Thompson, Philip Duncan
Philip D. Thompson papers, 1944-1994.
Collection contains correspondence, calculations, project files, manuscripts of lectures and publications, laboratory notebooks, reprints, and photographs. Correspondents include Bert Bolin, Jule Charney, George Cressman, John von Neumann, C. G. Rossby, and J Smagorinsky.
Thompson (1922-1994) was a meteorologist and physicist. Internationally known theoretician in numerical weather prediction, atmospheric dynamics, and turbulence. Project director, Institute for Advanced Study, 1946-1947; chief Atmosphere Analysis Laboratory, Air Force Cambridge Research Labs., 1948-1951; head Development Division, Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit, 1954-1958; project leader, International Meteorological Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1958-1960; research scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 1960-1994; also first associate director of NCAR, director of the Laboratory of Atmospheric Science, and director of the Advanced Study program.
Bolin, Bert, 1925-
Charney, Jule G.
Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957
Rossby, Carl-Gustaf
Smagorinsky, J. (Joseph)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.)
Atmosphere -- Research.
Weather forecasting. -- Research.
Laboratory notes. aat aat
Photographs. aat
Meteorologists -- Archives.
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