INDEX 



Antarctica 



contamination, 330, 360 



ecosystems, 313, 314 



food chain, Fig. VIII-6, 351 



food production, 217, 241 



glaciation, 53, 54, 55 



oceanic circulation and, 78, 83-84, 



Fig. IV-3, 98, 231-233, 239 

 see also Krill 

 Anticyclones 



drought, 165, 167 

 prediction of, 93, 94 

 Apollo missions, 14, 158 

 Appalachian Mts., 31, 118 

 APT, see Automatic Picture Transmission 

 Aquaculture prospects, 250-253 

 Aquatic ecosystems: modeling, 282 

 Aquatic plants, 236, 302 

 Aquifers, 203 

 Aquitards, 203 

 Arabian Sea, 358 

 Areata, Cal., 181 

 Arctic regions, 78, 79 

 air-sea rhythms, 86, 87 

 ecosystems, 313-315 

 food production, 217 

 pack-ice behavior, 58 

 see also Antarctica 

 Ardrey, William B., 376 

 Argentina, 154, 241, 242, 369 

 Argonne National Laboratory (AEC), 257 

 Arid regions 

 Africa 



source of dust in western hemisphere, 



191 

 source of hurricanes, 123 

 maintenance of the biosphere, 280-285 

 gramagrass output, Fig. IX-4 

 mosquito submodel, Fig. IX-3 

 subtropical anticyclones, 165 

 water supply, 198 

 Arizona 



groundwater, 204 

 range management, 74 

 seismic refraction profile, 29, 31 

 University of, 306 

 Arkansas, 308 

 Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, 



U.S., 365 

 Armenia, 152 

 Armstrong, Bruce W., 388 

 Army, U.S., 136 

 Army Air Force, U.S., 46 

 Army Medical Research and Development 



Command, U.S., 365, 379 

 Aromatics, 361 

 Arsenic poisoning, 322, 357 

 Asama volcano, Japan, 45 

 Asbestos, 320 

 Ash, Volcanic 



as contaminant, 55, 56, 68, 71, 72, 329 

 falls and flows, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45 

 Asia 



agriculture, 220, 238, 251, 252, 297 

 climatic change, 57 

 data networks, Fig. IV— 7 

 environmental contamination, 364, 365 

 precipitation, Fig. VI-10, 185 



Asphalts, 361 



Assimilation capacity of lake water, 270 



Asthma, 319, 385 



Astrup, Paul, 386, 388 



Atlanta, Ga., 189 



Atlantic coast, 38, 135 



Atlantic Ocean 



air-sea system, 78, 83, 84 



climatic change, 57, 58 



conservation, 246 



data measurement, 79, 86, 91, 360 



drought, 165, 167, 188 



earth processes, 27, 28, 33, 53, 55 



environmental contamination, 191, 192, 

 194, 329, 358 



precipitation, 189 



severe storms, 123, Fig. V-l, 126, 132, 147 



weather forecasting, 185 

 Atlas, D., 109 

 Atmosphere, 3, 34, 52 158, 257 



behavior, 62, 63 



composition, 55, 286, 287 



upper, 3, 10, 11-13, 167, 175 



see n/so Pollution, Atmospheric 

 Atmospheric circulation, 89-92 



global, 64, 72 



indicated by tree rings, Fig. Ill— 5 



topics, 125, 188 

 dusts, 192 

 monsoons, 184 



urbanization effects, 116 

 Atomic Energy Commission, U.S., 46, 

 Fig. VI-11,259 



see also Argonne National Laboratory; 

 Brookhaven National Laboratory 

 Auroral electrojet, 10 

 Auroral substorms, 5, 8 

 Australia 



agriculture, Fig. VII-8, 219 



air-sea system, 358 



climatic change, 57 



earth processes, 44 



ecosystems, 291, 297 



human adaptation, 376 



precipitation, 184, 185 



water resources, 242 



weather modification, 188 

 Automatic Picture Transmission (APT), 185 

 Avalanches, 42, 212 

 Aviation 



accidents, 108, 111, 117 



noise pollution, 326 



weather forecasting for, 101, 102, 103 



weather reporting from, 105, 106 



see also Aircraft 

 Axelrod, Herman D., 330 

 Avres, S. M, 388 

 Azerbaidjan, U.S.S.R., 152 

 Azores Islands, 35, 135 



B 



Backfires in forests, 310 

 Backus, Richard H., 361, 363 

 Bacteria 



air pollution, Fig. X-6, 342 

 in forest ecosystem, 292 



oxidation of floating oil lumps, 362 



soil, oxidation of CO, 358 

 Baja California, 240 

 Balchum, Oscar Joseph, 388 

 Baldwin Hills Dam, Los Angeles, Cal., 204 

 Baltic Sea, 52 



Barbados, Antilles, 191, 193, 194, 329, 

 330, 358 



see also BOMEX 

 Barnacles, 241 



on petroleum lumps, 361, 362, 363 

 Basalt, 29 

 Basin and Range Province, Nevada, 29, 31, 



204 

 Batchelder, Arthur R., 306 

 Bears, 302 



Beaufait, William R., 306 

 Beaver, 304 



Bees and other pollinators, 351, 354, 355 

 Behavioral differences among populations, 



373, 374, 376 

 Benchmark stations, 59, 331 

 Benefit/cost analysis 



effects of technology on the environ- 

 ment, 338 



environmental management, 283 



fog dispersal at airports, 180-181, 

 Fig. VI-9, 183 



forest management, 206 



pest controls, 351, 353, 356 



water quality in Great Lakes, 270 



weather changes, 172 

 Bengal, Bay of, 184 

 Bennett, Dudley W„ 389 

 Benthic marine communities, 231, 232 

 Benzene hexachloride, see Dieldrin 

 Bering Sea, 74, 242, 244, 246 

 Bermuda, 191 

 Bermuda High, 165 

 Berry, Lester J., 219 

 Beryllium, 321 

 Bezymianny (volcano), 40 

 Biological effects 



air contaminants, 332 



pesticides, 351 



thermal discharges in lakes, 259 

 Biological extinction of animals 



climatic changes and, 73-74 



magnetic field reversals and, 25 



Stone Age hunters, 74 

 Biological materials as air pollutants, 339 

 Biomes, Major world, 285, Fig. IX-5 



deciduous forest, 298 



tundra, Fig. IX-15, 314, 315 



see also Grassland ecosystem 

 Biosphere, 3, 301 

 Birds 



malaria systems, 365 



pesticides and, 351, 353, 357, 359 

 Bishop tuff, Cal., 42 

 Bivalves, 232, 237 

 Bjerknes, J., 167, 189 

 Black spruce, 311 

 Blackberries, 352 

 Blast waves from solar flares, 6 

 Blind areas for weather observations, 98 

 Blood groups, 373, 374 

 Bobcat, 302 



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