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Robinson, George David
Oral history interview with George D. Robinson, 27 June 1994.
George D. Robinson describes his education in physics at Leeds University, first position as research assistant at Kew Observatory under Sir George Simpson. He discusses his appointment as a meteorological officer in 1940 at Balloon Command, noting the use of "Free Balloon Barrage" against German aircraft. He reviews his posting to Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Group #3 under R.C. Sutcliffe, and subsequent position at the Central Forecasting Office. He describes his duties at Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in 1944 coordinating secret telephone conferences between American and Britain forecasting units, and comments on the difficulties of establishing minimum weather conditions for a successful Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy. He goes on to describe further military meteorological activities in Europe; postwar employment at Kew, working on terrestrial radiation; involvement with the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) and the International Geophysical Year (IGY). He discusses his appointment to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) expert panel on artificial earth satellites; the genesis of World Weather Watch and the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP); and subsequent position at Traveler's Research Corporation in Connecticut in 1968, working on acid rain and researching trace gases in the stratosphere. He describes his role as organizer and collaborative activities in the 1971 international conference and publication about "Man's Impact on the Climate"; research on the problem of stratospheric pollution by supersonic transport, particularly the effects on ozone; subsequent research on the stratosphere for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Dr. Robinson concludes with comments about the principal forecasters for the D-Day invasion, as well as more personal history.
Meteorologist.
Robinson, George David
Simpson, G. C. (George Clarke), Sir, 1878-1965.
Sutcliffe, Reginald Cockcroft.
Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters
Global Atmospheric Research Programme
Great Britain. Royal Air Force.
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.
Kew Observatory.
Travelers Research Corporation
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University of Leeds.
World Meteorological Organization
World Weather Watch
Acid rain.
Air -- Pollution.
International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958
Meteorology
Ozone
Stratosphere.
Supersonic transport planes
Terrestrial radiation
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy
Interviews. aat
Oral histories. aat
Meteorologists -- Interviews. lcsh
Droessler, Earl G. 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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