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Bollay, Eugene, 1912-
Oral history interview with Eugene Bollay, 4 August 1987.
Topics include: education as electrical engineer; assistantship at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) under Irving Krick; influence of Sverre Petterssen and Carl-Gustaf Rossby; work in hydrology at US Weather Bureau; teaching meteorology during World War II; wartime service in forecasting for bombing raids; meteorology at the Office of Naval Research postwar; activities of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), including AMS certification programs; presidency of AMS; establishment of weather modification business with Bob Elliott (North American Weather Consultants); cloud seeding in the western United States; support for university research in cloud physics and weather modification; attempts to modify hurricanes; youth and family.
Meteorologist.
Bollay, Eugene, 1912-
Krick, Irving
Petterssen, Sverre, 1898-
Rossby, Carl-Gustaf
American Meteorological Society
California Institute of Technology
North American Weather Consultants
United States. Office of Naval Research
United States. Weather Bureau
Cloud physics.
Electrical engineering
Forecasting.
Hurricane modification
Hurricanes. fast
Hydrology.
Meteorology
Rain-making
Weather control
World War, 1939-1945
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Droessler, Earl G. interviewer
American Meteorological Society
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Archives. PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
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