Historical essays on meteorology, 1919-1995 : the Diamond Anniversary history volume of the American Meteorological Society / edited by James Rodger Fleming ; [foreword by Warren M. Washington]
Publisher | Boston, MA : American Meteorological Society |
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Year | 1996 |
Authors | Fleming, James Rodger American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society. Annual meeting (75th : 1995 : Dallas, Texas) |
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Library Main Building 3rd fl. (Foreign Books) | : alk. paper | 4500:30 | 120400004B |
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Material Type | Books |
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Size | xviii, 617 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24 cm |
Contents | The evolution of dynamic meteorology / Edward N. Lorenz The origin and rise of numerical weather prediction / George P. Cressman The evolution of atmospheric measurement systems / Robert J. Serafin A short history of radar meteorology / R.R. Rogers and P.L. Smith Evolution of satellite observations in the United States and their use in meteorology / James F.W. Purdom and W. Paul Menzel A history of calculating aids in meteorology / Frederik Nebeker Formation of rain: a historical perspective / Roscoe R. Braham Jr A history of research in cloud dynamics and microphysics / Harold D. Orville A history of hurricane forecasting for the Atlantic Basin, 1920-1995 / Mark DeMaria Severe convective storms: a brief history of science and practice / Kenneth C. Crawford and Edwin Kessler 75 years of research on the physics of a lightning discharge / E. Philip Krider Steps in the evolution of climatology: from descriptive to analytic / John E. Kutzbach Applied climatology: a glorious past, an uncertain future / Stanley A. Changnon Hydrology in the Twentieth Century / Edwin T. Engman A history of private sector meteorology / David B. Spiegler A history of aeronautical meteorology: personal perspectives, 1903-1995 / Gordon D. Cartwright and Charles H. Sprinkle The American Meteorological Society and the development of broadcast meteorology / Roy Leep From geo- to physical science: meteorology and the American university, 1919-1945 / William A. Koelsch Meteorology education in the United States after 1945 / David D. Houghton Historical writing on meteorology: an annotated bibliography / James R. Fleming and Simone L. Kaplan Historical photo gallery / Julie A. Burba |
Notes | "Many of the essays in this book were originally presented at the AMS diamond anniversary meeting in Dallas in January 1995."--P. xi Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subjects | LCSH:Meteorology -- History
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Classification | LCC:QC855 DC21:551.5 |
Language | English |
ID | 0000457234 |
ISBN | 1878220179 |
NCID | BA38985350 |
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