of mathematics and technical language. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society: as one of the world's leading journals for meteorology publishes original research in the atmospheric sciences. There are eight issues per year. Meteorological Applications: this is a journal for applied meteorologists, forecasters and users of meteorological services and has been published since 1994. It is aimed at a general readership and authors are asked to take this into account when preparing papers. International Journal of Climatology: has 15 issues a year and covers a broad spectrum of research in climatology. WIREs Climate Change: a journal about climate change Geoscience Data Journal: an online, open-access journal. All publications are available online but a subscription is required for some. However certain "classic" papers are freely available on the Society's website. Local centres and special interest groups The society has several local centres across the UK. There are also a number of special interest groups which organise meetings and other activities to facilitate exchange of information and views within specific areas of meteorology. These are informal groups of professionals interested in specific technical areas of the profession of meteorology. The groups are primarily a way of communicating at a specialist level. Presidents Source: 1850–1853: Samuel Charles Whitbread, first time 1853–1855: George Leach 1855–1857: John Lee 1857–1858: Robert Stephenson 1859–1860: Thomas Sopwith 1861–1862: Nathaniel Beardmore 1863–1864: Robert Dundas Thomson , died in office 1864: Samuel Charles Whitbread , second time 1865–1866: Charles Brooke 1867–1868: James Glaisher 1869–1870: Charles Vincent Walker 1871–1872: John William Tripe 1873–1875: Robert James Mann 1876–1877: Henry Storks Eaton 1878–1879: Charles Greaves 1880–1881: George James Symons , first time 1882–1883: Sir John Knox Laughton 1884–1885: Robert Henry Scott 1886–1887: William Ellis 1888–1889: William Marcet 1890–1891: Baldwin Latham 1892–1893: Charles Theodore Williams, first time 1894–1895: Richard Inwards 1896–1897: Edward Mawley 1898–1899: Francis Campbell Bayard 1900: George James Symons , second time; died in office 1900: Charles Theodore Williams, second time 1901–1902: William Henry Dines 1903–1904: Captain David W. Barker 1905–1906: Richard Bentley 1907–1908: Hugh Robert Mill 1910–1911: Henry Mellish 1911–1912: Henry Newton Dickson 1913–1914: Charles John Philip Cave, first time 1915–1917: Sir Henry George Lyons 1918–1919: Sir Napier Shaw 1920–1921: Reginald Hawthorn Hooker 1922–1923: Charles Chree 1924–1925: Charles John Philip Cave, second time 1926–1927: Sir Gilbert Walker 1928–1929: Richard Gregory 1930–1931: Rudolf Gustav Karl Lempfert 1932–1933: Sydney Chapman 1934–1935: Ernest Gold 1936–1937: Francis John Welsh Whipple 1938–1939: Sir Bernard A.