84th AMS Annual Meeting
11—15 January 2004
Washington State Convention and Trade Center
Seattle, WA

Environment Canada
Meteorological Service of Canada
4905 Dufferin St.
Downsview, Ontario M3H 5T4 Canada
Contact: Barry Green
(416) 739-4580
E-mail: barry.green@ec.gc.ca
URL: http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca

The Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) is Canada's national weather service. With its headquarters in Toronto and a network of regional offices across the country, the MSC carries out data collection, forecast production and dissemination of weather and hydrological information. For use in our forecast offices, the MSC has developed workstation applications for weather analysis and forecast production, including the Forecast Production Assistant (FPA) software for interactive graphical editing and automated forecast generation. Our external customers have successfully used the FPA software in commercial meteorological applications.

AccuWeather, Inc.
385 Science Park Road
State College, PA 16801
Mike Steinberg
(814) 235-8535
steinberg@accuwx.com
www.accuweather.com

AccuWeather, Inc., the world's leading commercial weather company, provides products and services benefiting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. AccuWeather currently serves 50,000 paying clients and reaches millions more through AccuWeather.com. Forecast services and data, tailored to clients' specific needs, are provided to 400 TV and radio stations, more than 850 newspapers and 600 Internet sites. AccuWeather.com(R) Professional is the most comprehensive meteorological workstation on the web.

AccuWeather provides locally focused services for television meteorologists. Galileo 2.1, the easiest-to-use weather and news presentation system, is based on Dell(R) PC with Windows(R) and combines the finest on-air look with unmatched speed to make you the leader in your DMA.

AccuWeather continues to shape the future of the weather industry. AccuWeather's Custom Weather HD, the world's first high-definition digital weather system, is the turnkey path to your own sponsorable HD weather channel. AccuWeather is also the leading supplier of wireless weather content.

ADC is the systems integrator of the DOPRAD® Doppler Weather Radar-by far the most widely used live Doppler in broadcasting. Today, more than 200 ADC radar and display systems are in the field. Other customers include NASA, NATO, the U.S. Air Force, the offshore oil industry, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, T-COM, Federal Express, U.S. Navy, electric utilities, and aerostat operations support.

For 21 years, ADC has been introducing industry-leading innovations such as the first fully coherent, 100 percent solid-state live Doppler radar for broadcast. ADC display products for our DOPRAD® 32 (high-resolution display) include Mean Radial Velocity, lightning displays, Storm Path Analyzer and Street-Level Mapping. Our Doppler displays are now available with the new rock-solid Linux operating system, STAS Severe Turb Alert System and LV515 & LV715 Gain Tracking and the new 7-Level Modification.

ADC's Doppler weather radar network configurations include Composite Live Doppler (Double Doppler), Triple Doppler, VGA remote and Live Access Remote.

Air Force Weather exhibit highlights terrestrial and space weather - a total Mud to Sun glimpse at Air Force Weather. Recent solar activity has brought space weather into the main stream and we'll demonstrate the latest in AF space weather technology and capabilities. The display will also feature the Integrated Meteorological System - a mobile weather unit - used during Operation Iraqi Freedom for the Army's 3rd Infantry Division. Two combat jump weather technicians will discuss the special operations side of Air Force weather during OIF.

Head Quarters
1165 National Drive
Sacramento, CA 95834
Tel: 916-928-1000
Fax: 916-928-1165
E-mail: marketing@allweatherinc.com
Web Address: www.allweatherinc.com

East Coast Office
144 Lake Front Drive
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
Tel: 410-229-7539
Fax: 410-229-7603
petra@allweatherinc.com

All Weather, Inc is a world leader in the manufacture of weather monitoring sensor and systems. AWI has provided automated weather systems throughout the world, and has produced and installed over 1000 Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) systems for the NWS, FAA, US Navy and Air Force and over 450 Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) at FAA, state, municipal and international airports. AWI is also in the process of installing 30 Automated Weather Sensor Systems (AWSS) under an FAA Contract. AWI has installed more than 800 display terminals for the FAA under the ACE IDS contract. These displays are installed in TRACONS and ATC Towers. All Weather Inc also manufactures other fixed and portable weather monitoring sensors and systems for Synoptic, Environmental, Industrial, Hazardous Response, and other uses.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp's vision is to be a global leader providing advanced imaging, communications, and information solutions to the government and commercial defense and aerospace markets.

Ball Aerospace offers employees, customers, and other stakeholders the opportunities and technical solutions to turn their visions into reality by believing in outstanding people, technical excellence, professional freedom and creativity, unwavering integrity, and business excellence.

We conduct domestic and international business in the defense, civil space, and commercial space arenas, providing best value and innovative solutions. Ball Aerospace supports national policy-makers, the military services, NASA, and other U.S. Government agencies, as well as numerous aerospace industry allies.

Based in Broomfield, Colo., Ball Aerospace is a subsidiary of Ball Corporation - which has interests in the food and beverage packaging industry.

Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems
7700 Boston Blvd
Springfield VA 22153
Contact: Ms. Sophie Barrett
Phone: 703.923.4000
Email: sophie.e.barrett@boeing.com
URL: www.boeing.com

Boeing provides spacecraft and space asset utilization tools for government and commercial customers involved in atmospheric observation. Boeing is under contract to build, integrate and launch the current series of the U.S. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - a system that will have advanced sensors that can provide more accurate location of severe storms, resulting in more precise warnings to the public. For AMS, Boeing will display technologies and capabilities that provide command, control and communications, image production and distribution, and end-to-end systems integration for weather forecasting and other environmental applications. Much of Boeing's domain knowledge in these areas will be incorporated into the company's approach to designing the next-generation system, (GOES-R), under a recently awarded study contract from NOAA.

Biral
P.O. Box 2
Portishead, Bristol, UK
BS20 7JB
Contact: Richard McKay
Phone: (+44)1275-847787
Fax: (+44)1275-847303
Email: met@biral.com
URL: http://www.biral.com

Bristol Industrial Research and Associates Ltd. (Biral) specialises in meteorological instrumentation and systems.

Based in the UK, Biral has sales activities worldwide. The Biral HSS Visibility and Present Weather Sensor series, were not only the first sensors to combine forward scatter meter technology with an infra-red light source two decades ago, they still provide the best accuracy available today.

Biral has been providing innovative, research quality meteorological instruments for over two decades. The areas of specialty are optical measurements, wind sensors, weather stations, as well as the usual range of individual sensors.

Biral is ISO 9001:2000 certified and has an established reputation for excellence not only in customer relations but also equipment and knowledge. Biral supports the scientific community and is very active with memberships in the American Meteorological Society, Royal Meteorological Society and the European Meteorological Society.

We look forward to meeting you and discussing your application.

Brooks/Cole, Thomson
10 Davis Drive
Belmont, CA 94002
Contact: Kelley McAllister
Phone: 650-637-7556
E-mail: kelley.mcallister@Thomson.com
URL: http://www.brookscole.com

Thomson, Brooks/Cole (www.brookscole.com) is a worldwide provider of higher education textbooks, software, and Internet materials for the sciences. Brooks/Cole develops comprehensive learning solutions for instructors, students, and professionals that recognize the diversity of teaching and learning styles and take full advantage of print, multimedia, and online delivery options.

Discover Cambridge University Press and find volumes that cover every aspect of meteorology and atmospheric science, from introductory undergraduate textbooks to cutting-edge monographs for professionals. Stop by our booth and receive a 20% discount on our outstanding titles, including Weather Cycles: Real or Imaginary? By William James Burroughs; Lightning: Physics and Effects by Vladimir Rakov and Martin Uman; Thermodynamics of the Atmosphere: A course in Theorectical Meteorology by Wilford Zdunkowski and Andreas Bott; The Oceans and Climate by Grant Bigg; and many more.

Campbell Scientific, Inc.
815 W. 1800 N.
Logan, UT 84321-1784
Contact: Alan Hinckley
Phone: 435-753-2342
E-mail: ahinckley@campbellsci.com
Web Address: www.campbellsci.com

Campbell Scientific manufactures versatile, rugged, low-powered dataloggers and environmental measurement systems. Our weather stations are widely used in a number of well-known hydrometeorlogical networks including the Oklahoma Mesonet. Version 2.1 of LoggerNet, our PC-based datalogger support software, now supports the traditional Campbell Scientific, array-based dataloggers as well as the new table-based dataloggers. LoggerNet provides advanced capabilities including data retrieval over the Internet.

Other communication options include satellite, radio, phone, modem, and voice-synthesized phone modem. The new RF400 Spread Spectrum radio/modem allows wireless data retrieval without FCC licensing. The CR205 is our new low-cost datalogger with a built in RF400. Software is available for both Palm and Pocket PC PDAs.

New sensors include a barometer made by Druck, Sentek's soil moisture probes for water content profiles, and our own electric field meter for lightning warning. The METDATA1, an integrated weather station based around our CR10X datalogger, combines simple programming and easy set up. Our datalogger reliability and customer support are unmatched in the industry. We invite you to visit us regarding your measurement needs.

CLR Photonics, Inc, division of CTI, manufactures the WindTracer® Infrared Doppler Radar (LIDAR). This instrument provides high resolution wind data under clear air conditions.

Windshear, microbursts, turbulence and gust fronts are hazardous to the safe operation of many airports. The WindTracer® detects these hazardous winds at distances up to 10 km. An easy to use graphical user interface, with alarms, allows the user to quickly ascertain the severity and location of these conditions.

Airport capacity is a function of several interdependent events including the spacing between airplanes. This spacing is a result of the affect of wake vortices created by the airplane moving through the atmosphere. The WindTracer® is used to detect and measure these wake vortices in addition to the ambient wind conditions.

WindTracer® is also used to detect aerosol levels including those that may pose a health hazard such as biochemical aerosols in support of Homeland Defense.

Coastal Environmental Systems, Inc.
820 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98134
Contact: Patrick Kelly
Phone: (206)682-6048 / (800)488-8291 ext.104
E-mail: pkelly@CoastalEnvironmental.com
URL: http://www.CoastalEnvironmental.com
Booth: 814

Coastal is the first company in the world to simultaneously build production level systems for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the FAA, the U.S. Marines, and the NWS. Our experience covers a wide variety of systems, collecting and processing data in the fields of Aviation, Oceanography, HazMat, Agriculture, Air Quality, Barometry, and more.

Coastal's Aviation Stations are world leaders. Whether our Fixed Base Systems with automatic METAR reports, our Permanent Stations for Scientific Applications, the FAA Certified Stand Alone Weather Station (SAWS), our Portable Stations, or our stations designed for Low Power/Hostile Environments, Coastal stations are built for reliability, ease of use, and expandability.

Founded in 1981, Coastal Environmental Systems designs and manufactures custom and production environmental sensor instrumentation, weather stations, and data acquisition systems for every environment. All our stations are designed from the ground-up to be the most accurate, flexible environmental data acquisition platforms available.

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado at Boulder, CO

CIRES was established in 1967 to provide a setting for collaborative research and teaching in the wide-ranging disciplines of the environmental sciences. Its mission is to act as a national resource for multidisciplinary research and education in the environmental sciences by providing scientific leadership in the basic and applied research relevant to environmental and earth sciences issues, by contributing scientific expertise and resources to environmental science educational programs, and by providing support to facilitate collaborations among scientists at the University of Colorado, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and other institutions.

Davis Instruments
3465 Diablo Avenue
Hayward, CA 94545 USA
Contact: Jason Karvelot, Resident Meteorologist
Phone: (510) 732-9229
Fax: (510) 732-9188
E-mail: sales@davisnet.com
URL: www.davisnet.com

Davis Instruments manufactures a complete line of professional weather stations for home and industry. Our GroWeather line has helped growers and irrigators resist frost, fight pests, and minimize water use for years. Our new Vantage Pro adds the benefits of soil moisture monitoring and wireless data transmission to our offerings. Davis Instruments’ sensors are manufactured to strict specifications for accuracy and durability. Most can also be purchased with a NIST certificate of accuracy.

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Davis Instruments handles all customer service, product development, and manufacturing and assembly on site. You'll find our products in use around the world, from Europe to Asia, and from far northern Alaska to the tip of South America. And you'll find them used by boaters, meteorologists, educators, moms and dads, farmers, truck drivers, and more. Whoever you are, chances are there's a Davis product just for you.

DEGREANE HORIZON S.A.S.
28, Avenue de Font-Pre
B.P. 621
F-83053 Toulon-Cedex
France
Contact: Mr. Erick Papillon
Tel: +33 4 94 61 92 50
E-mail: epapillon@degreane.fr
URL: http://www.degreane.com

DEGREANE Horizon is a leading French manufacturer of Wind Profiling Radar and Aviation Weather Observation Systems (AWOS) and Sensors. Originally established in 1984 as a Division of DEGREANE SA, the company is today a key supplier of such systems to the French National Weather Service (MeteoFrance) and to satisfied clients in more than 55 countries.

We are introducing our wind profiler product line to the North and South American Markets at the AMS. These will be managed through our U.S. Offices DEGREANE HORIZON-USA in Arlington, Virginia. Contact person: Robert R. Rissland, Executive Vice President, tel.: Tel: 703-533-8555 (ext 299), Cell: 703-981-7853 US & Int'l, e-mail rrissland@trgusa.net. The following wind profiling systems are available from Degreane:

• 50 MHz tropospheric
• 400 Mhz tropospheric (completing development)
• GHz boundary layer

Our boundary layer profiler (PCL-1300) is in extensive use in airports, air quality monitoring and similar applications worldwide, and is available in both mobile and fixed versions. All Degreane wind profiling systems utilize a Microsoft WINDOWS-based distributed data acquisition and processing architecture designed to reliably and flexibly meet the needs of operational and research users while minimizing cost.

We are looking forward to meeting you during the show in Booth 1014 which we are sharing with our partner Radiometrics Corporation, with whom we are building an integrated wind and thermodynamic profiling systems for continuous sounding of temperature, humidity and winds.

DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Battelle Boulevard
P.O. Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
Contact: Ted Cress (509) 375-6964
E-mail: ted.cress@pnl.gov
URL: http://www.arm.gov

The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program is a Department of Energy research program to improve the performance of general circulation models (GCMs) for climate research and prediction. ARM is specifically focused on improving the representation of clouds and cloud-radiative interactions in climate models, but includes efforts to support a broader range of research objectives including the initiatives for water cycle and carbon cycle research. Data acquired from classical and state-of-the-art instrumentation in several climatologically significant sites are supporting the development of improved or new models and parameterizations. Current operational sites are in the southern Great Plains, the tropical western Pacific Ocean, and on the North Slope of Alaska. In FY 2003, DOE designated the ARM sites as a national scientific User Facility with the potential to contribute to a wide range of interdisciplinary research. Data from the sites are delivered to science team members and other requestors from the ARM Data Archive. ARM-improved, high-resolution radiative codes are being tested and evaluated in GCM large-scale weather prediction models, and ARM data are being used to evaluate the performance of global models to predict cloud heights and coverage. The ARM Program exhibit will feature information on sites and instrumentation, as well as computer-direct access to the ARM web site and illustrative data.

EKO Instruments Co., Ltd. / Kipp & Zonen (USA) Inc.
125 Wilbur Place
Bohemia, NY 11716
Contact: Robert Dolce
E-mail: robert.dolce@kippzonen.com
URL: http://www.eko.co.jp

EKO Instruments and Kipp & Zonen are pleased to formally announce the establishment of a strategic global alliance. The result of the EKO alliance is an integrated range of quality products and services, offering customers a vast range of quality instrumentation solutions for global energy and atmospheric monitoring applications. Alliance activities include EKO/Kipp co-marketing and global sales coordination, R&D collaboration, combined manufacturing resources, and extended local services and technical support.

EKO products on display at AMS 2004 include: sunshine duration meters, solar trackers, global UV-A and UV-B ultraviolet radiometers, and heat flow/flux sensors. The highlight of the AMS 2004 exhibition is EKO's new low cost all-weather MS-701 global UV spectroradiometer (grating design). The MS-701 is intended for global UV-A and B spectral ultraviolet radiation research, from 295 to 400 nm.

EKO Instruments has established a long-standing reputation for developing innovative quality product solutions that meet and exceed continuing industry and environmental research market performance demands worldwide. As global environmental concerns increase in the sociopolitical arena, EKO products solutions will continue to serve and contribute towards man's increased understanding of our environment.

DRS Weather Systems, Inc.
128 South Industrial Boulevard
Enterprise, Alabama, 36330 , USA
Contact: Larry Sabourin, Vice-President & General Manager
Phone: (334) 347-3478
Email: sales@drs-ws.com
URL: www.drs.com
Weather Radar Systems

DRS Weather Systems (DRS-WS), formerly Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC), has been the world leader in weather radar systems since 1971. More than 800 X-, C- and S-band systems have been sold to US and foreign military forces, to the US National Weather Service (NWS), and to Meteorological Services and research centers all over the world. Weather detection and forecasting using radar took a quantum leap forward in 1981 when DRS Weather Systems, Inc. introduced the first commercial Doppler weather radar and pioneered the use of computers for radar control and data analysis. In 1999 DRS-WS introduced a state-of-the-art digital receiver and a new generation high power, fully coherent klystron C-band radar system that sets the benchmark for weather radar performance.

DRS leads the industry in advanced digital processing, advanced antenna drive systems and klystron transmitter/technology. In 2002 DRS introduced the next evolution in weather radar, Simultaneous Dual Polarization (SIDPOL). The proven radar development and manufacturing capabilities lead the US NWS to award a contract to DRS for the first new generation NEXRAD-type S-band klystron radar system. The system was installed in Evansville, Indiana in January 2003 and seamlessly integrated into the NWS nation-wide radar network.

The Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306
Contact: Robert G. Ellingson
Phone: 850-644-6292
E-mail: bobe@met.fsu.edu
URL: http://www.met.fsu.edu/

The Department of Meteorology at Florida State University has the largest and most complete meteorology program in the southeastern United States, with 20 faculty members, approximately 70 graduate and 200 undergraduate students. The undergraduate program offers a broad curriculum that includes course sequences in physical, dynamic, and synoptic meteorology, with accompanying studies in classical physics and mathematics through differential equations. Meteorology graduate students are candidates for both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Qualified students with a baccalaureate degree in meteorology or with a broad background in physics and mathematics can be admitted to the graduate program.

Faculty members and graduate students in the department are involved in research in many areas including: tropical meteorology, oceanic upwelling, turbulence and boundary layer meteorology, radiation physics, satellite remote sensing, mesoscale analysis, numerical weather prediction, climate diagnostics and modeling, air/sea interaction, large-scale flow over mountains, statistical prediction, design of meteorological networks, and radar meteorology.

112 Lakeview Canyon Road
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Contact: Adam Gawad
Phone: 805-497-5529
URL: http://www.gd-ais.com
Booth: 522

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GDAIS) is a leading provider of transformational mission solutions in command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for customers in defense, intelligence, and homeland security.

GDAIS produced the United States Air Force's Automated Weather Distribution System (AWDS). This meteorological forecasting system is deployed at over 170 customer locations and has over 10,000 deployed workstations, terminals and clients.

GDAIS continued to provide enhancements to the AWDS as well as system and lifecycle support for the past 13 years. General Dynamics was awarded the follow on contract to the AWDS, called the New Tactical Forecast System (NTFS). The core component of the NTFS is the General Dynamics developed Advanced Meteorological Information System (AMIS). The AMIS is a platform independent software application, consisting of a flexible architecture that maps to enterprise as well as single site locations. General Dynamics also provides the standard weather system for the Swedish Air Force (SAF) called MILMET. The MILMET consists of Forecasting and Observation Systems, and handles a variety of product types, data display in dissemination. General Dynamics continues to provide enhancements to the MILMET system.

GEONOR, Inc.
PO Box 903
(Delivery address: 109 Greenwood Circle)
Milford PA 18337 USA
Contact: Ed Brylawski, P.E.
Phone: 570-296-4884
E-mail: geonor@geonor.com
URL: www.geonor.com

In 1985 GEONOR developed a precipitation gage to study the possibility of predicting avalanches in the mountains of western Norway. We used vibrating wire sensor (VW) technology. Our parent research group: The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute (DNMI) partnered in this development.

The VW sensor in our precipitation gages has proven long-term accuracy and reliability, has no moving parts, requires no internal heating, operates in low temperatures, interfaces easily, and uses low power.

In the last few years testing by research groups in the US and Canada has lead to a large increase in installation of our gages in North America, in both the private sector and by government agencies.

Currently GEONOR offers the T-200 series of 600-mm (24-inch) capacity gages, and an 850-mm (33.5-inch) prototype gage. A 1000-mm (39.4-inch) capacity gauge is under development.

Global Imaging supplies turn-key systems to receive, process and disseminate satellite data for meteorology, hydrology, oceanography and other earth sciences. These include ground systems for NOAA/HRPT, GOES/GVAR, MODIS, FEN-YUN, MTSAT, METEOSAT and SeaWiFS. Additionally, we produce tactical terminals which permit rapid field deployment to acquire satellite imagery at remote locations. These can be carried by a person and assembled without the need of tools. All of our systems feature extremely high reliability, full automation, on-site installation, training and complete support.

Our worldwide clientele includes NOAA, NESDIS, NWS and leading institutions in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Pacific.

GRAW Radiosondes GmbH & Co
Muggenhofer Str. 95
90429 Nuernberg, Germany
Contact : Mr. Florian Schmidmer
Phone : +49 911 3201 155
E-Mail : info@graw.de
URL : www.graw.de

GRAW develops and manufactures Upper Air Sounding Systems for all kind of applications. The DFM (Digital, Flexible, Modular) radiosonde system meets all requirements of aerological measuring technology (e.g. GPS windfinding), be it as a routine radiosonde for use by meteorological services at high altitudes, for micro-aerology measurements, or as a research radiosonde for scientific purposes.

Harris weather systems, products, and services provide access to real-time severe weather conditions and sophisticated meteorological analysis tools. From customizing a weather analysis system that fits your specific needs... to delivering broadcast-ready meteorological data to your host computer... Harris is a single-source solution for your simple or complex weather meteorology information needs. Harris provides the most advanced weather systems available today, offering constant up-to-the-minute weather information and high-quality resolutions/enhancements for effective decision-making and analysis. Harris has been developing and delivering weather, command and control, and information systems for over 40 years, and is a recognized leader in the development and deployment of ground systems for the ingesting, processing, display and manipulation of meteorological satellite data.

Harris products provide worldwide, mission-critical weather analysis capabilities to the U.S. Armed Forces, FAA, and NOAA.

Heldref Publications
Weatherwise magazine
Environment magazine
Science Activities
1319 Eighteenth St., NW
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (800) 365-9753
Email: promotions@heldref.org

Heldref Publications, the educational publishing division of the Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, promotes education and scholarly communication through the publication of 44 journals and magazines.

Weatherwise offers thought-provoking articles and spectacular photographs that showcase the power, beauty, and excitement of the weather. Articles present the latest discoveries and hot issues in meteorology and climatology and focus on the connection between weather and technology, history, culture, art, and society.

Environment magazine delivers solid analysis of environmental science and policy issues, including climate change and global warming. More accessible than many journals, Environment is the preferred resource for classroom, library, and professional use.

Science Activities offers K-12 classroom teachers a variety of creative science projects and curriculum ideas.

Hydrological Services America
P.O.Box 939
Ventura, CA 93002
Contact: Peter Ward
Phone: 805-641-9966
E-mail:peter@hydrologicalservicesamerica.com
URL:http://www.hydrologicalservicesamerica.com

Hydrological Services is a world-class designer and manufacturer of hydrological and meteorological instruments and equipment for detecting, measuring, and recording rainfall, water level,and flow; including: rain gauges, data loggers, shaft encoders,gas purge systems,depth/level sensors,bank operated cableways,current meters,gauging weights,and sediment samplers.

Hydrological Services is committed to producing innovative products and services which meet or exceed our customer’s needs and expectations.

IPS MeteoStar, Inc.
2323 S. Troy St., Suite 5-111
Aurora, CO 80014-1900
Contact: Dr. James L. Hatch
Phone: 303-338-0512 ext. 301
Email: jhatch@meteostar.com
URL: http://www.meteostar.com
Booth: 1115

IPSM provides environmental monitoring systems, commercial meteorological software, custom software development and system integration, weather data and product services, customer-directed web page development and on-site customer support.

Our products include Windows 2000 and Linux LEADS weather workstations; satellite and NOAAPort front ends; mapping, observation and road weather systems; web-based asset tracking; and subscription web pages (http://wxweb.meteostar.com/). IPSM also builds high-performance, fault-tolerant hardware and provides integrated fuel cells and communications systems where required.

IPSM delivered the weather component for Lockheed Aircraft Operations Center systems and the software used by worldwide Air Force Operational Weather Squadrons. Our systems operate on a 7 X 24 basis in automated product generation mode. They also support extensive interactive product generation. A complete set of automatically generated products can be delivered with IPSM systems, or customers may define their own.

Our LEADS software and weather web pages are being demonstrated on a laptop in the IPSM booth.

The Japan Meteorological Business Support Center (JMBSC)
3-17 Kanda-Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 101-0054 JAPAN
Contact: Mr. Michihiko Tonouchi
Phone: +81-3-5281-0440
E-mail: tono@jmbsc.or.jp
URL: http://www.jmbsc.or.jp

The Japan Meteorological Business Support Center (JMBSC) is a non-profit foundation that provides a mechanism to coordinate the orderly exchange of meteorological information and data between the government agency of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the private/commercial weather information industry.

JMBSC is the primary supplier of all weather data in Japan to non-government weather forecasting and support activities and carries out coordination between JMA and the weather information industry. JMBSC also provides the public examination and certification for weather forecasters based on the Meteorological Operations Act of Japan.

The weather industry in Japan is rapidly evolving with increased and more demanding requirements for services and technologies in weather sensing systems, communications systems, and weather modeling and forecasting systems. JMBSC is pleased to represent at the AMS 84th Annual Meeting and Exhibit its quality services at the leading edge of technology for the weather industry in Japan.

Kipp & Zonen (USA) Inc.
125 Wilbur Place
Bohemia, New York 11716
Contact: Robert Dolce (631) 589-2065, Ext.38
E-mail: robert.dolce@kippzonen.com
URL: http://www.kippzonen.com

Kipp & Zonen and EKO Instruments are pleased to formally announce the establishment of a strategic global alliance. The result of the K&Z/EKO alliance is an integrated range of quality products and services, offering customers a vast range of instrumentation solutions for global energy and atmospheric monitoring applications. Alliance activities include joint global marketing and sales activities, R&D collaboration, consolidated manufacturing, and extended local services and technical support. Kipp & Zonen instruments on display at AMS 2004 include: ISO class pyranometers, IR pyrgeometers, pyrheliometer (NIP), broad-band UV-A&B radiometers, net radiometers, sunshine duration sensor, PAR and Lux sensors, 2AP Solar Tracker, and the Solrad hand-held global solar radiation measurement/display acquisition system. Also on display is the MTP5 BL temperature profiler.

Kluwer is specialized in high-quality English language books and journals for both professional and academic markets. Our new publications - books, journals & online products - always reflect the latest research and provide the reader with state-of-the-art information needed to keep abreast of developments. Kluwer is pleased to display their newest titles in Meteorology at the annual AMS meeting. Visit our booth to browse through our new books, pick up a free journal issue and meet with our publisher. More info on www.wkap.com

LI-COR Biosciences
4421 Superior Street
Lincoln, NE 68504
Contact: Ron Nelson
Phone: 402-467-0741
E-mail: envsales@licor.com
URL: http://www.licor.com

Visit LI-COR's booth to see the latest instrumentation for environmental research, including dataloggers and radiation sensors, dewpoint generators, and gas analyzers, including the new LI-840 CO2/H2O analyzer, featuring a cleanable optical path for CO2 measurements to 3,000 ppm and H2O measurements to 80 ppt. Also featured are the LI-7500 and LI-7000 CO2/H2O analyzers. The LI-7500 is a high performance, non-dispersive open path gas analyzer designed for flux measurements. The LI-7500 makes simultaneous measurements of CO2 and H2O; output options include high speed DACs (to 20 Hz), SDM communication, and RS-232 output to simple Windows software. The LI-7000 is a precision closed path gas analyzer that features high speed data output (300 Hz on fully calibrated DACs), user-cleanable optical bench, built-in pressure transducer and pump, and Windows software for setup, operation, and graphical data display.

Lockheed Martin
Electronics Parkway, Building 7, Room C173
Syracuse, NY 13221
Gerry Allen
Phone 315.456.1880
Fax 315.456.3364
gerry.allen@lmco.com
www.lockheedmartin.com/syracuse

Integrated weather systems are a turnkey fully integrated systems at local, regional or national levels. The system uses both existing and new sensors, commercial communications systems and modern meteorological workstations to provide the latest weather detection, tracking and prediction tools available.

The Tactical Environmental Processor (TEP) provides a real-time weather data channel to tactical radars with NEXRAD-quality characterization of precipitation, ducting and winds without impacting the tactical operation of the radar.

The National Weather Radar Testbed (NWRT) is the first phased array radar available on a full-time basis to the meteorological research community. Brought on-line in 2003, the testbed is serving as a tool for radar research and investigation of techniques for improving detection and warning time for severe weather events.

Monitoring the upper atmospheric and space environment has grown in importance due to our increased reliance on spacecraft. GOES/SIS, SEISS, HES, and GLM, instrumentation for monitoring long term cyclical changes affecting our global climate and for understanding, predicting, and monitoring the effects of solar events such as flares and coronal mass ejections, are imperative for making use of this environment.

Met Office
FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon,
EX1 3PB United Kingdom
Contact: Joanne McLellan - Marketing Communications Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1392 886129
E-mail: @met.office.com
URL: www.metoffice.com

The Met Office is one of the world's leading providers of environmental and weather-related services. Our solutions meet the needs of many customers in the UK and around the world.

We see our future beyond meteorology - advising the world on all aspects of the natural environment including this year's focus areas of the effects of the weather on health, energy and defence.

At this year's AMS exhibition, we will be showcasing our health forecasting service. This pioneering service benefits both health professionals and the community by helping to manage capacity and patient care, ultimately saving lives.

Our experience with, and support to Energy Services in the UK has assisted them in managing their infrastructure and forecasting demand. We also are providing information on our specialist wind farm forecasting.

Come and visit us at Booth 1002 to find out more about these and any of the other products and services we deliver and to determine how they can benefit you.

METEK GmbH
Fritz-Strassmann-Str. 4
D-25337 Elmshorn, Germany
Contact: Mr. Sven Andersson
Phone: +49 (4121) 4359 -48
Facsimile: +49 (4121) 4359 -20
E-Mail: info@metek.de
URL: http://www.metek.de

Ultrasonic Anemometer - SODAR /RASS - Micro Rain Radar - Cloud Radar

These products make METEK GmbH one of the leading manufacturer of ground based remote sensing equipment. Experience since 1989 and a well trained staff of technicians and scientists have given to the company a solid basis for best customer support on installation, training, measuring and maintenance.

Profiles of wind components (SODAR), temperature (SODAR/RASS) and local wind and turbulence information (Ultrasonic anemometer) are for example important parameters for investigation on dispersion of air pollutants or plannings for wind energy converter. METEK systems are important parts of international measuring campaigns like BERLIOZ or ESCOMPTE. Also local campaigns for the siting of wind converter installations are part of the comprehensive service for customers.

METEK products work with high reliability worldwide on scientific and governmental facilities. International weather services, power plants and airports know the quality delivered by METEK GmbH.

Meteorlogix
11400 Rupp Drive
Minneapolis, MN 55337
Contact: Randy Decker
Phone: 800-328-2278
Email: info@meteorlogix.com
URL: http://www.meteorlogix.com

Meteorlogix is a portfolio company of VS&A Communications Partners III, LP, the billion dollar equity affiliate of Veronis Suhler Stevenson. Based in Minneapolis, the company delivers industry-specific weather management capabilities for its customers to manage weather-related business risks, maximize personal safety and minimize financial loss. Meteorlogix serves more than 20,000 customers with a focus on public safety, broadcast media, transportation, energy and aviation industries. Its client roster includes the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Reuters, Bloomberg, Union Pacific Railroad, Tennessee Valley Authority, US Airways, CBS-owned WBBM-TV, City of Orlando, and Travelocity

MODEM
Z.A. de l’orme
91750 Chevannes – France
Contact: Rémy PEPIN
Phone: +33 164 99 77 52
Facsimile: +33 164 99 77 53
E-mail: rpepin@meteomodem.com
URL: www.meteomodem.com

MODEM is a R&D company created in 1992. During the last years, the company turned resolutely to meteorological applications and specially to upper-air radiosounding.

Today, the activity is based around 3 main poles :

• Engineering - Research

Led by a team of clever and experienced engineers, MODEM is a leading company providing advanced technology. Moreover, company structure and organization bring a great adaptability and fast response capabilities allowing to consider any customer specific needs.
• Design - Manufacturing

Manufacturer of innovative GPS-based upper-air radiosounding systems and related radiosondes , MODEM's know-how has been acknowledged by the whole meteorological community.
• Marketing - Distribution

Besides marketing its own product range worldwide, MODEM has distributor agreements for Europe with some others famous manufacturers of complementary meteorological instruments and accessories.

NASA's Earth Science Enterprise

NASA's mission is to understand and protect our home planet, explore the universe and search for life, and to inspire the next generation of explorers. The goal of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise is to understand the Earth system and apply Earth system science to improve prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards; enable safer, more secure, efficient, and environmentally friendly air transportation; create a more secure world and improve the quality of life by investing in technologies and collaborating with other agencies, industry and academia; inspire and motivate students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and engage the public in shaping and sharing the experience of exploration and discovery.

NASA provides more than 1,800 science data products and associated services for interdisciplinary Earth science studies as part of its Earth Science Enterprise. Management and distribution of these products is administered through the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) via several Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs), which all hold data within a different Earth science discipline. Our goal is to provide the Earth science research community with easy and reliable access to EOSDIS and other ESE data information, data products, data handling tools and data services.

For information about the DAAC Alliance, see http://nasadaacs.eos.nasa.gov
To search and order EOSDIS data, see http://eos.nasa.gov/imswelcome
For EOSDIS outreach resources, see http://eos.nasa.gov/outreach

Global Hydrology and Climate Center
NASA/University of Alabama- Huntsville
320 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, Alabama 35805
Phone: 256-961-7720
URL: http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/

The Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC), located at the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in Huntsville, Alabama, is a partnership of organizational elements of from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and the State of Alabama's Space Science and Technology Alliance, with facilities being provided by the University of Alabama - Huntsville. It is also co-located with the new Huntsville NWS Forecast Office. Our goal is to build a nationally recognized program in global hydrology. The primary focus of the research center is to understand the Earth's global water cycle, the distribution and variability of atmospheric water, and the impact of human activity as it relates to global and regional climate. The mix of government employees, university faculty and scientists, NWS forecasters and staff, and a large group of atmospheric science graduate students provides a critical blend of talent and manpower to address these challenging issues. Our vision is to provide unique, key measurements of the Earth system, particularly from the prospective of space, to conduct the analysis and synthesis of these data into climate studies, and to improve and validate predictive models of the Earth system on the global and regional scale. The development of a new NWS Forecast Office at GHCC provides a unique opportunity to transition this research to the operational community.

The Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Sciences Distributed Active Archive Center (GES DAAC) has created an informational exhibit on the Earth Observing System (EOS) remote sensing data and their use for exploring complex interactions between the atmosphere and oceans. The exhibit will feature an overview of the EOS Terra, Aqua, SORCE, and the upcoming Aura products, and those from TRMM. Members of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), and Hydrology (TRMM) GES DAAC Data Support Teams will be available to field questions.

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Education & Outreach
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Contact: Laura Einig
Phone: 303-497-2408
Email: leinig@ucar.edu
URL: http://www.ucar.edu

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) is a consortium of universities and colleges with programs in the atmospheric and related sciences. UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the UCAR Office of Programs (UOP), which provide research, education, facilities, and other services to advance understanding of the relationship between Earth and humankind.

The UCAR Office of Education and Outreach (EO) works to promote scientific literacy and advance all levels of education and training in subjects related to Earth's atmosphere. EO offers numerous programs, workshops, and resources for educators, students and the general public to accomplish these goals.

National Research Council of the National Academies 500 5th Street NW, GR 322A
Washington, DC 20001
Judith K. Nyquist, Ph.D.
202-334-2760
jdellamo@nas.edu
national-academies.org/rap
Postdoctoral Research Awards
Senior Research Awards

The National Research Council of the National Academies offers awards to postdoctoral and senior researchers for independent research to be conducted in residence at participating U.S. Government Laboratories. 350 awards are offered annually for research in all areas of science and engineering, including disciplines related to space and planetary sciences. Awardees design their own projects to be compatible with the overall interests of the sponsoring laboratory. Annual stipend for recent Ph.D. recipients ranges from $36,000 to $61,000 and is higher for additional experience. Awards include relocation, professional travel, and health insurance. Duration of awards is one year renewable for up to three years maximum. List of participating laboratories, further information and application materials can be found at the NRC Web site listed above. Application deadlines: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1.

National Science Foundation,
Directorate for Geosciences
4201 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22230 U.S.A.
Contact: Vanessa Richardson
Telephone: (703) 292-8500
E:mail: geo@nsf.gov
URL:
Booth: 1206

The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) supports research to advance scientific knowledge about atmospheric, solid earth, freshwater, oceanic and geospace components of the earth system. The Directorate is composed of three Divisions - Atmospheric, Earth and Ocean Sciences - and a small office of International and Integrated Activities that includes interdisciplinary international and educational programs.

Information will be available on research and education opportunities available through GEO, the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, and Foundation-wide priority areas such as Information Technology Research (ITR), Biocomplexity in the Environment (BE), Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) and Mathematical Sciences, including Collaborations in Mathematical Geosciences (CMG) . In addition, NSF staff will be available to answer questions.

Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
Booth Contact: Cathy Willis
Telephone: (228) 688-4384
e-mail: pao@cnmoc.navy.mil

The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command's mission is to collect, interpret and apply global data and information for safety at sea, strategic and tactical warfare, and weapons system design, development and deployment. Approximately 55 command activities located worldwide provide meteorological, oceanographic and geospatial information and services to defense operations. The command's technology includes high-performance supercomputers, global and mesoscale weather and ocean models, distributive modeling systems, scientific visualization and electronic product delivery. For more information about the command, please visit our web site at http://pao.cnmoc.navy.mil

Northern Video Graphics, Inc.
Contact: Russ Green
Phone: 651-698-2187
Email: nvg@nvgweather.com
URL: www.nvgweather.com

Since 1981 Northern Video Graphics has provided high quality equipment and software for the direct reception and viewing of weather satellite imagery. Our customers include meteorologists around the world. Please stop by our booth to learn about our latest developments, including the DSIG-5000, a world-wide Tactical Digital Satellite Image Groundstation. You can also view our new receiver and software for capture and display of GOES LRIT imagery (a new new data service provided by NOAA - which is much better than the WEFAX service that it replaces). You can also learn about our plans to support soon-to-be-implemented image formats from the METEOSAT (European) and MTSAT (Japanese) weather satellites.

Orbital develops and manufactures small space systems for commercial, civil government and military customers. The company's primary products are satellites and launch vehicles, including low-orbit, geostationary and planetary spacecraft for communications, remote sensing and scientific missions; ground- and air-launched rockets that deliver satellites into orbit; and missile defense boosters that are used as interceptor and target vehicles. Orbital also offers space-related technical services to government agencies and develops and builds satellite-based transportation management systems for public transit agencies and private vehicle fleet operators.

Paroscientific, Inc.
4500 148th Ave. N.E.
Redmond, WA 98052, USA
Paul Migliacio
Director of Sales
(425) 883-8700
support@paroscientific.com
www.paroscientific.com

Paroscientific manufactures and sells a complete line of high precision pressure instrumentation. Resolution of better than 0.0001% and typical accuracy of better than 0.01% are achieved even under difficult environmental conditions.

Recently introduced Model 745 High Accuracy Laboratory Barometric Standard has an accuracy of 0.008% of Reading with intuitive user interface and enhanced features.

Digiquartz® Barometers, Portable Field Standards, MET3/3A Meteorological Measurement Systems and Depth Sensors have been deployed for applications where high accuracy, resolution reliability, low power consumption, long-term stability and low cost of ownership are the necessary application requirements.

Paroscientific provides a market leading 5-year limited warranty and a 3-year 0.01 hPa long-term stability warranty on all Meteorological Instruments.

Particle Metrics Inc is the manufacturer of classic laser based optical particle counters and spectrometers used in aerosol and meteorological applications for airborne and ground based measurements.

Proton Energy Systems, Inc.
10 Tehcnology Dr.
Wallingford, CT 06492
Contact: Customer Service
PH: 203.949.8697
FX: 203.949.8016
e-mail: customerservice@protonenergy.com
URL: http://www.protonenergy.com and http://www.hogengc.com

Proton Energy Systems manufactures HOGEN® on-site hydrogen generators for meteorological balloon inflation at upper air stations. These compact, automated, low maintenance systems produce high purity hydrogen gas at 200 psi (13.8 bar) from electricity and purified water without caustic chemicals or a mechanical compressor. HOGEN hydrogen generators are constructed from durable 316 stainless steel and are shipped completely assembled allowing for site commissioning in less than one day. Compact size and shipping weight under 600 lbs (275 kg) facilitates air shipment. Please visit www.protonenergy.com for more information.

R.M. Young Company
2801 Aero Park Drive
Traverse City, Michigan 49686
USA
Phone: 231-946-3980
Facsimile: 231-946-4772
E-mail: met.sales@youngusa.com
URL: http://www.youngusa.com
Our 40th Year - (1964-2004)

R.M. Young Company specializes in the development and manufacture of meteorological instruments for surface meteorological measurements. The company, established in 1964, has earned a reputation for producing cost-effective, quality instrumentation. Young products have gained acceptance worldwide for applications in meteorology, oceanography, air-quality monitoring, agriculture and forestry, fire and emergency response, transportation, and energy development. Primary products are sensors for measurement of wind speed and wind direction; radiation shields for accurate measurement of temperature, delta T, and relative humidity; precipitation gauges; and barometric pressure sensors. Microprocessor based translators, indicators, and signal-conditioning units provide display and systems interfacing.

RADIOMETRICS CORPORATION
2840 Wilderness Place, Unit G
Boulder, CO 80301-5414
Contact: Dr. Randolph Ware
Tel: +1 303 539 2313
E-mail: ware@radiometrics.com
URL: http://www.radiometrics.com

Radiometrics specializes in the manufacture of microwave radiometers for atmospheric sensing. The Radiometrics TP/WVP-3000 Temperature and Water Vapor Profiling Radiometer provides accurate temperature and humidity soundings up to 10 km height and a one layer cloud liquid sounding.

Radiometer soundings are comparable in accuracy to radiosonde soundings when used for weather modeling and forecasting. Updated soundings of the atmosphere above the observation site are available every minute.

The TP/WVP-3000 is the instrument of choice wherever continuous and accurate thermodynamic soundings are needed to support short term weather forecasting and dispersion modeling. Radiometrics is collaborating closely with Degreane Horizon in integrating the TP/WVP-3000 radiometer with the Degreane 1 GHz wind profiling system thus providing a continuous, cost-effective wind and thermodynamic profiling capability able to support such applications, as well as for and rainfall prediction. Come see us in booth 1014.

RESPR, In.c
5 Bisbee Court
Suite 101
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87508
Contact: James R. Stalker, President
Phone: 505-438-7155
Fax: 505-438-7111
E-mail: jrstalker@respr.com
URL: respr.com

Regional Earth System Predictability Research, founded in 2002, is headquartered in the City Different, Santa Fe, New Mexico. As our company name suggests, President, Dr. James Stalker, has made a personal commitment to support/encourage creative system predictability research efforts at RESPR, via collaborations with other organizations with similar goals. Dr. Stalker's ultimate goal is to make RESPR a world-class research institution, where creative thinkers will get to indulge in the process of scientific inquiry.

To run an organization like ours, with the above vision, we need to bring the needed dollars from other sources. Our customers include wind farm operators who use our weather forecasts for energy portfolio management. With our large computers and our expertise in numerical modeling, we can deliver and meet your forecast needs, whatever they may be.

We seek collaborative research partners, potential employees, and forecast service users (that truly fuel RESPR economy).

Founded in 1969, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) is one of the largest employee-owned companies in the US, with more than 40,000 employees at over 250 locations worldwide. Currently ranked 288 in the Fortune 500, SAIC is one of the top IT contractors for the U.S. Government and the 3rd largest private IT company in the U.S.

SAIC is a global provider of weather, water, and climate services. We develop science and technology solutions and provide end-to-end support to national meteorological and hydrological organizations. We train forecasters and other technical staff and create end-user applications and decision support for governments, business, and the public. SAIC scientists and engineers are skilled in the development of advanced technologies for weather service applications. Capabilities include the development of technical specifications for information systems, specialized modeling and simulation, scientific programming, and a wide range of scientific and technical support. The SAIC booth offers examples of how SAIC applies technical innovation to solve the challenging environmental problems of its customers.

Scintec AG
Europaplatz 3
72072 Tuebingen, Germany
Contact: Ms. Bettina Schrauf
Phone: +49-7071-921410
E-mail: bettina.schrauf@scintec.com
URL: http://www.scintec.com

Scintec is a developer and manufacturer of ground-based remote sensing systems using optical, radiowave and acoustic technology. Continuing scientific innovation, outstanding product design and quality and a customer oriented philosophy has made Scintec a global leader in this field.

Today, Scintec produces the most advanced and comprehensive line of wind and temperature profilers in sodar, radar and RASS technology. These systems are replacing towers, tethered balloons and radiosondes all over the world.

Scintec also offers optical scintillometers for the measurement of boundary layer turbulence and heat flux as well as innovative optical sensors for precipitation particle size and velocity. Customers include research institutes and universities, the military, major airports, and weather services worldwide.

Please stop by at our booth no. 1022 and have a look at our systems.

Applied Technologies, Inc. (Apptech) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of meteorological and atmospheric equipment used for environmental monitoring and research. Since its early beginnings in 1978, Apptech's principals have built a reputation for providing custom design/build capabilities to augment their core equipment, systems and software offerings.

Apptech's core products include:
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• Sonic Anemometers
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• Radar Wind Profilers
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• Relaxed Eddy Accumulators
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• Data Acquisition Systems, Data Packers and Cluster Controllers
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• Scintec Flat Array Sodar Systems
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• Scintec Scintillometers
Apptech's Radar Wind Profilers are highly reliable, technologically advanced systems that are easy to use and maintain. Features include a superior high-gain, fully steerable antenna system; multiple configurations for portable, mobile or fixed equipment; ease of installation; increased power options for greater range; reliability and data quality.

Global Alliance Partner - Scintec AG - www.scintec.com

SeaSpace Corporation is the world's leading supplier of environmental satellite reception and processing systems. Founded in 1982, SeaSpace has installed TeraScan systems at over 400 customer locations in 30 countries worldwide.

TeraScan systems are used for the reception and processing of virtually all existing meteorological and oceanographic satellites, including Terra and Aqua (MODIS), LANDSAT-7, ERS-2, RADARSAT, IRS-P4 (Oceansat), NOAA, DMSP, WindSat, Orbview-2 (SeaWiFS), China FY-1C, and all current and next generation geostationary weather satellites.

TeraScan customers include mission-critical operational groups as well as world-renowned research institutions. In addition to other major ships and many other academic and government organizations both in the U.S. and overseas. TeraScan systems operate at:

• "National Center for Atmospheric Research
• "NASA centers
• "U.S. Navy Research Laboratories
• "Operational weather & ocean centers of the U.S. Navy (9)
• " Aboard U.S. Navy's aircraft carriers (40)

SIGMET, Inc. is the world's leading provider of signal and data processing systems for weather radar applications. Applications include operational radar systems and networks, air terminal wind shear detection, hydrology and research. SIGMET, Inc. has 22 years of experience in transferring technology from the research environment to operational systems

SIGMET's products for 2004 are a major breakthrough in how signal processing and radar control are performed. Rather than dedicated proprietary DSP chips, the RVP8 Digital IF Receiver and Doppler Signal Processor is based on a standard dual-processor Pentium system running under standard Linux. The RCP8 radar/antenna control processor is also based on the same PCI technology. The RVP8 performance is over 6 GFLOPS (as measured under DFT testing), which is seven times the speed of the fastest RVP7 of the previous generation. The new Antenna-Mounted Receiver (AMR) provides customers with an easy way to perform a dual-polarization upgrade to an existing system. The IRIS software for data acquisition, radar control/monitoring, product generation and display, is fully compatible with the new generation RVP8 and RCP8.

Sippican, Inc.
Meteorological Systems Group
Seven Barnabas Road
Marion, MA 02738-1499
Contact: Tom Curran
Phone: (610) 397-0183 Ext. 1
Fax: (610) 397 8647
E-mail: tom.curran@sippican.com
WEB: www.sippican.com

Sippican, Inc. is a world leader in the design and manufacture of meteorological and oceanographic instrumentation, underwater vehicles, submarine communication and countermeasure systems. Sippican is a leading international supplier of radiosondes and upper air processing systems, with customers in over 70 countries throughout the world. A variety of system and radiosonde configurations are available to meet the requirements of synoptic, military, and research/scientific users, for both fixed and mobile upper air sounding applications.

The company's next generation digital GPS radiosonde design, a new capacitance relative humidity sensor, and advanced upper air radioactivity measurement capability will be featured at this year's AMS Exhibition.

Sippican is the only company in the world capable of providing a single, fully integrated system for performing shipboard radiosonde and expendable bathythermograph (XBT) soundings. The capability to obtain and integrate radiosonde and XBT data in one system provides the user with significant operational advantages and cost savings, at a time when the importance of air/sea interaction is clearly recognized in the forecast community.

Please stop by to discuss your upper air and oceanographic requirements.