The international participation of women in World Meterological Organization activities and in the fields of meterology and hydrology

From: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society | Date: May 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

The International Participation of Women in World Meteorological Organization Activities and in the Fields of Meteorology and Hydrology

1. Introduction

Last year we reported the U.S. response to a 1996 World Meteorological Organization (WMO) questionnaire on the participation of women and men in the activities of the WMO and in the fields of meteorology, operational hydrology, and related geophysical sciences and that the results of that questionnaire would be among the topics discussed at the WMOsponsored International Expert Meeting on Participation of Women in Meteorology and Hydrology ...

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