Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts
Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts is a scholarly bibliographic database that covers meteorology, climatology, atmospheric chemistry and physics, astrophysics, hydrology, glaciology, physical oceanography and environmental sciences.
| 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 |
| Links | |
| Website | about |
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.[2] In a 2002 analysis of the database, it was revealed that MGA indexed 72 unique titles, eight of which were peer reviewed.[3]
References
- Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts (at DIALOG)
- Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts at CSA Archived 2009-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Kristick, Laurel L. (2002). "Analysis of Serials Indexed in Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts (MGA)". Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (36). doi:10.29173/istl1925. S2CID 250567080.
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