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Debate on the Supply and Demand of Atmospheric Sciences Professionals

In 2002, G. Vali and colleagues published a paper (1) warning of a possible undersupply of atmospheric scientists. Pielke (2) suggested that such warnings should be grounded in the context of both supply and demand. Vali and Anthes (3) resisted this suggestion. And Pielke (4) critiqued this resistance. Here are all four papers in the debate:

(1) Vali, G. et al. 2002. Wanted more PhDs: Graduate Enrollments in the Atmospheric Sciences, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 83:63-71.

(2) Pielke, Jr., R.A., 2003. Supply and Demand for Atmospheric Science Professionals, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 84:170-173.

(3) Vali, G. and R. Anthes, 2003. On the "Supply and Demand for Atmospheric Sciences Professionals", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 84:1163-116.

(4) Pielke, Jr., R.A., 2003. Supply and Demand for Atmospheric Sciences Professionals: A Rejoinder to Vali and Anthes, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84:1164-1165.