ALPEX The GARP Mountain Subprogram

The problem of airflow over and around mountains, as originally proposed by J. Charney, R. Hide, F. Mesinger, and G. Goetz, was approved in 1978 as a subprogram of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) by the Joint Organizing Committee (JOC) of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).3 ALPEX will be the field project of this subprogram and, as the name indicates, the general area of the Alps has been selected as its site. The primary observing period will be during March and April 1982. ALPEX will complete the series of large international field projects of GARP (UCAR, 1980; ICSU/WMO, 1980e).

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Science, Politics, and International Atmospheric and Oceanic Programs1

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society ◽

10.1175/1520-0477-63.8.924 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 63 (8) ◽

pp. 924-933 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert M. White

Keyword(s):

Research Program ◽

Fresh Start ◽

Atmospheric Research ◽

Political Forces ◽

The World

This, the Fifth Donald L. McKernan Lecture in Marine Affairs, analyzes the scientific and political aspects of the World Climate Program (WCP) and its predecessor, the remarkably successful Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP). Both programs join oceanographers and meteorologists in common endeavors of great world significance and have other similarities. But more important are certain contrasts in the scientific and political forces bearing on these programs and changes in circumstances that must be understood if the GARP experience is to provide reliable guidance in planning and executing WCP in the years ahead. This analysis leads to a suggestion that contrasts with the approach now being considered for WCP and that offers a fresh start in organizing WCP so it can provide what we now need.

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The first International Polar Year, 1882–83

Polar Record ◽

10.1017/s003224740001901x ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 21 (132) ◽

pp. 275-285 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

F. W. G. Baker

Keyword(s):

Northern Hemisphere ◽

Research Programme ◽

World Meteorological Organization ◽

The Arctic ◽

The Moon ◽

International Polar Year ◽

International Council ◽

Climate Research ◽

The World ◽

International Polar

Karl Weyprecht has left an unforgettable record of polar exploration, but has himself tended to be forgotten. His fame rests not so much with his work in the Arctic, which included the discovery of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa, but on the series of international scientific programmes which he initiated in 1875 with the first International Polar Year (IPY), 1882–83. International scientific programmes can be traced back to 1751, when observations of the parallaxes of the Moon, Mars and Venus were made at six stations in the Northern Hemisphere and at one in the Southern. The most recent, the World Climate Research Programme, organized jointly by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), began in 1980.

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The National Shipbuilding Research Program 1985 Ship Production Symposium. Volume 1, Paper Number 20: Marine Industry Standards of the U.S. and the World

10.21236/ada444594 ◽

1985 ◽

Author(s):

Robert B. Toth

Keyword(s):

Research Program ◽

Marine Industry ◽

Industry Standards ◽

The World ◽

The U.S

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THE INFLUENCE OF SCOTTISH ACCOUNTANTS IN THE UNITED STATES: THE EARLY CASE OF THE SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS IN EDINBURGH

Accounting Historians Journal ◽

10.2308/0148-4184.24.1.117 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 117-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

T. A. LEE

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

General Theory ◽

Research Program ◽

The United States ◽

The World ◽

Early Case ◽

The Impact ◽

Chartered Accountants ◽

The U.S

This study represents part of a long-term research program to investigate the influence of U.K. accountants on the development of professional accountancy in other parts of the world. It examines the impact of a small group of Scottish chartered accountants who emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Set against a general theory of emigration, the study's main results reveal the significant involvement of this group in the founding and development of U.S. accountancy. The influence is predominantly with respect to public accountancy and its main institutional organizations. Several of the individuals achieved considerable eminence in U.S. public accountancy.

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Urban Thermal Risk

Atmosphere ◽

10.3390/atmos12040466 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 466

Author(s):

Dimitra Founda

Keyword(s):

Global Warming ◽

World Meteorological Organization ◽

The World ◽

Thermal Risk

Global warming is accelerating and according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the decade from 2011 to 2020 was the warmest recorded decade ever [...]

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Marine Safety Information

Journal of Navigation ◽

10.1017/s0373463300009346 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 41 (02) ◽

pp. 242-248

Author(s):

A. C. Fuller

Keyword(s):

Safety Information ◽

World Meteorological Organization ◽

The Core ◽

The World ◽

Marine Safety ◽

To Receive ◽

Marine Hazards

Marine Safety Information is defined as the coordinated service of navigational and meteorological warnings, meteorological forecasts and distress alerts.It represents the core information which the Master of a ship is required to receive under the provisions of chapters IV and V of the Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS).In essence these cover the responsibilities of nations to broadcast messages relating to marine hazards, the obligation placed upon Masters to report such hazards, and to receive messages broadcast about them.Three separate kinds of information are dealt with in the SOLAS Convention. First, Meteorological Services: these are the business of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which seeks to coordinate the work of various national meteorological administrations. Unfortunately a multitude of overlapping services and areas have grown up out of an expanding practical requirement and capability. This has resulted in overlap of services and consequent multiplication of effort.

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