Preface

Abstract

This special issue of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographical Society commemorates the contributions to Australian Meteorology and to meteorological education in Australia by the late Professor Bruce Morton, who held a Chair in the Mathematics Department at Monash University from 1967 until his retirement from there in 1991. A summary of Bruce’s career and a brief review of his contributions follows this preface. The special issue contains a series of invited review papers by prominent research scientists from around the world who interacted with Bruce in a number of ways. The topics include many of the wide range of research areas and activities that Bruce was involved in throughout his extended career.