LOCAL STORMS IN JULY, 1912

Severe Local Storms

Knowledge of severe local storms has been increasing rapidly in recent years as a result of both observational studies and numerical modeling experiments. This paper reviews that knowledge as it relates to development of new applications for forecasting of severe local storms. Many of these new applications are based on physical understanding of processes taking place on the storm scale and thu...

Michael Abercrombie (1912-1979).

Richard Doll 1912–2005

the differences of organic production. However, the exclusion of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers from organic systems is fundamental. Given this, the authors asked, why did the magnitude of differences in species density and abundance vary so much between the different groups they looked at? One factor may be the differential impacts of timing and special scales on the colonization traits ...

Merck's Annual Report, 1912

Richard Doll (1912?2005)

Richard Doll was an epidemiologist and public figure in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Working primarily at the University of Oxford [2], in Oxford, England, Doll established a definitive correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Furthermore, Doll?s work helped legitimize epidemiology as a scientific discipline. Doll?s research also helped establish modern guidelin...