Achievements and objectives in the 1990s

Abstract

During the 1970s and 1980s polar orbiting and geostationary satellites like NOAA and Meteosat led to new possibilities in weather forecasting. In this presentation we first summarize the use of satellite information in nowcasting, short-range weather forecasting and medium-range weather forecasting in the Netherlands. Then a short review of the research connected with “satellite weather forecasting’ is given. In the 1990s satellites like ERS and a second generation Meteosat will be launched. Applications of the new type of satellite data that will become available in Europe for weather forecasting will be discussed. It is concluded that one of the major objectives for the I990s in weather forecasting will be the development of coupled retrieval methods in which satellite data, classical weather data and guess fields of numerical weather forecast models are used together to obtain an optimum effect.     

SOCIAL INTERVENTION AND THE PROBLEM OF PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS.

DEFINING THE PRIMARY TASK OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGISTS AS THAT OF INTERVENING AT THE SOCIAL SYSTEM LEVEL TO MODIFY HUMAN BEHAVIOR, SEVERAL CONCEPTUAL PROBLEMS THAT NEED CLARIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT ARE POSED. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE MEDICAL MODEL AND THE NEED FOR A THEORY OF MASS MOVEMENTS ARE DISCUSSED. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW CONCEPTS IN THESE AREAS MAY LEAD TO A NEW SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)