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Interviewee Sort descending Collection Description Interviewer Date of Interview Location of Interview Affiliation
Carl S. Bullock The Research and Development Behind the 1988-1999 Modernization of NOAA's National Weather Service

Interview with: Carl S. Bullock, Meteorologist with the Forecast Systems Laboratory AWIPS Development
Interview conducted June 2010
Run time: 1:04:36
Topics:  PROFS, AWIPS Requirements, the people behind AWIPS and the modernization

 

Barry Reichenbaugh Boulder, CO Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
David Waltman National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Oral History Collection

Dave Waltman, a long-time resident of Boulder, Colorado, has had a diverse and interesting career. Born in St. Louis, he spent his early years as a suburbanite in both St. Louis and Chicago. Following in his brother's footsteps, Waltman attended Purdue University, where his father, a native Hoosier and engineer, had also studied. However, Waltman did not find engineering to his liking and transferred to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he graduated in 1962 with a bachelor's degree in business.

Gerald Meehl Boulder, CO University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Dennis S. Walts The Research and Development Behind the 1988-1999 Modernization of NOAA's National Weather Service

Interview with Dennis S. Walts, former NWS Meteorologist assigned to the Forecast Systems Laboratory AWIPS Development Team
Interview conducted June 2010
Run time: 40:35
Topics: PROFS, AWIPS, Role of Research

 

Barry Reichenbaugh Boulder, CO Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
Doug Lilly National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Oral History Collection

Douglas K. Lilly was a renowned meteorologist who had a significant impact on the field of atmospheric sciences. Although Lilly completed his undergraduate work in physics at Stanford University on a Navy ROTC scholarship, he always envisioned going into meteorology.

Nancy Gauss Boulder, CO University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Harriet Crowe National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Oral History Collection

Harriet B. Crowe, born Harriet Barker in 1938, was raised in Mt. Cisco, New York. She was the first member of her family to attend college, a significant achievement given that neither her parents nor their siblings had the opportunity to pursue higher education. Crowe initially attended Michigan State University in 1956 with the intention of studying nursing, a decision influenced by her high school counselor who discouraged her from pursuing her original ambition of becoming a doctor.

Earl Droessler Boulder, CO University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Janet Roberts National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Oral History Collection

Topics include: Mesa Lab site; time on Boulder City Council; time in Climax; Boulder's open space policy; Walter Orr Roberts; Mesa Lab construction; I.M. Pei; fund raising; HAO; Mesa Lab design; computers; roof leaks; Aspen Institute; music; the humanities and science.

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Stuart Leslie Boulder, CO University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Karyn Sawyer National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Oral History Collection

Oral history interview with Karyn Sawyer, 2015. Interviewed by Richard Anthes. Forms part of the UCAR/NCAR Oral History Collection. Long-time UCAR/NCAR staff member Karyn Sawyer reflects on her decades-long career at the organization, including how she came to work for NCAR, field projects, international scientific cooperation, UCAR/NCAR administration, and her management style.

Richard Anthes Boulder, CO University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Mary Haley, David (Dave) Brown, and Dennis Shea National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Oral History Collection

Discussion with Mary Haley, David (Dave) Brown, and Dennis Shea about the development and use of NCAR Command Language (NCL). NCL, produced by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) and is a free interpreted language designed specifically for scientific data processing and visualization. Topics included in this discussion also include: NCAR Graphics, netCDF, GRIB, Fortran, C, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Community Climate Model, NCL workshops, PyNIO, PyNGL, MATLAB, NumPy, xarray, R, and Python.

Laura Hoff Boulder, CO University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Nelder Medrud National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Oral History Collection

Nelder Medrud begins the interview with a discussion of his life history, education and research prior to arriving at NCAR. Medrud became acquainted with NCAR through Phil Thompson and Henry van de Boogaard while at the University of Stockholm, Sweden in the early 1960s. In the Air Force, Medrud’s specialty was applied climatology and a position opened up at NCAR focusing on applications to societal problems. The immediate focus of Medrud’s work at NCAR was on the matter of the consequences of hail to society.

Kristen Rasmussen Boulder, CO University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Robert Serafin The Research and Development Behind the 1988-1999 Modernization of NOAA's National Weather Service

Interview with Robert J. Serafin, Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research and former Chairman, National Academy of Sciences NWS Modernization Committee
Interview conducted June 2010
Run time: 46:45
Topics: National Academy of Science’s NWS Modernization Committee, NEXRAD, ASOS, AWIPS, GOES

 

Barry Reichenbaugh Boulder, CO Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research