Wallen, C.C., 1995-11-21

Oral history interview with C.C.(Carl Christian) Wallen, 1995. Interviewed by Gordon Cartwright. 4 sound cassettes (ca. 4 hrs.; tape 2 side A, re-recorded in 1997 to fix static degradation, side B missing portions of the interview, tape 3 side B blank, tape 4 addendum from 1996 recorded to replace degraded portion of tapes 2 and 3) : analog, mono + transcript (44 pgs.). AMS 124-127, 127b(addendum); one physical version (one master). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: early life; education and early work; the foundation of the Bergen school; the transition period between the Bergen School and the Chicago School; different types of forecasting; the Chicago School; Carl Rossby; and the transition to climatology.