Comment on ``Observations of tropical stratospheric winds before World War II

A quick search of two readily available bibliographies of meteorology reveals a wealth of sources on upper-level winds in the Tropics published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The International Bibliography of Meteorology (Fleming and Goodman 1994) and the International Catalog...

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Published in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 1999-03, Vol.80 (3), p.473-473
Main Author: Fleming, James R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A quick search of two readily available bibliographies of meteorology reveals a wealth of sources on upper-level winds in the Tropics published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The International Bibliography of Meteorology (Fleming and Goodman 1994) and the International Catalog of Scientific Literature (Royal Society of London 1968) both have numerous references that should prove useful (or at least interesting) to modern quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) researchers. Although archival collections with original observations may be difficult to locate, original reports of early stratospheric ascents in the Tropics are available in the standard literature and are readily accessible by bibliographic tools. In identifying sources and interpreting the results, the history of science may have something to contribute to current scientific questions. Author reply follows.
ISSN:0003-0007