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in all phases of the SIRS (Satellite Infrared Spectrometer) development, from a mere concept to the very successful in-strument currently providing atmospheric temperature pro-files from the Nimbus III spacecraft. His greatest contribu-tions were in the areas of designing the experiment and in the development of the mathematical procedure for reduc-ing the data. This latter task, trivial in most observational programs, is the key to success or failure in the present case and required true innovation. The skill, ingenuity, and per-severance of Dr. Wark are manifest in the successful instru-ment in space today." Dr. Wark received a second award for his work on SIRS on 21 October, when he was awarded the NASA Medal for exceptional scientific achievement. He was the only ESSA person to receive this particular award.

Alice Wynhoff, meteorolo-gist and supervisor of the Data Operations Section, En-vironmental Technical Ap-plications Center, Asheville, N. C., last fall received a certificate and pin in recog-nition of her 30 years of gov-ernment service. Miss Wyn-hoff has been with the Air Weather Service at Asheville since 1946 and before that worked for the Weather Bu-reau. She was vice chairman of the Asheville Chapter of the AMS in 1968-1969.

Educational cooperative activities for faculty and students involving AEC Laboratories

As most atmospheric science students are aware, a number of AEC Laboratories have active associated meteorological pro-grams. It may not be so well known, however, that the Di-vision of Nuclear Education and Training (DNET) of AEC provides support to a number of faculty and student educa-tion programs including temporary employment during the summer period. A comprehensive list of the various Educa-tional Cooperative Activities, together with definitions, ap-plicant procedures, coordination, and financial support is available from the Laboratory Relations Branch, DNET, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545.

Since the summer student training program may be one of greater interest to meteorology students (college juniors and seniors), the following extract from the material available through DNET is given here for general information and to facilitate contact with the Laboratories.

SUMMER STUDENT TRAINING

Definition—A program of temporary appointments for col-lege juniors and seniors majoring in science, engineering or mathematics to participate in on-going research projects at AEC Laboratories.

Applicant procedures—A student submits an application en-dorsed by an academic official to the laboratory or educa-tional association with letters of reference and record of grades.

Coordination—Applications are reviewed jointly by the as-sociation and laboratory staff, whichever is appropriate. A special effort is made to place the student in an environ-ment in the Laboratory consistent with his interests and training.

Financial support—Students receive a moderate stipend and limited travel through the association or laboratory in-volved with funds provided by DNET.

Finally, we are listing herewith the names and locations of those AEC Laboratories which are among those having more active meteorological programs. Individuals may write the following organizations to determine whether or not tem-porary summer positions are available. Two additional points should be made. First is the fact that application forms will be needed and that such forms are not available through the meteorological offices listed below; the individuals named, however, can furnish information as to the need for person-nel and the office which should be contacted for the appli-cations. Second, it should be pointed out that the long lead times required to process applications, and the publication schedule of the BULLETIN, are such that the closing dates for summer 1970 applications will have already passed in most of these Laboratories.

C. L. Simpson, Manager Atmospheric Resources

Department Pacific-Northwest Box 999

C. Ray Dickson, Chief Field Research Office U. S. Atomic Energy

Commission Box 2108

Richland, Washington 99352 Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401

Maynard Smith Instrumentation Division

Meteorological Group Associated Universities, Inc. Brookhaven National

Laboratory Upton, New York 11973

Harry Moses Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue Argonne, Illinois 60439

Phillip W. Allen, Chief Air Resources Laboratory U. S. Department of

Commerce P. O. Box 14985 Las Vegas, Nevada 89114

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Dr. Joseph Knox K Division, E-42 Lawrence Radiation

Laboratory P. O. Box 808 Livermore, California 94550

Dr. Franklin Gifford, Director

Air Resources Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Laboratory

U. S. Atomic Energy Commission

P. O. Box E Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831

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Over the past two years, the BULLETIN reviews of the Society-sponsored popular educational monographs have normally indicated that they are published by Doubleday 8c Co., Inc., in paperback format. For the benefit of those who may wish to obtain library-quality copies, Doubleday has also issued four of these volumes in a limited hard-cover edition. T h e titles and prices of the hardcover versions are as follows:

Harvesting the Clouds—Louis Battan $4.95 From Raindrops to Volcanoes—Duncan Blanchard $4.95 Weather and Heal th—Helmut Landsberg $4.95 Je t Streams—Elmar Reiter $5.95

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Meetings of interest

5-6 March: Third Sea Grant Conference will be held at the Portland Hilton Hotel, Portland, Oreg. Details from: Dr. Herbert F. Frolander, Sea Grant Administration, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oreg. 97331.

31 March-3 April: 13th Conference on Great Lakes Research will be held at Buffalo, N. Y. Details from: Dr. Gerhard Neu-maier, P. O. Box 235, Buffalo, N. Y. 14221.

12-16 April: Institute of Environmental Sciences, 16th annual meeting, will be held at the Sheraton-Boston Hotel, Boston, Mass. The theme of the meeting is "The environmental chal-lenge of the 7 0 V Papers will deal with such subjects as hostile environments (air, water, and land pollution, noise, transportation); environmental simulation (dynamics, solar radiation, marine technology, weightlessness, measurements and instrumentation, specifications and criteria, quality as-surance and reliability, facility design); and laboratory man-agement. Details from: Institute of Environmental Sciences, 940 East Northwest Highway, Mt. Prospect, 111. 60056.

16-19 April: The 1970 USNC/URSI-IEEE spring meeting will be held at the Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, D. C., in cooperation with the following IEEE Groups: Antennas and Propagation, Circuit Theory, Geoscience Electronics, In-formation Theory, Instrumentation and Measurement, and Microwave Theory and Techniques. The following Commis-sions will hold technical sessions: Commission 1—Radio Mea-surement Methods and Standards, 2—Radio and Nonionized Media, 3—On the Ionosphere, 4—On the Magnetosphere, 5—Radio and Radar Astronomy, 6—Radio Waves and Trans-mission Information, 7—Radio Electronics. Details from: USNC/URSI, National Academy of Sciences-National Re-search Council, 2101 Constitution Ave., Washington, D. C. 20418.

Visiting fellowship program at CIRES

The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) is a joint project of the Environmental Science Services Administration and the University of Colo-rado conducted on the University's Boulder campus. It is intended to promote research and teaching in solid earth geophysics, oceanography, radio propagation, the physics of

the upper and lower atmosphere, and solar terrestrial rela-tionships, and to serve as a center for multidisciplinary col-laboration of research workers from Boulder and the entire world.

The permanent fellows of CIRES are Director J. C. Harri-son, G. C. Reid, J. R. Wait, and J. W. Warwick.

A visiting fellowship program provides funds to enable scientists working in these fields to spend a period of time, normally a year, with CIRES. Applications for visiting fel-lowships for the academic year 1970-1971 are due before 31 March 1970. Further information may be obtained from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sci-ences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 80302, USA.

Ecology-conservation award

The University Press of Kentucky has announced The Ken-tucky Fellowship, a $5000 grant for the best work in progress on any aspect of ecology or conservation.

The competition will run from November 1969 through October 1970. It will be open to any environmental scientist, humanist, social scientist, or anyone writing or researching a book-length study likely to make a valid and important con-tribution to man's understanding of his relationship to nature.

The judges for The Kentucky Fellowship are Leonard Carmichael, National Geographic Society; Marston Bates, University of Michigan; Loren Eiseley, University of Penn-sylvania; Edward Weeks, Atlantic Monthly Press; and Elvis Stahr, National Audubon Society.

Inquiries should be directed to The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506.

The University Press of Kentucky is a consortium of nine colleges and universities, both public and private, that have come together to form this unique, scholarly publishing or-ganization. Centralization of facilities allows the new press to expand its editorial acquisitions program, and broaden its services to the international scholarly community and to its region. Its editorial board is comprised of representa-tives from Berea College, Centre College, Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky State College, Morehead State Uni-versity, Murray State University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University.

Meteorology in the junior college

Miami-Dade Junior College has initiated a two-year program for the education of meteorological technicians for industry. General education courses comprise two-thirds of the two-year program with the addition of the following courses in meteorology: Introduction to meteorology, Weather instru-ments and observations, Weather chart analysis, Radar me-teorology, Weather projection, and Operational meteorology. The objectives of the program are twofold: 1) to prepare the student to seek employment at the end of the course, or 2) to prepare the student to continue his education at an upper division college or university toward a bachelor's degree.

For further details address: Robert M. Kane, Chairman, Aerospace Department, Miami-Dade Junior College, 11011 S.W. 104th St., Miami, Fla. 33156.

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10. Y. Hsueh (Florida State University) A note on the boundary layer wind structure above sloping terrain

11. T. Ichiye (Texas A&M University) Lateral boundary layers in dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

12. N. Newman and L. Shieh (New York University) A boundary value problem in sea breeze circulation

13. Stoycho Panchev Valchev (University of Sofia, Bulgaria) Wind profile and vertical motion above an abrupt change in surface roughness and temperature

14. N. Godev and S. Panchev Valchev (University of Sofia) Vertical motions on the top of planetary layer generated by simultaneous action of the orography and turbulence

15. C. R. Stearns (University of Wisconsin) Profile differences between forced and Priestley convection

16. P. A. Taylor (University of Toronto) Surface layer flows above changes in temperature 17. F. K. Wipperman (Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt) The two constants in the resistance

law for a barotropic boundary layer of the atmosphere 18. J. C. Wyngaard and O. R. Cote (AFCRL) The turbulent energy budget in the atmospheric

surface layer 19. J. P. Pandolfo (The Center for the Environment and Man, Inc.) Numerical experiments

with alternative boundary layer formulations using BOMEX data 20. D. J. Portman (University of Michigan) Dominant characteristics in the air flow over natu-

ral water waves

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Astro-geophysics at University of Colorado

The University of Colorado offers excellent opportunities for qualified students seeking advanced degrees in astro-geophysics. Current research programs of department staff members and graduate students include theoretical and ob-servational studies in such areas as: Solar physics and solar-terrestrial relationships; fluid dynamics of solar and plan-etary atmospheres; plasma physics and magnetohydrodynam-ics; radio astronomy of the Sun and planets; ionospheric and magnetospheric physics, geomagnetism; physics of planetary atmospheres, including atmospheric radiation, photochem-istry, and aeronomy.

Graduate students in the Department of Astro-Geophysics have access to excellent facilities on the University campus, including the Radio Astronomy Observatory, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Joint Institute for Labora-tory Astrophysics, and the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. In addition, the Department co-operates closely with various scientific organizations in the Boulder area such as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (High Altitude Observatory and Laboratory of Atmospheric Science) and ESSA.

Financial aids include fellowships, scholarships, and re-search and teaching assistantships.

For details address: Chairman, Department of Astro-Geo-physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 80302.

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Graduate degree program in physics at Drexel Institute Long recognized for its excellence as an undergraduate insti-tution in science and engineering, Drexel Institute of Tech-nology recently established graduate programs leading to the Ph.D. degree in the pure and applied sciences and in engi-neering. Of a total full-time enrollment of 6000 about 500 students are enrolled in the Graduate School of Engineering and Science. The 35 full-time graduate students in physics enrolled in the fall of 1969 were balanced by a graduate fac-ulty of 20 full-time staff members, all actively engaged in research. This favorable student-faculty ratio assures a close student-faculty relationship both in class and in research work.

In atmospheric and space physics, a graduate faculty of eight carries on programs in the analysis and interpretation of satellite and related conventional weather data, the study of the physical properties and structure of the lower layers of the atmosphere, research on the characteristics of electro-magnetic propagation through the atmosphere, and others. A cooperative program with the General Electric Company Space Sciences Laboratory at Valley Forge and the Martin-Marietta Corporation at Denver enables selected students to work in research groups in atmospheric and space physics at these companies during the summers preceding and fol-lowing their first year of graduate study.

For particulars on the courses offered, prerequisites, finan-cial aid, and methods of application, address: Dr. Francis K. Davis, Head, Department of Physics, Drexel Institute of Technology, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104.

Summer conferences in engineering Each summer the University of Michigan College of Engi-neering presents the Engineering Summer Conferences, a

series of one- and two-week intensive courses in rapidly de-veloping fields of technology. These courses are especially designed for practicing engineers, scientists, and technical managers. Courses considered to be of most interest to at-mospheric scientists, with dates, fee, and chairman, are listed below.

Fundamentals of infrared technology (1-5 June, $225, A. J. LaRocca) will cover the physics of infrared radiation, attenu-ation and detection of radiation; optics and detection theory and usage; basic radiometry and applications.

Advanced infrared technology (8-12 June, $225, T. Limperis) will present an analysis of the important physical phenom-ena and advanced engineering procedures underlying present-day infrared technology. A prerequisite is familiarity with the fundamentals of infrared technology.

Probability and random processes for engineers and scien-tists (6-17 July, $400, R. L. Disney) is an introductory course to provide methods for analysis of random behavior. Selected applications to engineering problems will illustrate basic concepts.

Instrumentation and techniques for remote sensing (17-21 August, $225, G. J. Zissis) will cover engineering aspects of: non-imaging sensors of electromagnetic radiation, i.e., radi-ometers, spectrometers, and interferometers; imaging systems, i.e., radars, IR mappers, multispectral scanners, cameras, and sonars; as well as techniques of geophysics and acoustics.

For further information address: Engineering Summer Conferences, Chrysler Center, North Campus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48105.

Hydrology study at Tucson A Summer Institute in Systems Hydrology for teachers of college undergraduate students of hydrology, engineering,

Announcing a Special Collection of Articles in the

JOURNAL OF THE ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES (Volume 26, No. 5, Part I, September 1969)

devoted to papers presented at the

THIRD ARIZONA CONFERENCE ON PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES TUCSON, 30 APRIL-2 M A Y 1969

(A Conference sponsored by the Kitt Peak National Observatory and concerned with the atmo-spheres of major planets, especially Jupiter and Saturn)

Annual subscription Single copy price $15, members $3.00, members $30, nonmembers $6.00, nonmembers

Send orders to

AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 45 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. 02108

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agriculture, geology, or soil science will be conducted at the University of Arizona between 15 June and 7 August 1970 with the support of the National Science Foundation. Courses to be presented include systems modeling in hydrology, operations research in water resource systems, and computer-aided experimentation in probabilistic and deterministic modeling of hydrologic and water resource systems.

Further information and application forms may be ob-tained from Prof. Chester C. Kisiel, Hydrology and Water Resources Office, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. 85721. The deadline for applications is 15 February 1970.

Meteorology at Florida State University Graduate fellowships and assistantships are available at Florida State University for study toward the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in meteorology and the Ph.D. degree in geophysical fluid dynamics. The principal research areas in the Depart-ment of Meteorology are: Dynamical meteorology, including geophysical fluid dynamics, numerical weather prediction and general circulation (Professors Craig, Hess, Pfeffer, Gille, O'Brien, Barcilon, Fowlis, Gierasch and Hadlock); physical meteorology, including upper atmosphere, ozone, atmospheric radiation, planetary atmospheres and radar meteorology (Pro-fessors Craig, Hess, Gille, Stephens and Gierasch); synoptic meteorology, including tropical meteorology, satellite me-teorology, statistical prediction and climatology (Professors Gleeson, Jordan, LaSeur, Krishnamurti, Stephens, Stuart, Astling and Biel); marine meteorology and air-sea interaction (Professors Garstang, Staley and Hadlock).

Applicants need not have had previous course work in meteorology but a good undergraduate record and sound preparation in mathematics and physics are required. A year of basic physics taught with calculus and a course in vector calculus are considered as the minimum requirement of applicants for assistantships.

Several types of graduate fellowships and traineeships, carrying stipends of $2400-3000 per year, are available to students with excellent academic records. Graduate research and teaching assistantships, requiring half-time service to the department, carry a beginning stipend of $300-315 per month. Assistants pay a registration fee of $175 per quarter but are exempt from out-of-state tuition. Most fellows and trainees are exempt from fees as well as tuition.

Applicants for fellowships and traineeships beginning in the fall of 1970 should apply immediately. Applicants for assistantships should complete their applications by 1 April 1970. Materials describing the meteorology and geophysical fluid dynamics programs at Florida State University and application forms for fellowships and assistantships may be obtained by writing to: Chairman, Department of Meteorol-ogy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. 32306.

Summer school in space physics, 1970 The summer school in space physics organized by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales every two years will be held from 7 August to 11 September 1970 at the Institut Universi-taire de Technologie at Lannion (Brittany). The summer school sponsored by the University of Rennes will be or-ganized with the cooperation of the Centre National d'Etudes des Telecommunications (CNET) Research Center at Lan-nion. The 1970 program, established by Prof. P. Morel of the Faculty of Sciences, Paris, is based mainly on dynamic meteorology and is intended for young French and foreign research workers as well as for graduates in meteorology and fluid dynamics.

The program is to include the following subjects: Introduction to atmospheric dynamics, J. Charney, MIT Dynamic modeling of the general circulation, N. A. Phil-

lips, MIT Heat sources and sinks in the atmosphere, V. E. Suomi,

University of Wisconsin, Space Science and Engineering Center

The planetary boundary layer, A. Monin, USSR Acad-emy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology

Sub-grid scale motions, D. K. Lilly, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Tropical atmosphere, to be announced

Lectures will be given in French and English, requiring a thorough knowledge of both languages. Participants, limited to 30 in number, are required to attend the whole session. Registration and courses are free of charge.

Students will be accommodated at the Institut Universi-taire de Technologie de Lannion. Boarding fees for the whole session will amount to approximately 700 F. A lim-ited number of scholarships covering part or all boarding expenses may be granted upon request. Housing for the par-ticipants' families will be available at the Institut.

Application must be made before 15 March 1970 to the following address: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, Divi-sion des Relations Universitaires, 129, rue de l'Universite, Paris 7eme, France.

N Y U meteorological seminars The Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, New York University, has announced a weekly series of public lectures on Meteorological measurements from satellites be-ginning at 2:15 p.m. on Monday, 2 February 1970 in Room C-22 of the new Tech II Building on the University Heights (Bronx) campus. Arranged by Dr. S. I. Rasool, research scien-tist at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and ad-junct professor at New York University, the series will con-sist of lectures by a group of distinguished scientists in the field of meteorological satellites.

The participating lecturers are as follows:

Introductory lecture, S. I. Rasool, NASA, and J. Spar, NYU

M. Tepper, NASA S. Fritz, ESSA W. J. Pierson, Jr., NYU W. R. Bandeen, NASA T. H. Vonder Haar, University of Wisconsin J. S. Winston, ESSA R. Hanel, NASA B. Conrath, NASA W. L. Smith, ESSA E. P. McClain, ESSA S. Rossby, NCAR V. E. Lally, NCAR J. Charney, MIT

2 February:

9 February: 16 February: 27 February: 2 March: 9 March: 16 March: 30 March: 6 April: 13 April: 20 April: 27 April: 4 May: 11 May:

The new Tech II Building on the Bronx campus of New York University houses not only the Department of Meteorol-ogy and Oceanography, but also the recently consolidated New York City forecast offices of the Weather Bureau. An APT antenna on the roof of Tech II provides satellite pic-tures directly into the building.

Further information on the lecture series may be obtained by writing to Prof. Jerome Spar, Lecture Coordinator, De-partment of Meteorology and Oceanography, New York Uni-versity, New York, N. Y. 10453.

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