Numerical weather forecasting

Arrangement Arrangement is by original order. The Archivist created Series to aid access. The collection is housed in six boxes and is arranged into eight main series: Series 1: Atmospheric Analysis and Prediction (AAP), 1977-1986, undated Series 2: Research, 1973-2004, undated Series 3: General, 1974-2004, undated Series 4: National Science Foundation (NSF), 1995-2003 Series 5: Scientific Programs Evaluation Committee (SPEC) Review, 1980-1994, undated Series 6: Supercomputing, 1983-1997,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Since February 2013, the NCAR Archives has been crawling and harvesting UCAR/NCAR websites using Archive It. The harvested websites include most UCAR/NCAR webpages and associated images, video, PDF files, and other content. The collection also includes the U.S. Weather Commission, a group that brings together the American weather industry, state and local governments, and academia in an organized effort to urge Congress and the Executive Branch to undertake, promote, and support our nation’s...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Since February 2013, the NCAR Archives has been crawling and harvesting UCAR/NCAR websites using Archive It. The harvested websites include most UCAR/NCAR webpages and associated images, video, PDF files, and other content. The collection also includes the U.S. Weather Commission, a group that brings together the American weather industry, state and local governments, and academia in an organized effort to urge Congress and the Executive Branch to undertake, promote, and support our nation’s...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Norman A. Phillips, 1989. Interviewed by Anthony Hollingsworth, Warren Washington, Joseph Tribbia, and Akira Kasahara. 4 sound cassettes (ca. 6 hrs.) : analog, mono + transcript (78 pgs.). AMS 39-42; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics covered: family background and education; service as aviation cadet and in a Weather Service squadron in the Azores during World War II; education...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with George W. Platzman, 1990. Interviewed by Norman Phillips. 4 sound cassettes (ca. 5 hrs, tapes 3 and 4 side B blank) : analog, mono + transcript (59 pgs.). AMS 59-62; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: family background and early education; undergraduate and graduate work; work in quality-control statistics, and as both student and instructor in wartime meteorology...

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...

Scope and Contents Oral history interview with Philip Thompson, 1988. Interviewed by Earl Droessler. 1 sound cassette (ca. 1 hr.) : analog, mono + transcript (14 pgs.). AMS 48; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Access restriction: Written permission of the President of AMS required for access. Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project. Topics include: application of high-speed computing to meteorology; work on the Princeton project; numerical weather prediction; work in...