David H. Bromwich is a member of the Byrd Polar Research Center and a professor at the Department of Geography, The Ohio State University. His work has involved the evaluation and diagnosis of polar weather and climate variability. He received his Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Charles R. Stearns is the editor of Antarctic Meteorology and Climatology: Studies Based on Automatic Weather Stations, published by Wiley.