On 17/04/18 04:46, Tudor Hughes wrote:
I've been trying to browse back numbers of "Weather" via my
membership of the Royal Met Soc but there are problems. The website
is an ill-thought-out shambles. When you do finally stop going round
in circles you land up meeting brick walls and going down various
cul-de-sacs on the Wiley website to whom the R Met S has outsourced
*all* its publications. It appears to be impossible to gain access
to any publication despite the R Met S's assertion that this is free
to Members. What is "free" is usually just the title of an article.
This is most dishonest and I am considering not renewing my
membership despite having been a member (Associate Fellow) for 37
years. Has anyone here had similar problems?


I haven't tried in the last few years but, although I once eventually
gained access to Weather, it was a right pain. I recall that one was
told to login on the Weather site and then go to Wiley's. I know it
didn't work the first few times but, after much wailing and gnashing of
teeth, I stumbled into the site. I don't know how I did it. As someone
once described some commercial software to me, "it's about as
user-friendly as a cornered rat!"

I think I read something from R Met Soc that their system had changed
since I last used it so whether that was a change for the better or
worse, I've no idea.

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