/21 07:40 PM UTC VOL. 40, No. 7, JULY, 1959 359 7. Thornthwaite, C. W., and J. R. Mather, 1955. The Tennessee water balance. Publications in Climatology, Drexel 1. Bluff City 1424 36 27 82 16 Inst, of Tech. Lab. of Clim., 8, No. 1, 104 pp. 2. Bristol WB* 1519 36 29 82 24 8. Palmer, W. C, and A. V. Havens, 1958: A graphical 3. Charleston 709 35 17 84 46 technique for determining evapotranspiration by 4. Chattanooga WB* 670 35 02 85 12 the Thornthwaite method. Mon. Wea. Rev., 86, 6. Copperhill 1624 35 01 84 23 123-128. 7. Dandridge 1040 36 01 83 25 8. Elizabethton 1512 36 21 82 14 9. Elkmont 2555 35 39 83 34 APPENDIX I 10. Embreeville 1590 36 11 82 28 Erwin 1683 36 10 82 Identification of locations 11. 25 12. Etowah 850 35 20 84 32 13. Gatlinburg 2SW 1400 35 43 83 31 Elev. Lat. Long. 14. Greeneville Exp. Sta. 1320 36 04 82 50 North Carolina (ft) N W 15. Johnson City Vet. Hosp. 1730 36 19 82 23 16. Kingsport 3SE 1284 36 31 82 30 1. Altapass 2740 35 53 82 01 18. Knoxville WB* 950 35 49 83 59 2. Andrews 1800 35 12 83 49 19. Loudon 816 35 44 84 21 3. Asheville WB* 2203 35 36 82 32 20. McGhee 850 35 40 84 10 5. Banner Elk 3750 36 09 52 81 21. New Bethel 900 35 19 84 33 6. Boone 3332 36 13 81 43 22. Newport 1280 35 58 83 12 8. Brevard 2230 35 14 82 44 23. Parksville 730 35 06 84 39 9. Bryson City 1860 35 25 83 27 24. Rogersville 1150 36 22 83 03 10. Canton 1SW 2662 35 32 82 51 25. Tellico Plains 940 35 22 84 18 12. Crossnore 3430 36 01 81 56 13. Cullowee 2100 35 19 83 11 * WB indicates Weather Bureau First Order Station. 14. Elkin 880 36 15 80 51 15. Enka 2059 35 33 82 39 16. Franklin P. H. 2000 35 13 83 22 APPENDIX II 19. Hendersonville 2153 35 20 82 28 Identification of locations, Fig. 7 20. Highlands 2S 3350 35 01 83 12 21. Hot Springs 1332 35 54 82 49 23. Jefferson 2900 36 25 81 29 North Carolina 26. Lenoir 1294 35 55 81 32 Base Base 28. Marion 1425 35 41 82 01 station* station* 30. Montreat 2600 35 39 82 19 elev. (ft) elev. (ft) 31. Morgantown 1135 35 45 81 41 32. Mt. Airy 1048 36 30 80 36 1. Altapass 2230 8. Globe 1625 33. Mt. Mitchell 6684 35 46 82 16 2. Asheville 2445 9. Gorge 1400 34. Murphy 1614 35 08 84 00 3. Blantyre 2090 10. Hendersonville 2200 36. North Wilkesboro 973 36 10 81 09 4. Blowing Rock 3130 11. Highlands 3350 37. Parker IE 3950 36 23 81 42 5. Bryson 1800 12. Mount Airy 1340 40. Rock House 3100 35 00 83 06 6. Cane River 2650 13. Transon 2970 14. Try on 41. Rosman 2150 35 09 82 49 7. Ellijay 2240 950 42. Settle 700 36 01 80 46 15. Wilkesboro 1240 43. Statesville 2W 950 35 47 80 56 47. Try on 1075 35 13 82 14 Latitude and longitude not provided in source publica- 49. Waterville 1416 35 46 83 06 tion (2). 50. Waynesville 2756 35 29 82 58 * Lowest of series. (Continued from ABOUT OUR MEMBERS, page 347) Committee for Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences, National Science Foundation. departmental Committee on Community Air Pollution; Dr. A. C. Wiin-Nielsen, Danish meteorologist, joined and A. B. Pettit of W. R. Grace and Company, New the staff of the Air Weather Service scientific detach- York, represented the Manufacturing Chemists' Associa- ment in Suitland, Maryland, early this year. Before tak- tion. Some others active in air-pollution work are Dr. ing this post, Dr. Wiin-Nielsen was assistant professor Harry Wexler, Weather Bureau representative on the of meteorology at the University of Stockholm, Sweden. Interdepartmental Committee, and Benjamin Linsky, member of the National Advisory Committee on Com- RECENT ARTICLES, BOOKS, AND PAPERS BY AMS MEMBERS munity Air Pollution.