AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY 
The American Meteorological Society is an organization for “the ad: 
ment and diffusion of knowledge of meteorology, including climatology, 
the development of its application to public health, agriculture, engineerin 
transportation by land and inland waterways, navigation of the air a 
oceans, and other forms of industry and commerce.” It is a cor >ration 
of some 1200 members, most of them in the United States but with abo 
200 in foreign countries, mostly in the Western Hemisphere. The main a 
ties of the Society are (1) the publishing of a Bulletin of approxim: 
pages in 10 issues per year, (2) the holding of several national and onal 
meetings each year for the presentation and discussion of scientific , “s 
and the conduct of business, (8) the sponsoring of numerous local branc 
logical science and activities lends to social intercourse in the meteor 0 
community. ‘it 
Mesubetahin and subscriptions. Application forms and sample 
the BULLETIN may be had on request to the Secretary, A. M.S., Blue 
servatory, Milton, Mass. Minimum dues $8 a year. 
The Bulletin. Besides publishing papers representing the 
various researches on meteorological problems, the BULLETIN 
nouncements and miscellaneous short articles, notes, reviews, 
bibliography of current literature of interest to weather men a 
concerned with weather and its causes. The BULLETIN aims to keep it 
abreast of the latest developments in weather science and organ: 
activities. All back issues of the BULLETIN from volume 1 in 1920 
available from the Secretary’s office, at $1 per volume for volumes 
per volume for volumes 11-18, and $3 per volume for volumes 19 and 2: 
Meetings are held in various cities in different parts of the U. S. an 
Canada sponsored both by the Society as a whole and by the local bra 
Papers presented at meetings often represent the outcome of the best worl 
the local seminars and are generally published in the BULLETIN either in ft 
or in abstract. 
Consultation. The Secretary’s office is at the service of members f 
various miscellaneous information, such as institutions giving courses, co: 
spondence courses, degrees, etc., in meteorology, ways and means of ge 
hold of certain data, books, etc. 
Library. In cooperation with the Library of the Blue Hill Observat 
of Harvard University, the Society is able to loan to members by mail m 
books and publications, including theses and rare meteorological papers — 
data from all parts of the world. The Society is also able to give cont 
sive bibliographies of selected subjects. 
