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There are 7 documents in this FAQ series:
  Meteorology FAQ Part 1/7: Intro
  Meteorology FAQ Part 2/7: Sources of weather data
  Meteorology FAQ Part 3/7: Sources of research data
  Meteorology FAQ Part 4/7: Sources of CD-ROMs
  Meteorology FAQ Part 5/7: Internet resources
  Meteorology FAQ Part 6/7: Print and other resources  <===
  Meteorology FAQ Part 7/7: List of US State Climatologists

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Subject: 1) Table of contents

 1)  Table of contents
 2)  Overview
 3)  Books readable by English-reading nonprofessionals
 4)  Books readable by French-reading nonprofessionals
 5)  Magazines readable by nonprofessionals
 6)  Scientific Texts
 7)  Meteorological History
 8)  Journals
 9)  Professional Societies

Each (major) section has a "Subject:" line, so you can search on the
subject title above to find the section quickly.

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Subject: 2) Overview

This is a guide to resources for laypersons, students and professionals in
meteorology, oceanography, and related disciplines.   This section of the
FAQ focuses on non-Internet resources -- books and journals rather than
WWW sites and newsgroups -- but there are occasional Internet references.

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Subject: 3) Books readable by English-reading nonprofessionals

  "Where to Read about Climate Change" is a list of recommended books
and articles available at <URL:http://www.access.digex.net/~rmg3/scq.reading>.

  "Clouds in a Glass of Beer -- Simple Experiments in Atmospheric
    Physics" by Craig Bohren.
  "What Light through Yonder Window Breaks", Craig Bohren.

  "How to Build a Habitable Planet", Wallace Broecker

  Microbursts: A Handbook for Visual Identification, Fernando Caracena et al.
(Second ed., Washinton: NOAA, 1990)

  Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena, William Corliss (The Sourcebook
Project, Glen Arm, MD, 1977) --  Collection of unusual weather
observations from popular and scientific press.  To be taken with a
grain of salt.

  "Storms" by William R. Cotton.

  "Atmospheric Convection" by Kerry Emanuel, Oxford University Press, 1995

  "Rainbows, Halos, and Glories", Robert Greenler (Cambridge University
Press, 1980) -- atmospheric optics

  "Sunsets, twilights, and evening skies", Meinel & Meinel (Cambridge
University Press, 1983, New York) -- more atmospheric optics

  "Color and Light in Nature", Lynch (Cambridge University Press, 1995,
New York) --  loaded with color photos of both atmospheric and astronomical
phenomena,  reviewed in the 14 June 1996 _Science_

  "Light and colour in the outdoors", M.G.J. Minnaert, Springer 1993,
ISBN 3540979352, 0387979352

  "Lightning and its Spectrum: An Atlas of Photographs", Leon Salanave (Tucson:
University of Arizona Press, 1980)

  "Peterson's Field Guide to the Atmosphere", (mostly) by Vincent
Shaeffer:  A readable guide to many aspects of modern meteorology, with
excellent qualitative coverage of many topics (optical effects,
particles, clouds, precipitation) Dozens of good color pics, too.
(Rick Russel, reviewer)

  "Volcano Weather: The Story of 1816, the Year without a Summer", Henry
Stommel and Elizabeth Stommel (Newport, RI: Seven Seas Press, 1983)

  "A View of the Sea", Henry Stommel, Princeton University Press, 1987.

  "All About Lightning", Martin A. Uman (New York: Dover, 1986)

  "Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights, and Related Luminous Phenomena",
  Corliss, W.R., 1982. (Published and distributed by The Sourcebook
  Project, P.O. Box 107, Glen Arm, MD  21057) Tel: [phone]

  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
[e-mail] ($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
[e-mail] ($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,
[phone] phone, [phone] 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 [e-mail] or phone [phone], fax
[phone], WWW <URL:http://www.wxscratch.com>

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Subject: 4) Books readable by French-reading nonprofessionals

  Gros Temps sur la PlanΘte, J.-C. Duplessy and P. Morel, Odile Jacob,
Paris, 1990

  Glaces de l'Antarctique: une MΘmoire, des Passions, C. Lorius, Odile
Jacob, Paris, 1990

  Comprendre la mΘtΘorologie:  La prΘvision numΘrique du temps et du
climat. Michel Rochas, Jean-Pierre Javelle, Syros, Paris, 1994, 262 pp.

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Subject: 5) Magazines readable by nonprofessionals

  AER, Meteorologia/Climatologia/Agrometeorologia/Ambiente (in Italian)
  La MΘtΘorologie
  La Recherche (sometimes)
  Scientific American (occasionally)
  Weather
    email [e-mail] (Roger Brugge)
  WeatherWatch
    email [e-mail]
    <URL:http://www.weatherstore.com/wxwatch.htm>
  Weatherwise

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Subject: 6) Scientific Texts

  A World of Weather: Fundamentals of Meteorology,  by Jon M. Nese, Lee M.
Grenci, David J. Mornhinweg, and Timothy W. Owen.  A textbook meant for
college-level introductory meteorology courses, designed to introduce
students to the behavior of the atmosphere and the fundamentals of
meteorology.  Chapter introductions are available at
<URL:http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jnese/book.htm>

  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 future
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: [phone]

Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS).
  Phone: [phone]
  email: [e-mail]

Dansk Meteorologisk Selskab
  c/o Copenhagen University, Geofysisk Afdeling
  Haraldsgade 6, DK-2200 Copenhagen N
  Phone: [phone]

Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft (German Meteorological Society)
  DMG Sekretariat, Mont Royal, D-56841 Traben-Trarbach Germany
  Phone: [phone]
  <URL:http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/deutsch/DMG/index.html>

European Geophysical Society
  PB 49, Max-Planck-Str 1 D-37189 Katlenburg-Lindau
  Phone: [phone],
  Fax:  [phone])
  email: [e-mail]

International Glaciological Society

Irish Meteorological Society
  c/o Irish Meteorological Service, Glasnevin Hill, Dublin 9, Ireland

Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
  Phone:[phone]
  Fax:  [phone]

Meteorological Society of Japan
  Phone:  [phone] ext.2546
  Fax:  [phone]

National Weather Association -- operational meteorologists and oceanographers
  Phone: [phone]
  email: [e-mail]

The Oceanography Society

OEsterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Meteorology
  Hohe Warte 38, A-1190 Wien, Austria

Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
  Ringlaan 3, B-1180 Brussels, Belgium
  tel.: ++32-2-3730501
  <URL:http://estirm2.oma.be>

Royal Meteorological Society
  104 Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 7LJ, UK
  Phone: [phone] (from within UK)
  Fax: [phone] (from within UK)
  <URL:http://itu.rdg.ac.uk/rms/rms.html>

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