Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts

Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts
Producer American Meteorological Society
Languages English
Access
Providers Dialog, ProQuest
Cost Subscription
Coverage
Disciplines Meteorology, Geophysics, Astrophysics
Record depth Index & Abstract
Format coverage journal articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, books, monographs
Temporal coverage 1974 - present
Geospatial coverage Global
No. of records 508,379
Update frequency Monthly
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Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts is a scholarly bibliographic database that covers meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography and environmental sciences.

Production and Access

The database is produced by the American Meteorological Society, and is published by DIALOG[1] and Cambridge Scientific Abstracts.[2]

Coverage

The database has over 508,379 records as of November 2009, and covers literature published 1974–present. Every month approximately 850 new records are added.[3] In a 2002 analysis of the database, it was revealed that MGA indexed 72 unique titles, eight of which were peer reviewed.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (at DIALOG)
  2. ↑ Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts at CSA Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts at CSA Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Kristick, Laurel L. (2002). "Analysis of Serials Indexed in Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA)". Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (36).


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