Humor in Radar Meteorology

From the early years of radar meteorology there has been a tradition of joke papers in conferences and occasional humorous contributions that have found their way into the formally published literature. Three noted practitioners of this tradition were Spiros "Speed" Geotis (1926-1993), Roddy Rogers (1934-2019), and Paul Smith (1932-2019). This paper, written in memory of these giants of the field, will survey the history of radar meteorological humor, including several examples of poems and lyrics inspired by the phenomena, technology, and people of our field of research.