Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 09:31:19 +0300 (IDT)
From: Baruch Ziv <baruchz@oumail.openu.ac.il>
X-Sender: baruchz@shaked.cc.openu.ac.il
To: Eric.Jones@comp.vuw.ac.nz
Subject:  met-ai
Mime-Version: 1.0

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Dear Eric Jones,


As you suggested, here are some of my personal details:

Name: Baruch Ziv

Main interests: Long term (seasonal) forecasting, Jet stream
dynamics, Cyclogenesis.
I am interrested in information concerning statistical treatment
of long term circulations.
As an advisor for the Israely Met. service I am involved with forcast
of the rainy season.
Working in the Hebrew Uni. on dynamics of the subtropical jet stream
in relation with widespread rain over the subtropical deserts.

Selected publications:
P. Alpert and B. Ziv, 1989, The Sharav Cyclone: observations and some
theoretical considerations, J. of Geoph. Res., 94, 18,495 - 18,514, 1989.

B. Ziv and P. Alpert, 1994, Isobaric to isentropic interpolation errors
and implication to PV analysis, J. Appl. Meteor., 33, 694-703.

J. Egger, P. Alpert, A. Tafferner and B. Ziv, 1994, Numerical experiments
on the genesis of Sharav Cyclones: idealized simulation, Tellus, 47A,
162-174.

B. Ziv and P. Alpert, 1995, Rotation of binary cyclones -a data analysis
J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1357-1369.

B. Ziv: Heavy rain events in north Africa and the Mid-est associated with
disturbances in the subtropical jet, INM Palma Symposium of Hazardous
weather in the Mediterranean, Palma De Mallorca, April 1997, Spain.

Sincerely yours,

Dr. Baruch Ziv