Memories of the Bureau, 1946 to 1962
Foreword
Terminology
Prologue
Preface
Chapter 1: The Warren Years, 1946 to 1950
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
Leonard Joseph Dwyer—A Complex Character
Reorganising the Bureau
Public Weather Services
Forecasts for the General Public
Importance of Radio Stations
The Advent of Television
Automatic Telephone Forecast Service
Beacons
Wording and Verification of Forecasts
Warnings
Services for Aviation
Atomic Weapons Tests
Atomic Weapons Tests—Mosaic G1 and G2
Atomic Weapons Tests—Buffalo 1, 2, 3 and 4
Atomic Weapons Tests—Operations Antler, 2 and 3
Atomic Weapons Tests—Minor Trials
Instruments and Observations
Radiosondes
Radar/Radio Winds and Radar Weather Watch
Automatic Weather Stations
Sferics
Meteorological Satellites
Telecommunications
Tropical Cyclones
Bureau Conference on Tropical Cyclones
International Symposium on Tropical Cyclones, Brisbane
Hydrometeorology
Design of Water Storages, Etc
Flood Forecasting
Cloud Seeding
Reduction of Evaporation
Rain Seminar
Cloud Physics
Fire Weather
Research and Special Investigations
International Activities
The International Geophysical Year
The Antarctic and Southern Ocean
International Symposium on Antarctic Meteorology
International Antarctic Analysis Centre
ADP, EDP and Computers
Training
Publications
Management Conference
Services Conference
CSIRO and the Universities
Achievements of the Dwyer Years
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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As a lecturer on our forecasters' training course in 1940 I found Len peremptory and uninspiring. He continued in charge of training when the RAAF Meteorological Service was created in April 1941 but when it became apparent that the Australian Army required meteorological services Len was placed in charge of the creation and administration of RAAF Meteorological Flights attached mainly to army artillery units in New Guinea and the islands of the Netherlands East Indies.
Following demobilisation from the RAAF Meteorological Service in 1946 Len acted as Inspector (Aviation) and Supervising Meteorologist (Aviation) for various periods in 1946 and 1947 before being appointed as Chief Clerk in August 1947, succeeding Jimmy Roach who, as a civilian, had responsibility for the civilian staff of the RAAF Meteorological Service (Bureau of Meteorology) in the Melbourne Central Office and the Divisional Offices.
During the post-war Warren years from 1946 to 1950 Len frequently acted as Assistant Director (Administration) when Warren was overseas and E. W. Timcke acted as Director of Meteorology. Len was promoted to the position of Assistant Director (Administration) when Timcke was promoted to Director of Meteorology following Warren's death in 1950.
In 1954 I unsuccessfully appealed against the temporary transfer of Len to the position of acting Director of Meteorology during E. W. Timcke's absence from the position. It was not surprising that Len was promoted to the position when Timcke retired in 1955.
People in Bright Sparcs - Dwyer, Leonard Joseph; Timcke, Edward Waldemar; Warren, Herbert Norman
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