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Subject: Meteorology Resources FAQ
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology,news.answers,sci.answers
From: [e-mail] (Ilana Stern)
Date: 15 Nov 1994 12:00:24 GMT

Archive-name: weather/resources
Last-modified: 14 Nov 1994

Recent changes:

  ==within last two weeks==
Added nfc mailing list for National Forecasting Contest

  ==within last four weeks==
Added WeatherWatch to magazine section



This is a guide to resources for laypersons, students and professionals in
meteorology, oceanography, and related disciplines.

 1)  Overview
 2)  How to get a current copy of this document
 3)  Weather-related mailing lists
 4)  Newsgroups
 5)  Books readable by English-reading nonprofessionals
 6)  Books readable by French-reading nonprofessionals
 7)  Magazines readable by nonprofessionals
 8)  Scientific Texts
 9)  Meteorological History
10)  Journals
11)  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:  Overview

This is a list of resources for people wishing to discuss or learn about
meteorology, climatology, oceanography, and related disciplines.

This article is copyright (c) 1993, 1994 by Ilana Stern and Robert Grumbine.
It may be freely distributed for non-commercial purposes only, provided
that this copyright notice and the instructions on retrieving a current
copy are not removed.  The information in this article is provided as-is,
with no warranties or assurances as to its accuracy.  I prefer that archives
maintain current copies, since this information changes rapidly.  If
you would like to put this article in an archive and want to receive
a new copy automatically at every update, please send me email.

Corrections, additions, and comments should be sent to Ilana Stern at
[e-mail].  Please include in your message where you read
this document.  Note that if I know about it, it's in this document.

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Subject:  How to get a current copy of this document

If you are reading this document after 29 Nov 1994, you are reading an
outdated copy. A current copy can be obtained by anonymous FTP to
rtfm.mit.edu, from the file weather/groups in the directory
/pub/usenet/news.answers.  These files are updated every two weeks,
when a new copy is posted to sci.geo.meteorology, news.answers,
and sci.answers.

If you can't use FTP, send email to [e-mail] with
send /pub/usenet/news.answers/weather/resources
as the only text in the message (leave the subject blank).

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Subject: Weather-related mailing lists

1) CLIMLIST:  conferences, data availability in climatology
2) Weather-users:  discussions of weather servers
3) WX-TALK:  general and specialized weather-related discussions
4) Wxsat:  redistribution of bulletins on weather satellites
5) CALMET:  discussion of computer-aided learning in meteorology
6) Met-stud:  meteorology students' mailing list
7) Volcano mailing list
8) Climat:  discussion of CLIMAT station data
9) HHNet:  for researchers working in hydrology
10) DMSPINFO:  DMSP data, information, and archive discussion
11) GT-ATMDC:  Atmospheric dispersion of chemicals
12) MET-AI:  applications of artificial intelligence to meteorology
13) AHP-ARCHIVE-L:  preservation of the archives of the Alberta Hail Project
14) Nfc:  National Forecasting Contest mailing list

1. CLIMLIST (moderated by John Arnfield)

  CLIMLIST is a moderated electronic mail distribution list for climat-
ologists and those working in closely-related fields.  It is used to
disseminate notices regarding conferences and workshops, data avail-
ability, calls for papers, positions available etc, as well as requests
for information.  An updated directory of email addresses for the
subscribers to the list is distributed every month (usually on the 15th).
  To subscribe, mail to whichever of these addresses works for you:
  [e-mail] / [e-mail] / [e-mail]
with the following information:
  Your name; your email address; your departmental & institutional
affiliation; whether your email address is shared or personal; your area
of interest or responsibility within climatology.

2. Weather-users (administered by [e-mail])

  This list is for discussions of weather servers; sharing of code to
automatically query weather servers; and announcements of availability
(or lack thereof) and changes to weather servers.  Initially, Jeff Masters
([e-mail]) has agreed to send Weather Underground status
notices to this list.
To join or quit the list, email to [e-mail];
the list mail address is [e-mail].

3. WX-TALK and other WX-lists

  WX-TALK, formerly STORM-L, is a mailing list for weather-related topics,
special event notifications, job announcements, and administrative
messages.  This list, and other specialized weather-related lists, are
run from the vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (UIUCVMD) machine at Urbana-Champaign,
Illinois. WX-TALK is for discussions and questions; the others are intended
to distribute information on particular topics, but you should not
post mail to them.
  To join the list, send a message consisting of the single line
SUB WX-TALK Your Name
to whichever of these addresses works for you:
  LISTSERV@UIUCVMD / [e-mail] / [e-mail]
or uiucuxc!vmd!listserv from uucp.
Contributions should then go to WX-TALK@[working address]
  For more information, and a list of the other WX-lists on vmd.cso.uiuc.edu,
use anonymous FTP to retrieve the file WX-TALK.DOC from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu
in the directory "wx".

4. Wxsat (administered by Richard B. Emerson)

  Wxsat resends all NOAA/NESDIS bulletins on polar and geostationary weather
satellites as well as occasional material on Meteosat.  Bulletins with
orbital predictions, spacecraft operation schedules, and related messages
are copied from NOAA.SAT on SCIENCEnet and forwarded to all addresses on
the list.  The list is configured to accept and broadcast mail from
subscribers to the list at large.  Wxsat does not store or distribute imagery
and is not primarily a "chat" list.  Wxsat is oriented towards users with a
daily operational need for TBUS and related bulletins.
  An archive of roughly 60 days' messages are available for retrieval via
email messages to [e-mail].  Send the message "help" in the
text to the archive server for details on how to retrieve the current index
and other files.  There is also an archive for programs and gifs at
ftp://kestrel.umd.edu/pub/wxsat/.
  Subscription requests go to [e-mail].  The service is free
to all Internet users but donations are accepted as this is a volunteer
operation.

5. CALMET (Computer Aided Learning in Meteorology)

  CALMET is a mailing list dedicated to computer-aided learning in
meteorology.  It is associated with the ftp site cumulus.met.ed.ac.uk.
  To join the list, send mail to [e-mail].  Messages
to the list go to [e-mail].

6. Met-stud (administered by Dennis Schulze)

  This mailing list is open to all, but particularly intended as a
communications facility among meteorology students worldwide.  Subjects
of discussion could include scholarships, summer schools, conferences,
and comparisons of the meteorology programs at various universities.
Meteorological problems and questions could also be discussed.
To subscribe, send mail to [e-mail] with
SUB met-stud First_Name Last_Name
in the body of the message.  Administrative mail should be sent to
that address too.
  The list's address itself is [e-mail].
Although the list is based in Germany, the language used is English.

7. Volcano mailing list (edited by Jon Fink)

  Send submissions and subscription requests to Jon Fink at
[e-mail], or aijhf@ASUACAD (via Bitnet).

8. Climat

  CLIMAT data are the monthly means produced by the country
in which the station is located.  CLIMAT station data are exchanged
over the Global Telecommunications System (GTS) shortly after the
end of the month.  This mailing list is for users of CLIMAT data to
post error messages and other information.
  To subscribe to the CLIMAT data users list, send an email message to
[e-mail] with any subject line and the command
subscribe climat
in the body of the message.  Other commands are:
unsubscribe climate (to unsubscribe)
help (for help information)
  To post a message to all climat subscribers, send it to
[e-mail].
  Note that this mailing list is *not* a general discussion list about
climate, but is meant for discussion of the CLIMAT data product.

9. HHNet

  The goal of HHNet is to promote communication between scientists
interested in hydrology.  It will generate a regular newsletter called
the 'HHNet  Digest' for announcements and scientific queries of general
interest, provide a central site for obtaining current e-mail addresses
of those working in these areas, and diffuse information such as data,
information on meetings and seminars, details of new books and journal
articles, and vacant faculty positions.
  Submissions for Hydro Digest: E-mail to  [e-mail]
with "submit"  as  subject.
  Subscriptions for Hydro Digest: E-mail to [e-mail] with
"subscribe" as subject.  To unsubscribe, e-mail with "unsubscribe" followed
by your e-mail address as subject.

10.  DMSPINFO (administered by Greg Deuel, [e-mail])

  NGDC provides a mail list server to which those interested
in the products of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
may subscribe.  Once added to the list subscribers will be able to receive
any notices posted by the DMSP archive and be able to write to and
receive information from the archive and other interested users.  It is
intented to be a forum for interested parties to exhange information on DMSP
data, applications and the archive.  To subscribe to DMSPINFO, mail
[e-mail] with the following message:

subscribe DMSPINFO <your name>

  For general info or help on the list server, mail
[e-mail] with the message "help".

11.  GT-ATMDC (coordinated by Ivo Bouwmans, [e-mail])

  This is the `Theme Group' on Atmospheric Dispersion of Chemicals of the
Global Research Network on Sustainable Development.  Discussions cover:

- Study of sources of chemicals and their emission characteristics.
- Study of the way chemicals disappear from the atmosphere.
- Study of the atmospheric velocity field and the physical dispersion
  mechanisms.
- Study of the interaction between the physics and the chemistry of the
  dispersion process.
- Study of the effects that chemicals have on the atmospheric system.
- Study of the interaction between the atmosphere and the compartments
  water and land.
- Selection of consensus models.

  This is part of the Global Research Network on Sustainable Development
(GRNSD), a worldwide, independent forum of individual scientists.  The
network will facilitate the international, interdisciplinary, and interactive
coordination of the global sustainable development research process.

  [More information about GRNSD will be sent after registration or on
request.]

  To become a member of GT-ATMDC, you must fill out a form describing your
contact information, affiliation and research interests.  To get the
registration form, and more information about the mailing list, send
email to [e-mail] with the subject "send gt-atmdc-info".

12.  MET-AI (administered by [e-mail])

  MET-AI is an unmoderated mailing list for meteorologists and AI researchers
interested in applications of artificial intelligence to meteorology.
Suitable topics for discussion include (but are not limited to)

   * Applications of machine learning to weather forecasting
   * Artificial neural networks in meteorology
   * Automatic interpretation and analysis of satellite imagery
   * Automatic synthesis of weather forecast texts
   * Case-based reasoning and meteorology
   * Expert systems and decision aids for weather forecasting
   * High-level interfaces to archives of meteorological data
   * Statistical pattern recognition

  To subscribe to MET-AI, send e-mail to [e-mail],
including the following command in the body of your message:

              subscribe

13.  AHP_ARCHIVE-L

  A mailing list has been created to discuss issues arising out of the
preservation of the archives of the Alberta Hail Project (AHP).  The Alberta
Hail Project operated from 1957-1986, and collected meteorological data
(centered around hail storms) using several sensors, including a circularly
polarized 10 cm radar, a co-located 3 cm radar, and an instrumented aircraft,
as well as extensive ground operations and surveys.
  A project is currently underway to move as much digital data as possible to
CD-ROM and store those at the University of Alberta Data Library.  For more
information on the project or the archives, email [e-mail] or see
http://saturn.arc.ab.ca/~johnson/ahp_archive.html.

  To subscribe, send a message containing the line
          SUBSCRIBE AHP_ARCHIVE-L
to [e-mail]
  For information on how to use the list, send a mail message to
[e-mail] with one line containing HELP.  To get a list of the
addresses on the list, send a message to [e-mail] containing
SEND/LIST AHP_ARCHIVE-L

14.  Nfc (National Forecasting Contest)

  This mailing list is open to everyone but particularly intended as a
communication facility for participants of the National Forecasting Contest
which is carried out over the Internet.  The organizers hope that it will
lead to debates about the issued forecasts and to discuss different ways
of creating forecasts.  Topics may also range from numerical models to
current weather events. Everything which has to do with weather and
forecasting is welcome.
  To subscribe, send email to [e-mail] containing only
one line in the mail body (NOT the subject line):

          sub nfc <your_name>
          sub nfc John Doe      (for example)

The list's address itself is [e-mail]

If you have any problems or questions send mail to
[e-mail].  Though the list is situated in Germany the
language is English.

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Subject:  Newsgroups

1. sci.geo.meteorology
  General discussion of meteorology;  current and historic weather
phenomena, hurricanes, ENSO, and so on.

2. sci.geo.fluids
  Discussion of geophysical fluid dynamics.

3. sci.data.formats
  Discussion of data formats used in the sciences, including meteorology.

4. sci.geo.geology
  General discussion of geology;  earthquakes, formations, and so on.

5. comp.infosystems.gis
  Discussion of Geographic Information Systems.

6. sci.nonlinear
  Discussion of chaos, nonlinear systems.

7. sci.environment
  Discussion of global warming, ozone depletion, anthropogenic effects,
social impacts, ecology, and so on.  In practice, barely distinguishable
from talk.environment.

8. sci.image.processing
  Discussion of image processing.

9. talk.environment
  Ranting and raving about global warming, ozone depletion, anthropogenic
effects, social impacts, ecology, and so on.

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Subject: Books readable by English-reading nonprofessionals

  "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.

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

  "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"

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Subject: Books readable by French-reading nonprofessionals

   J.-C. Duplessy and P. Morel, "Gros Temps sur la Plan\`ete,
Odile Jacob, Paris, 1990

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

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Subject: Magazines readable by nonprofessionals

  La Recherche (sometimes)
  Scientific American (occasionally)
  Weather
  WeatherWatch
    email [e-mail]
  Weatherwise

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Subject: Scientific Texts

  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 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)

  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: 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: 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
  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
  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
  Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics
  Meteorologische Zeitschrift (English and German)
    published by: Gebrueder Borntraeger, Johannesstrasse 3a, D-70176 Stuttgart,
    Germany
  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
  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

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Subject: Professional Societies

[If you know of others which are not listed here, please let us
know so we can add them to this list.]

  American Meteorological Society
  American Geophysical Union
  Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
  Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS).
    Phone: [phone]
    email: [e-mail]
  Deutsche Meteorologische Gesellschaft (German Meteorological Society)
    DMG Sekretariat, Mont Royal, D-56841 Traben-Trarbach Germany
    Phone: [phone]
    On WWW: http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/deutsch/DMG/index.html
  European Geophysical Society
  International Glaciological Society
  Meteorological Society of Japan
  National Weather Association -- operational meteorologists and oceanographers
    Phone: [phone]
    email:  [e-mail]
  OEsterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Meteorology
  Royal Meteorological Society
  The Oceanography Society

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