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 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...