Proceedings of the international conférence on structure, composition and général circulation of the upper and lower atmospheres and possible anthropogenic perturbations, (January 14-25, 1974) : held at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia as part of the IAMP/IAPSO combined first special assemblies. Vol. 1
Actes de la conférence internationale sur la structure, la composition et la circulation générale des hautes et basses atmosphères et les perturbations anthropiques possibles, ( 14-25 janvier 1974 ) : tenue à l'Université de Melbourne, Melbourne, Australie dans le cadre de la première assemblée spéciale conjointe IAMAP/IAPSO. Vol.1
Derco, N.J. ; Truhlar, E.J.
The International Conference on Structure, Composition and General Circulation of the Upper and Lower Atmospheres and Possible Anthropogenic Perturbations was one of the most comprehensive conferences on this subject which has been held. It is difficult to sum up the extensive coverage of the Conference in a few words. As is often the case with long title the Conference title evolved into a coded form UAPRC. The following extract from C.E. Junge's Keynote Address at Frontiers Session II provides the core to this Foreword to the Conference Proceedings: "The letters P, R, C of this Conférence stand for pollution, radiation and climate. lt is therefore, concerned with minor constituents in the atmosphere, their transport, their chemical behavior, their impact on radiation and the impact of radiation and other meteorological parameters such as cloud cover and structure in turn on the circulation on and climats. This field has become in the last decade or so an area of intense study and concem and has as a consequence developed at a rate which makes it difficult to keep track emen for specialists. It is typical for this field that it combines many disciplines such as chemistry, reaction kinetics, physico-chemistry of aerosols with more established fields of meteorology such as ozone, radiation, dynamics and general circulation. As a consequence the wide scope of the field requires Conferences such as this for exchange of information and stimulation of new work more urgently than many other areas of meteorological research. We hope that this Conference will contribute to this goal ".
This Conference, held in connection with the IAMAP First Special Assembly in Melbourne, Australia,was ably convened by Dr. P. Goldsmith and Dr. A.D. Belmont assisted by several members of IAMAP's Commissions. The papers presented are now published in the Proceedings. Owing to the large number of papers, some quite extensive, the Proceedings will appear in two volumes. Volume t includes two Keynote Addresses, Dr. R.E. Newell's and Dr. C.E. Junge's papers presented at Frontiers Sessions I and II, respectively, as well as the text of Conference Sessions I-VI. In order to publish the Proceedings as soon as possible following the actual Conference, the papers are, with only necessary technical editing, published as submitted. Time constraints prevented providing authors with page proofs but every attempt has been made to proofread all papers with care. We apologize for any errors which may have escaped our attention. No attempt has been made to referme papers and all papers submitted have been included. The views expressed in these papers are the authors' personal opinions and do not necessarily reflect those of any institute or organization with which they are associated. The Proceedings has been published under the auspices of the Secretariat of the lnteremational Association of Meteorology and Atmosphetic Physics. Due to the nature of the Proceedings no editor was appointed. Two technical editors, Mrs. N.J. Derco and Mr. E.J. Truhlar, assumed editorial responsibility. They shared in the task of editing, within the set time limitation, all the submitttd papers and in addition Mrs. Derco assumed the responsibility for the actual production and publication of the Proceedings. The technical editors extend their sincere thanks to the DSS-Cold Type Centre who spent so many weeks under piessure to produce the excellent copy. Thanks are also due to many others who so willingly helped when needed.<br>We feel that the Proceedings will be a valuable contribution to this field of study. IAMAP is grateful for the financial support provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Climatic Impact Assessment Program and the Australian Academy of Science. ( Foreword by Dr. S. Fritz ( President IAMAP) , Dr W.L.Godson ( Secratary IAMAP))<br>
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