Reflections

by Atlas, David

• ISBN13: 9781878220462
• ISBN10: 1878220462
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

Summary

Dave Atlas, one of the founding fathers of radar meteorology, solved many puzzles and invented numerous techniques that transformed a fledgling application into a vital scientific and operational tool. This is an entertaining book that combines recollections and commentary on the various stages of the author's career in the field of weather radar with his boundless enthusiasm for creativity and the sheer joy of discovery.

Author Biography

David Atlas enlisted in the Army Air Corps in late 1942. He studied meteorology at New York University (B.Sc., 1946). Following his 1944 commission as a weather officer, he studied at the Harvard-MIT Radar School. He received the D.Sc. (1955) in meteorology from MIT while working at the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory where he led the weather radar research program for 18 years. In 1959-1960 he was an NSF Senior Fellow at Imperial College in London. He also taught at the University of Chicago and subsequently headed both the Atmospheric Technology Division and National Hail Research Experiment at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. In 1977 he established and headed the Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center where he is currently a Distinguished Visiting Scientist. He was President of the American Meteorological Society in 1975

Table of Contents

A Memoir--Why?	p. 1
Early Years	p. 3
All Weather Flying Division, 1945-48	p. 7
Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Geophysics Research Directorate--1948-66
Background	p. 13
Angels and Clear-Air Turbulence	p. 16
Back to the Early Days	p. 21
Personal Reflections on Stewart Marshall and Walter Hitschfeld	p. 25
My Sabbatical in England--1959-60	p. 26
The Soviet Union	p. 32
The University of Chicago--1966-1972	p. 41
Illustrations	p. 53
The National Center for Atmospheric Research--1972-1977
Atmospheric Technology Division, 1972-73	p. 69
National Hail Research Experiment, 1974-75	p. 72
American Meteorological Society	p. 81
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, 1977-84	p. 87
The Wanderer, 1984-2000
Jet Propulsion Laboratory	p. 103
Tropical Rain Measuring Mission	p. 105
The Battan Memorial and 40th Anniversary Conference on Radar Meteorology and the Conference Book Radar in Meteorology	p. 111
Radar Detection of Low-Level Wind Shear	p. 113
Some Thoughts on Science Management	p. 117
Retrospective	p. 119
Epilogue	p. 123
Acknowledgments	p. 125
Acronyms	p. 127
Biographical Sketch	p. 129
Basic Radar Meteorology	p. 131
References	p. 137
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