{"id":108,"date":"2011-11-07T22:45:07","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T04:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aslionline.org\/wp\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2013-03-08T14:22:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T20:22:28","slug":"2008-asli-choice-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/asli-choice\/2008-asli-choice-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"2008 ASLI Choice Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth annual ASLI&#8217;s Choice Awards presentation took place in Phoenix, AZ during the AMS 89th Annual Meeting on Wed. Jan. 14, 2009 at 16:30 at the ASLI booth in the Exhibit Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The winners are&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2008 ASLI Choice:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Stratosphere Troposphere Interactions: An Introduction <\/em><br \/>\nProf. K. Mohanakumar<\/p>\n<p>Springer<br \/>\n9781402082160 (acid-free pap.)<br \/>\n9781402082177 (e-bk)<br \/>\nASLI&#8217;s Choice for a comprehensive textbook on a unique aspect of atmospheric sciences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2008 ASLI<\/strong> <strong>Choice<\/strong>: <strong>History Category<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Weather by the Numbers : The Genesis of Modern Meteorology <\/em><br \/>\nKristine C. Harper<\/p>\n<p>MIT Press \/ Johns Hopkins University Press<br \/>\n9780262083782 (hardcover : alk. paper)<br \/>\nASLI&#8217;s Choice for a comprehensive history of numerical weather prediction<\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mentions:<\/p>\n<p><strong>2008 Honorable Mention:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Facing climate change together <\/em><br \/>\nEdited by Catherine Gautier and Jean-Louis Fellous<\/p>\n<p>Cambridge University Press<br \/>\n0521896827 (hbk.)<br \/>\n9780521896825 (hbk.)<br \/>\nHonorable mention for its unique collaboration on a broad review of climate change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2008 Honorable Mention -History Category<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Atmospheric Science at NASA: A History<\/em><br \/>\nErik M. Conway<br \/>\nJohn Hopkins University Press<br \/>\n9780801889844 (hardcover : alk. paper)<br \/>\n0801889847 (hardcover : alk. paper)<br \/>\nHonorable mention for comprehensive history<\/p>\n<hr align=\"center\" width=\"250\" \/>\n<p>The committee reviewed many nominated books from 23 publishers. That is a record number for ASLI&#8217;s Choice to date. They were&#8230;<br \/>\nAMS, Aubenel, Bloomsbury, Continuum Press, COST, CUP, DK, Dutton, Earthscan, Farrar Straus &amp; Giroux, Harvard University Press, Hill and Wang, John Hopkins University Press, MIT, National Geographic, OUP, Sage, Springer, University of Chicago Press, UNEP, University of Kansas, USGS, Viking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth annual ASLI&#8217;s Choice Awards presentation took place in Phoenix, AZ during the AMS 89th Annual Meeting on Wed. Jan. 14, 2009 at 16:30 at the ASLI booth in the Exhibit Hall. The winners are&#8230; 2008 ASLI Choice: Stratosphere &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/asli-choice\/2008-asli-choice-awards\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1S9a2-1K","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":630,"href":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/630"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aslionline.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}