Wiin-Nielsen, Aksel C., 1987-06-29

Oral history interview with Aksel Wiin-Nielsen, 1987. Interviewed by Joseph Tribbia, Warren Washington, and Akira Kasahara. 3 sound cassettes (ca. 4 hrs.) : analog, mono + transcript (62 pgs.). AMS 12-14; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Access restrictions; approval of Warren Washington as designee, required to examine interview, transcript; written permission required to quote, cite, or reproduce any portion of the material. This restriction shall expire on 31 December, 2014. Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. He describes his research in weather forecasting methods at the Royal Swedish Air Weather Service; his work on numerical weather prediction at the Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit in the United States; his appointment to NCAR and research in dynamic meteorology; his recollections of NCAR and its staff, 1961-1963; his assignment to create a department of meteorology at the University of Michigan; his involvement with the formation of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts; and his responsibilities as Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization and Director, Danish Meteorological Institute. He recounts his interactions and collaborations with Philip D. Thompson and Joseph Smagorinsky.