The second session was chaired by vice-president Robert Buckley.  Topics in this session included tornado occurrences in South Carolina over a 40-year period, the correlation of duck population to climatic conditions in the Atlantic Flyway, the use of radar to estimate precipitation, the monitoring of sea temperatures near Charleston, the relation of ozone patterns to automotive emissions, and ozone forecasting and regulations in South Carolina.

Following the conference, a dinner meeting was held in which new officers for the 1999-2000 year were selected. The new officers are:

President: Robert Buckley
Savannah River Site
Savannah River Technology Center
Building 773A, A-1008
Aiken, SC 29808
robert.buckley@srs.gov
(803) 725-1926

Vice-President: Clay Lawson
South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control
Bureau of Air Quality
2600 Bull St.
Columbia, SC 29201
lawsondc@columb31.dhec.state.sc.us
(803) 828-4122

Secretary/Treasurer: Amanda Clarke
Southeast Regional Climate Center
1201 Main St., Suite 1100
Columbia, SC 29201
clarke@water.dnr.state.sc.us
(803) 737-0800, ext. 140

Science Fair Highlights

The Palmetto Chapter of the AMS participated in the 43rd Annual Central South Carolina Region II Science and Engineering Fair in Columbia, SC on March 5, 1999. Awards for the best project in two categories (Junior, grades 5-8; and Senior, grades 9-12) were designated and included a certificate from the AMS and a National Audobon Society handbook on North American meteorology. Greg Carbone, Amanda Clarke, Matt Parker, Jerry Sanders, and Robert Buckley served as Palmetto AMS judges in this year's event. Selected winners:

JUNIOR: "Air Pollution", by Laura Amick, Gilbert Middle School,
Gilbert SC. She discussed an experiment to determine varying levels
of air pollution at different locations within Gilbert, SC.

SENIOR: "The Effect of Acid Rain on Deteriorating Marble and
Granite", by Nicole Edmund, Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC.
She tested various materials to aid in determining building
degradation due to acid rain.

Upcoming Meeting

The next meeting is planned for May 20, 1999 at the Southeast Regional Climate Center in downtown Columbia, SC.  Amanda Clarke will take us on a tour of the facility, and give a demo of the SERCC's web site and the new on line database, CIRRUSWeb. Since we are meeting at the Climate Center rather than a restaurant, we will have heavy appetizers, which we will collect money for. We will start the meeting at 7:00, but try to come early to get some food.  Please mark this date on your calendar. We look forward to seeing you there. A map is on the Internet so you will be able to find the Climate Center.

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