Dear the AMON readers,

The new issue (Vol. 3, No. 2) of AMON is published on the web at:

	http://rossby.ou.edu/~spark/AMON/v3_n2/.

Attached please find the contents of this issue.
I wish you enjoy reading the new issue of AMON.
Thanks a lot.

Best regards,

Seon K. Park

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Seon Ki Park, Ph.D.
Editor, Asian Meteorology Online Newsletter (AMON)
http://rossby.metr.ou.edu/~spark/AMON/
spark@rossby.metr.ou.edu, skpark@bluesky.ecas.ou.edu

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                    Asian Meteorology Online Newsletter

                         VOL. 3, NO. 2 (June 1999)

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* Letters to the Editor

  1. New Studies on Mechanisms of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Japan

* News

  1. Asia Pacific Disaster Management Centre (APDMC) Established
  2. NOAA Plans Continuing Collaboration with China
  3. Russia and Japan Developing Satellites for Early Warning of Quakes and
     Flares
  4. Earth's Future is Looking Hotter, Less Stable
  5. The Role of Science on Oklahoma Tornado
  6. Insurers' Risk Slight from Global Warming
  7. On Disasters
        o Statistics of Diasater in China
        o Disaster Losses On the Rise
        o Maritime disaster prevention stressed - China
  8. Cyclones...
        o Cyclone Devastates Village - Australia
        o Storm Kills 12 - Bangladesh
        o Cyclone Claims 225 in Pakistan

* Editorials

  1. Chinese Floods: A Natural or a Man-made Disaster? by Michael Glantz
  2. Scientific Attitude on Understanding Disappearance of Rainbow by Daewon
     Byun and Seon Ki Park

* Conference/Workshop Report

  1. A La Nina Summit: Review of the Causes and Consequences of Cold Events
     - Executive Summary, 15-17 July, 1998, Boulder, Colorado, USA, by
     Michael H. Glantz

* Articles/Reports

  1. Features of the Long-Lived Heavy Storm Observed in Northern Kyushu,
     Japan by K. Nishiyama, K. Wakimizu, K. Jinno, and Y. Suzuki
  2. Studies on structure and formation/development Mechanisms of Mesoscale
     Convective Systems by Masanori Yoshizaki
        o An address of our new project
        o Observation plan of Baiu front over Kyushuand East China Sea in
          1999 (X-BAIU-99)

* Conference/Workshop Fair

  1. 17th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 13-17 September
     1999, Denver, Colorado, USA
  2. 13th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 13-17 September 1999,
     Denver, Colorado, USA
  3. 8th Conference on Climate Variations, 13-17 September 1999, Denver,
     Colorado, USA
  4. International Workshop on The Ocean Observing System for Climate, 18-22
     October 1999, St. Raphael, France
  5. 24th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, 1-5 November
     1999, Tucson, Arizona, USA
  6. 3rd Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanographic Prediction and
     Processes, 3-5 November 1999, New Orleans, LA, USA
  7. 6th International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, 3-5
     November 1999, New Orleans, LA, USA
  8. 15th International Congress of Biometeorology & International
     Conference on Urban Climatology, 8 - 12 November 1999, Sydney,
     Australia
  9. 80th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 9-14 January 2000,
     Long Beach, CA, USA

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