The Nature of Ball Lightning, S. Singer (New York: Plenum Press, 1971)
"Atmospheric Phenomena: Readings from Scientific American" (San Francisco:
WH Freeman, 1980)
"NOAA/NWS Advanced Spotter's Field Guide" (NOAA PA 92055) -- A new and pretty
slick 28 p. pamphlet; many photos of tornadoes and sever thunderstorms.
(Frank Reddy, reviewer)
"The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather"
"WEATHER MAPS - How to Read and Interpret all the Basic Weather Charts" Chaston Scientific, Inc., P.O. Box 758, Kearney, MO 64060 or email chaston111@aol.com ($29, as of Jan 1997 -- second edition).
What I like about it from a teaching perspective is that all the
meteorological principles are included in the explanation of the weather maps. I particularly like the chapter on weather forecast models, because it explains the process in easy-to-understand, nonmathematical terms.
(Thomas Magnuson, reviewer)
"Hurricanes!" Written for non-meteorologists. Available Feb 1996 from Chaston Scientific, Inc., P.O. Box 758, Kearney, MO 64060 or email
chaston111@aol.com ($29 as of Feb 1996).
"Will it Rain? The Effect of the Southern Oscillation and El Nino
on Australia", (2nd edition), Edited by I J Partridge. AUS$20, can
be ordered from DPI Publications, GPO Box 46, Brisbane 4001, Australia,
(07) 239 3100 phone, (07) 239 0860 fax.
This is a book for farmers, graziers, students and anyone else
interested in the weather and seasonal forecasting. It explains the Southern Oscillation and El Nino. This is a revised and much enlarged version of the original (1991) Will it rain?, and is a companion volume to the software package AUSTRALIAN RAINMAN.
Significant Tornadoes, 1680-1991 (with supplement for 1992-1995),
Tom Grazulis, 802/748-2505. 1350 pages.
The Severe Local Storm Forecasting Primer (second edition of Severe Local Storms Forecasting Environments) John S. Sturtevant.
A primer on forecasting techniques for Severe Local Storms. It includes Chart Analysis, Synoptic Situations, Indices Forecasting, Covers Radar, Satellite, Hail, Wind, Tornadoes, Flash Floods, Lightning, Geography, The
Future, An Appendix of Computer Weather Services and Weather Software and a Thunderstorm Parameter Worksheet. Available from Weather Scratch
Meteorological Services, 140 South Kirkman Street, Florence, Alabama
35630-4312, for $34.95 (checks made payable to Weather Scratch; or email the author at metservices@wxscratch.com or phone (205) 766-8464, fax
Meteorology Today, C. Donald Ahrens, West Publishing, St. Paul, 1991
(4th edition; there is now a 5th edition, presumably with a new copyright date of 1994.) "This is the book I used in my lower division weather class (in a geography department) and I found it to be excellent" (J. Trust)
Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning: Extreme Forms of Atmospheric Electricity, James Dale Barry (New York: Plenum, 1980)
Tracers in the Sea, W. S. Broecker and T.-H Peng, Eldigio Press, Palisades, NY, 1982.
T. J. Crowley and G. B. North, Paleoclimatology, Oxford University Press, New York, 1991.
The Ceaseless Wind - An Introduction to the Theory of Atmospheric
Motion John A. Dutton, Dover, 1976, 1986.
M. Ghil and S. Childress, Topics in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics:
Atmospheric Dynamics, Dynamo Theory and Climate Dynamics,
New York,Springer-Verlag, 1987.
Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics by Adrian E. Gill, 1982.
Atmospheric Change: an Earth System Perspective, T.E. Graedel and
P. J. Crutzen, Freeman, 1993.
"An introductory undergraduate textbook requiring very little background (freshman physics and chemistry; in fact most of the book is accessible to someone who has had good high school courses.) Lower-level than your other suggestions but very useful. Should be required reading for all netters :)." (Robert Parson, reviewer)
Theory of rotating fluids, by H. Greenspan
Climate Change 1992, James Houghton (Cambridge University Press, 1993)
A climate modelling primer, A. Henderson-Sellers and K. McGuffie.
Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1987.
Climate System Modeling, edited by Kevin Trenberth, Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-521043231-6. "[This] is an extremely valuable contribution that goes well beyond previous texts in terms of comprehensive treatment of the climate system....including an introduction to the physical and human dimensions of the climate system, the components of the climate system (atmosphere, ocean, land surface), modeling and parameterization, system coupling and interactions, sensitivity experiments, and futur
e prospects....For those who want more than passing knowledge before applying model results, Climate System Modeling should be a reference of choice."
(from review by Eric J. Barron)
Climate and Development, Karpen, Otten and Trinidade eds., Springer 1990.
An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology, James R. Holton (Academic
Press, New York, 2nd edition 1979, 3rd edition 1992
The Thunderstorm in Human Affairs, ed. by Edwin Kessler (3 vols.). Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1983
Lindzen, R. S. "Dynamics in Atmospheric Physics" (Cambridge University Press, 1990) "Application of simplified dynamics to the purpose of understanding some of the basic functioning of the atmosphere. Includes discussion of Hadley circulation, gravity waves, tides, climate. A collection of lecture notes, not a reference. Doesn't include an appendix (on purpose!)." (Perry G Ramsey -- reviewer)
Boundary Layer Climates, Tim R. Oke (Methuen, 1978, 1987)
Pedlosky, J. P. "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics" (Springer-Verlag, 1979, 1987)
J. P. Peixoto and A. H. Oort, Physics of Climate,
American Institute of Physics, New York, 1992"
(exists also in soft cover)
Descriptive Physical Oceanography 4th ed, G. L. Pickard and W. J. Emery, Pergamon Press, 1982.
Introductory Dynamical Oceanography 2nd ed., S. Pond and G. L. Pickard,
Pergamon Press, 1983.
Atmospheric Science an introductory survey J. M. Wallace and P. V.
Hobbs, Academic Press, 1977.
An introduction to three-dimensional climate modeling, Warren M.
Washington, Claire L. Parkinson. -- Mill Valley, CA : University
Science Books ; Oxford, New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
El Nino, La Nina, and the Southern Oscillation, S.G. Philander, Academic Press, 1990, ISBN 0-12-553235-0
Chemistry of Atmospheres, Richard P. Wayne, 2nd Edition, Oxford 1991:
senior or 1st-year graduate level. "The necessary atmospheric dynamics
and chemical kinetics are covered in chapters 2 and 3, but some background in these subjects at sophomore or junior level is useful."
(Robert Parson, reviewer)
The Lightning Discharge, Martin A. Uman (New York: Academic Press, 1987)
Lightning, Martin A. Uman (New York: Dover, 1969)
Weather and Climate Responses to Solar Variations (Boulder, CO: Colorado Associated University Press, 1983)
Solar Variability, Weather, and Climate (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1982)
Trends '91: A Compendium of Data on Global Change (Carbon Dioxide
Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory -- see the
Data FAQ for address). The book and data -- available on disk or via ftp -- are free. Trends '93 due out later this year. (Frank Reddy, reviewer)
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Subject: 7) Meteorological History
The History of Meteorology: To 1800, H. Howard Frisinger (Boston:
American Meteorological Society, 1983)
A History of the Theories of Rain, W. E. Knowles Middleton (New York:
Franklin Watts, 1965)
A History of the Thermometer, W. E. Knowles Middleton (Baltimore: Johns
Hopkins Press, 1966)
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Subject: 8) Journals
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
edited by: Dr. W. E. Reifsnyder, P.O.Box 739, Questa NM 87556 USA
Annales Geophysicae
Annals of Glaciology
Atmospheric Environment
Atmosphere-Ocean
Australian Meteorological Magazine
Boundary-layer Meteorology
published by D. Reidel Pub. Co., Dordrecht, Holland
Bollettino Geofisico of the Italian Geophysical Society (Italian and English)
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Climate Change
Climate Dynamics
Deep Sea Research
Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
EOS
Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society
Geophysical Research Letters
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Il Nuovo Cimento C, Geophysics and space physics
published in Bologna Italy, by Editrice Compositori, Via Castiglione 101
Int. J. Biometeorology
published by: Springer Verlag New York, Service Center Secaucus, 44 Hartz
Way, Secaucus NJ 07094 USA
Int. J. Climatology
J. Applied Meteorology
J. Atmospheric Science
J. Climate
J. of Fluid Mechanics
J. of Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
J. Geophysical Research
J. Glaciology
J. Marine Research
J. Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology
J. Physical Oceanography
J. of the Meteorological Society of Japan
Marine Geology
Meteorological Applications
published by the Royal Meteorological Society
Meteorologische Zeitschrift (English and German)
published by: Gebrueder Borntraeger, Johannesstrasse 3a, D-70176 Stuttgart,
Germany
Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
Monthly Weather Review
National Weather Association Digest
Nature
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (European Geophysical Society)
Ocealologica Acta
Paleoceanography
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Quaternary International
Quaternary Research
Remote Sensing of the Environment (Elsevier)
Reviews of Geophysics
Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics
Science
Solar Energy
Tellus
Theoretical and Applied Climatology
published by: Springer Verlag, Sachsenplatz 4-6, A-1210 Wien, Austria
Weather and Forecasting
Wetter und Leben (Weather and Life; in German)
edited by: OEsterreichische Gesellschft fuer Meteorologie, Hohe Warte 38,
A-1190 Wien, Austria
There are a few journal-related resources on the WWW:
<URL:http://www-cmpo.mit.edu/met_links/index.html> is an index to Internet-
accessible supplements to published papers. Such supplements include
datasets, plots, source code, and so on.
<URL:http://www.gfdl.gov/~smg/pointers/announcement.html> is an introduction
to the "eprint archive" (electronic preprints) coordinated by GFDL
for the atmospheric science community.
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Subject: 9) Professional Societies
American Meteorological Society
<URL:gopher://atm.geo.nsf.gov/11/AMS>
American Geophysical Union
<URL:http://www.agu.org/>
Association professionelle des meteorologistes du Quebec
<URL:http://www.phy.uqam.ca:2000/apmq/apmq.html>
Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
PO Box 654E, Melbourne 3001, Australia
Fax: (03) 669 4695
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS).
Phone: 819-990-0300
email: cap@physics.carleton.ca
Dansk Meteorologisk Selskab
c/o Copenhagen University, Geofysisk Afdeling
Haraldsgade 6, DK-2200 Copenhagen N
Phone: +45 35 32 0567
Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft (German Meteorological Society)
DMG Sekretariat, Mont Royal, D-56841 Traben-Trarbach Germany
