Session 3 15th History Symposium

Program Chairs: Thomas H. Vonderhaar , Colorado State University ; Wayne Schubert , Colorado State University

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Tuesday, 24 January 2017

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10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Coffee Break
Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Recording files available
Session 1
History of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Location: Conference Center: Yakima 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 15th History Symposium
Chair: Wayne H. Schubert, Colorado State Univ.
10:30 AM
1.1
A Passion for Clouds: Joanne Simpson and the Tropical Atmosphere
James Rodger Fleming, Colby College, Waterville, ME
Recorded Presentation

Handout (159.2 kB)

1.2
A Passion for Clouds Part II: Joanne Simpson and Women in Meteorology

11:00 AM
Discussion

11:15 AM
1.3
Meteorology as Nationalism: The Case of the German Atlantic Expedition and the Weimar Republic
Penelope K. Hardy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

11:30 AM
1.4
"How Meteorology Became "Big Science" in Boulder: NAS, NSF, and the Creation of NCAR"
Joseph P. Bassi, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Lompoc, CA

11:45 AM
1.5
Becoming the National Centers for Environmental Information: An Over 50-Year History of Climate, Oceans, Coastal, and Geophysical Data and Information
Gregory Hammer, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and T. Owen, K. V. Matthews, A. Allegra, S. Mesick, H. McCullough, and S. Osborne
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Recording files available
Session 2
Other Topics in History
Location: Conference Center: Yakima 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 15th History Symposium
Chair: Wayne H. Schubert, Colorado State Univ.
1:30 PM
2.1
Photography and the Science of Snowflakes, Raindrops and Aerosols
Terrence R. Nathan, Univ. of California, Davis, CA
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
2.2
Deforestation, Land Use, and Climate in Colonial America: Lessons from America's First Climate Change Debate
Gordon B. Bonan, NCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
2.3
Two Centuries of Air Temperature Observations in the City of Trento in the Alps (1816-2016)
Luca Zaniboni, University of Trento, Trento, Italy; and L. Giovannini and D. Zardi
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
2.4
100 Years after Alfred Wegener's Opus on Tornadoes in Europe
Bogdan Antonescu, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; and D. M. Schultz and H. Ricketts

Handout (26.6 MB)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Recording files available
Session 3
Early History of Global Measurements of the Earth Radiation Budget and Clouds
Location: Conference Center: Yakima 2 (Washington State Convention Center )
Host: 15th History Symposium
Chair: Thomas Vonder Haar, Colorado State Univ.
4:00 PM
3.1
History and Results From The Two Decade Quest to First Measure the Earth's Radiation Budget (Core Science Keynote)
Thomas H. Vonderhaar, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
3.2
Measuring Earth Radiation Budget with ERBE and CERES: A Change of Paradigm
G. Louis Smith, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA; and T. Wong and N. Loeb
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
Discussion

4:45 PM
3.3
Early Measurements of the Role of Clouds in the Radiation Balance
Dennis L. Hartmann, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
Recorded Presentation

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