Thompson, Philip D., 1987-12-15
Item
Identifier: - AMSOHP Item 96
Scope and Contents
Oral history interview of Philip Thompson, 1987. Interviewed by Joseph Tribbia and Akira Kasahara. 3 sound cassettes (ca. 3 hrs.) : analog, mono. +transcript. AMS 25-27; 2 versions (1 master, 1 copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: early life and family; interest in science and education; time in the Air Force; Princeton project in Numerical Weather Prediction; other scientist working in the meteorological field around the 1940s; graduate school research and thesis; time in Stockholm; NCAR and HAO; and turbulence.
Dates
- Creation: 1987-12-15
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Archives Repository
