Baum, Werner, 1989-11-29

Oral history interview with Werner A. Baum, 1989. Interviewed by Earl Droessler. 1 sound cassette (ca. 1 hr.) : analog, mono . UCAR/NCAR 59; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Transcript (9 pgs.) Forms part of the UCAR/NCAR Oral History Collection. Duplicate of the Werner Baum interview in the American Meteorology Society Oral History Project. Topics include: AMS presidency; computers and meteorology; McIDAS system; reflections on the relation between the weather bureau and the private sector; reflections on the development of private meteorology and the catalyst role of the AMS; the diminishing concern for ethics in the AMS; government agencies relation to meteorology; personal feelings towards government and bureaucracy; working in government labs in the 1950s; comments on the National Science Foundation; reflections on Astronomy; influence of the National Academy of Science to the meteorology field; comments on the Bob White; thoughts on the integration of atmospheric and oceanic sciences; cooperations between international scientists; Florida State's meteorology department's 40th anniversary.