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Atmospheric Technology Division (ATD) Records

 Collection
Identifier:  - 04-03-ATD
The collection includes records related to NCAR's Atmospheric Technology Division's facilities, projects, and field experiments as well as correspondence, project status reports, administrative records, strategic planning documents, and informational bulletins. Selections from this collection are available online in the NCAR Library's digital repository, OpenSky.

Dates

  • 1964- 2002
  • Majority of material found in 1972-1979
  • Other: Date acquired: 19800000

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection. Select materials have been digitized and are available in OpenSky, the NCAR Library's digital repository.

Conditions Governing Use

Not all of the material in the collection is in the public domain. Researchers are responsible for addressing copyright issues.

Extent

8.00 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Arrangement

Arrangement is by original order. The collection is organized into 4 series housed in 8 record cartons: Series 1: Administrative, 1969-2001, undated Series 2: Correspondence, 1970-1980 Series 3: Facilities, 1969-1997, undated Series 4: Projects, 1970-2002, undated

Biographical or Historical Information

The Atmospheric Technology Division (ATD) at NCAR provided the research services, facilities, and field support necessary for progress in the atmospheric sciences. The Division included facilities for instrumentation, computing, scientific ballooning, and research aircraft. These research services and facilities were used by scientists from NCAR, universities, and government agencies. The Division was involved in several large cooperative projects, such as GATE, MONEX, CCOPE, and SESAME.

Physical Access Requirements

The collection must be viewed in the Archives during normal business hours.

Source of Acquisition

Atmospheric Technology Division
Method of Acquisition This is a legacy collection; original box labels indicate the records came to the Archives from the Atmospheric Technology Division (ATD) Director's Office. Some materials came to the Archives in 2010-2011 as part of a project to clean up materials stored at an off-site storage facility.

Appraisal Information

Routine correspondence, meeting notices, personnel records, travel records, purchase orders, duplicate publications, reprints, and employment offers were weeded from the collection.

Accruals and Additions

Accrual of Research Aviation Bulletins and Aircraft Data System manuals in November 2013 from Janine Aquino, RAF (accession # 2013.023). No further accruals expected.

Processing Information

This collection was processed in winter of 2011. Original order of materials in folders and folder titles were kept. The Archivist created Series and Sub-series to aid access to the materials. Preservation measures included removing sticky labels from folders and re-writing folder titles in pencil, buffering acidic sheets, removing some metal fasteners, flattening oversize documents, and re-housing the collection in acid-free folders and boxes. Records containing personal data and sensitive information, such as social security numbers and medical records, were shredded. Publications available in the NCAR Library were removed from the collection.

Subjects

Related Name

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Status
completed
Author
Kathleen Legg
Date
20110503
Description rules
dacs
Language of description
eng

Revision Statements

  • 2014-02: Finding aid revised in February 2014 to include small accession of Research Aviation Bulletins and Aircraft Data Systems manuals.
  • 2015-01-15: Finding aid revised in January 2016 to reflect an accession of digitized photographs. The Series "Photographs" was created to accommodate this accrual.

External Documents

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Archives Repository

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