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Memories of the Bureau, 1946 to 1962

Foreword

Terminology

Prologue

Preface

Chapter 1: The Warren Years, 1946 to 1950
Warren the Man
Warren Joins the Bureau
Wartime Perceptions and Attitudes
Return to Civvy Street
Frosterley
People in the Bureau
Re-establishing and Reorganising the Bureau
Reorganisation of Central Office
The Position of Chief Scientific Officer
Post-War Reorganisation
The Haldane Story
Public Weather Services
The New South Wales Divisional Office
The Victorian Divisional Office
The Queensland Divisional Office
The South Australian Divisional Office
The Western Australian Divisional Office
The Tasmanian Divisional Office
Pre-war Services for Civil Aviation
Post-War Meteorological Service for Aviation
Indian Ocean Survey Flight
The Aviation Field Staff
Synoptic Analysis, Prognosis and Forecasting
Antarctic and Southern Ocean Meteorology
A Wider Scientific Horizon
Research, Development and Special Investigations
Analysts' Conference, April 1950
Instruments and Observations
Radiosondes
Radar Winds and Radar Weather Watch
Telecommunications
Climate and Statistics
Training
Publications
CSIRO
The Universities
Achievements of the Warren Years

Chapter 2: International Meteorology

Chapter 3: The Timcke Years, 1950 to 1955

Chapter 4: A Year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chapter 5: The Dwyer Years, 1955 to 1962

Chapter 6: A Springboard for the Future

Appendix 1: References

Appendix 2: Reports, Papers, Manuscripts

Appendix 3: Milestones

Appendix 4: Acknowledgements

Appendix 5: Summary by H. N. Warren of the Operation of the Meteorological Section of Allied Air Headquarters, Brisbane, 1942–45

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The Universities (continued)

Uwe Radok also participated in the program of the Bureau's Training School, lecturing in dynamical meteorology. One of his students in the Bureau's training course was Keith Ball who later joined CSIRO'S Section of Meteorological Physics and carried out fundamental research on Antarctic katabatic winds.

Uwe frequently visited the Bureau and I had many interesting meteorological discussions with him. Australians had had little experience of overseas people before the war except for British visitors and Italian immigrants. Only wealthy people took overseas holidays and the average Australian regarded foreigners with some distrust. After his experiences in Germany and in England during the war Uwe had a somewhat cynical attitude which some regarded as a 'chip on his shoulder'.

Another member of the Meteorological Section of the University was Fritz Albrecht, a German scientist with a special interest in measurements of solar radiation. The Bureau assisted him in establishing a network of instruments for measuring solar radiation but the project was hampered by trouble with limited funding leading to the use of cheap and home-made instruments.

In 1949 Fritz Loewe made a voyage to the Balleny Islands in the ship Wyatt Earp. Throughout his time in Melbourne Fritz maintained a strong interest in Antarctic meteorology and glaciology, managing to secure places on a number of expedition ships.

Fritz Loewe and Uwe Radok made a valuable contribution to Australian meteorology. They pioneered the introduction of the subject into Australian universities. They made a useful contribution to the Bureau's training program and provided the opportunity for Bureau and other interested people to attain higher degrees in Meteorology. They also took a keen interest in the work of the Bureau.


People in Bright Sparcs - Loewe, Fritz; Warren, Herbert Norman

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Gibbs, W. J. 1999 'A Very Special Family: Memories of the Bureau of Meteorology 1946 to 1962', Metarch Papers, No. 13 May 1999, Bureau of Meteorology

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