August 9, 2002

TO:  Kathy Thompson
     Diane Elben
     Tony Busalacci
     Harold Annegarn
     Christos Zerefos
FROM: Anne Thompson

I am writing as a member of the Program Committee for the 7th International
Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (7ICSHMO), also
called the AMS Southern Hemisphere Conference.  NASA is a sponsor.  Because the
meeting will interest some of your organization or mailing list, please
distribute.  Thank you!

**  23 September Abstract Deadline - AMS Southern Hemisphere Meeting **

The next triennial Southern Hemisphere Meeting of the AMS (American
Meteorological Society) will be held 24-28 March 2003 in Wellington, New
Zealand.  Solicited areas for papers are atmospheric and oceanic sciences in
the southern hemisphere.  Interdisciplinary offerings in climate, radiation,
atmospheric chemistry and dynamics (including polar processes) are especially
encouraged.  

ABSTRACTS ARE DUE 23 SEPTEMBER AT THE AMS (American Meteorological Society)
WEBSITE:   www.ametsoc.org/Meetings - Scroll to Southern Hemisphere meeting.

The overall theme of the conference is "Southern Ocean weather and climate:
Regional and global effects."  Sessions will focus on: the southern oceans,
Antarctica and the cryosphere, atmospheric chemistry and trace gases, and
climate and culture.  The conference organizers aim to take an inclusive view
of weather and climate, encompassing all aspects of atmospheric and ocean
sciences, and human responses and impacts upon climate variability and change.

New Zealand is an ideal location for observing and improving our understanding
of southern hemisphere climate.  It interacts with major features of the
hemispheric climate and also reacts sensitively to changes in the broad-scale
circulation.  Year-round westerly winds have a controlling influence on local
climates, resulting in a factor of 10 difference in rainfall across 100km of
the South Island.  Wellington, the host city for the 7ICSHMO, is the
southern-most national capital in the world, sited near the edge of the
"roaring forties."  Its harborside location offers a first-hand experience of
air-sea interaction and vistas of the southern ocean stretching unobstructed
south to Antarctica.

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Dr. Anne M. Thompson
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 916, Bldg. 33, Room E417
Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 USA
Phone:  301-614-5731
FAX:    301-614-5903
e-mail:   thompson@gator1.gsfc.nasa.gov

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