Cartwright, Gordon D., 1991-12-14

Available though the Roger G. Barry Resource Office for Cryospheric Studies. Oral history interview with Gordon Cartwright, 1991. Interviewed by Morton J. Rubin. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 2 hrs., tape 2 side A blank) : analog, mono + transcript (28 pgs.). AMS 77-78; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: youth; first position at US Weather Bureau; development of the Aviation Weather Service; centralization of forecasting; development of instrumentation; work for Transatlantic Weather Service; aviation cadet program at NYU during World War II; analysis of Northern Hemisphere Surface Maps; postwar work in observing systems at the Weather Bureau; formation of ICAO [International Civil Aviation Organization] and North Atlantic meteorological stations; work of Irving Krick; rebuilding upper air stations and training observers in the Pacific; history of the IGY; the IGY and Southern Hemisphere weather maps; comments on weather detection radar as well as cooperation between the National Weather Service and NASA regarding satellite programs; the WMO and its organization.