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
Number 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 & 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
3. ^ Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts at CSA
4. ^ Kristick, Laurel L. (2002). "Analysis of Serials Indexed in Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA)". Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (36). http://www.istl.org/02-fall/databases.html.