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Machta, Lester.
Oral history interview with Lester Machta, 31 October 1993.
Lester Machta begins by mentioning several people who helped him early in his career, and describes the Chanute Field Air Force Observing School under Major McNeal. He describes his graduate work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) analyzing ageostrophic winds and his work at the Weather Bureau on AFOAT-1 secret radioactivity studies under Harry Wexler. Machta reflects on his participation in nuclear testing and discusses the Geneva nuclear test ban talks in 1962. He describes his and Dave Keeling's work on the global carbon dioxide (CO2) budget, then talks about his work at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Public Health Service Meteorological Unit (now Environmental Protection Agency) measuring ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation. He goes on to discuss the development of the Berger-Robertson UVB meter, mentioning his work on the SST, sonic booms, solar radiation and acid precipitation, and his receipt of the Cleveland Abbe award from the American Meterological Socity (AMS).
Meteorologist.
Keeling, Charles D., 1928-2005
Machta, Lester.
Wexler, Harry, 1911-1962
American Meteorological Society
Chanute Field.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Meteorology
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States. Weather Bureau
Conference on the Discontinuance of Nuclear Weapon Tests (1958-1962 : Geneva, Switzerland)
Acid rain.
Meteorology
Nuclear tests.
Radioactivity
Solar radiation.
Sonic boom.
Ultraviolet radiation.
Winds.
Interviews. aat
Oral histories. aat
Meteorologists -- Interviews. lcsh
London, Julius, 1917- interviewer
American Meteorological Society
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
AIP-ICOS
National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Archives. PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
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