An informative and stimulating conference on phenomenological studies, data systems, analysis and assimilation techniques, and numerical prediction motivated by the Global Weather Experiment (GWE) took place during the AMS annual meeting in January 1986. This conference is summarized and includes thoughtful contributions provided by R. Fleming, program chairman; J. Brown, Jr.; J. Fein; R. Greenfield; D. Johnson; E. Kalnay; D. Sargeant; and J. Theon.
1 Chairman, First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE) Advisory Panel of the National Research Council's United States Committee for the Global Atmospheric Research Program. The FGGE Advisory Panel organized the conference.
