How to include references to other work (i.e., AMS style)

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How to include references to other work (i.e.,
AMS style)

• In any technical writing, you refer to other
  works. Why? Examples
• To explain to the reader the context in which
  your work is being done.
• Who else has studied this problem?
• To explain your technique and how it varies from
  what has been done before.
• To inform the reader of issues such as instrument
  and data accuracy.

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AMS style

• It is your job to decide which papers, books etc.
  to include in your discussion
• People WILL notice if certain ones are missing!
• There tends to be a commonly-accepted body of
  background information for any given topic,
  embodied in certain papers.
• Our tasks here are to explain how to refer to
  these papers (a) in the text and (b) in your
  list of references/bibliography.

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• In the text itself, by example
• It was shown by Smith (1992) that the forcing is
  strongest in summer.
• It was shown by Smith (1992, 1993) that the
  forcing is strongest in summer.
• It was shown by Smith and Tran (1994) that the
  forcing is strongest in summer.
• It was shown by Smith et al. (1996) that the
  forcing is strongest in summer.
• For 1 author Smith (1992, 1993)
• For 2 authors Smith and Tran (1994)
• For 2 more than authors Smith et al. (1996)

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• Or
• It has been shown that the forcing is strongest
  in summer (Smith 1992).
• It has been shown that the forcing is strongest
  in summer (Smith 1992, 1993).
• It has been shown that the forcing is strongest
  in summer (Smith and Tran 1994).
• It has been shown that the forcing is strongest
  in summer (Smith et al. 1996).
• It has been shown that the forcing is strongest
  in summer (Smith 1992, 1993 Jones 2001).

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• Take a moment to look through the introduction
  part of the journal article handed out for
  exampleshighlight them.

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• In the references/bibliography
• There is an AMS style which you must also stick
  to.
• Example
• Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester,
  1993 The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer
  off the Central California Coast Mesoscale
  Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351.

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• Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester,
  1993 The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer
  off the Central California Coast Mesoscale
  Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351.

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• Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester,
  1993 The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer
  off the Central California Coast Mesoscale
  Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351.

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• Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester,
  1993 The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer
  off the Central California Coast Mesoscale
  Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351.

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• Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester,
  1993 The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer
  off the Central California Coast Mesoscale
  Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351.
• See AMS guide P. 73.

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• Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester,
  1993 The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer
  off the Central California Coast Mesoscale
  Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351.

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• Bridger, A.F.C., W.C. Brick, and P.F. Lester,
  1993 The Structure of the Marine Inversion Layer
  off the Central California Coast Mesoscale
  Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 335-351.

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(I have no idea!) TASKS

• 1.Handed out available on the class web page is
  a list of references from an AGU journal.
• Convert to AMS format and hand in!
• Where you have confusion, FIRST consult the AMS
  authors guide, and SECOND ask me!
• 2.Handed out is a journal article from Nature.
• Convert references to AMS format and hand in!