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In 1949 a rather remarkable survey of the status of applied meteorology in the United States was prepared by Bates (1949). This comprehensive article included a penetrating analysis of the problems, the accomplishments, the frustrations, the failures, and the promise of an exciting venture in developing the practical application of weather knowledge to problems of business, industry, agriculture, and transportation. Near the end of his treatment the author drew an analogy between the effect of the development of a private practice of petroleum geology and the results that might be obtained if the full potential of the private practice of meteorology were realized. He concluded by saying, “If a comparable growth can be brought about in the meteorological profession, it will be of marked benefit to the science and to all meteorologists, whether they work for the government, the university, or for themselves. Such a goal can only be realized if there is original thinking and action, rather than blind reliance on what has been the custom or what has been written into law in the past.”
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Malone, T.F. (1957). Applied Meteorology. In: Blackadar, A.K. (eds) Meteorological Research Reviews. Meteorological Monographs, vol 3. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-940033-27-3_1
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