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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as SubjectJule G. Charney
Dates
January 1, 1917 – June 16, 1981
Authorized Form of Name
Charney, Jule G.
Biography
Abstract
Jule Charney was a meteorologist who worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1956-1981). His research specialties included numerical weather prediction and dynamic meteorology. His other institutional affiliations included University of California at Los Angeles, University of Chicago, and the Institute for Advanced Study.
Important Dates
January 1, 1917Birth, San Francisco (Calif.).
1938Obtained AB in Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1940Obtained MA in Mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1946Obtained PhD in Meteorology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1946 – 1947Research Associate, University of Chicago.
1947 – 1948National Research Fellow, University of Oslo.
1948 – 1956Member (1948-1956) and Director, Theoretical Meteorology Project (1948-1956), Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (N.J.).
1950 – 1955Visiting Lecturer, University of Chicago.
1956 – 1981Professor of Meteorology (1956-1966); Chair, Department of Meteorology (1974-1977); and Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology (1966-1981), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1957Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
1964Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1968 – 1971Chair, United States National Committee on Global Atmospheric Research Progress, National Academy of Sciences.
1976Awarded William Bowie Medal, American Geophysical Union.
June 16, 1981Death, Boston (Mass.).
Occupation
Meteorologist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Charney, Elinor Kesting
Wife.
Charney, Nora
Daughter.
Charney, Peter
Son.
Colleagues
Allison, Samuel King, 1900-1965
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Cooper, Leon N. (Leon Neil), 1930-
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Stratton, Julius Adams, 1901-1994
Both employed at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at University of Chicago.
Additional
Arakawa, Akio
Bjerknes, J. (Jacob Aall Bonnevie), 1897-1975
Bolin, Bert, 1925-2007
Hansen, James E. (James Edward), 1941-
Kasahara, Akira
Leith, Cecil E., 1923-
Lorentz, H. A. (Hendrik Antoon), 1853-1928
Lorenz, Edward N.
Malone, Thomas F.
Manabe, Syukuro, 1931-
Phillips, Norman A., 1923-
Smagorinsky, J. (Joseph)
Thompson, Philip Duncan
Von Kármán, Theodore, 1881-1963
Institutions
Major Positions
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Member and Director, Theoretical Meteorology Project.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Meteorology
Professor of Meteorology; Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology; and Chair, Department of Meteorology.
University of Chicago. Department of Physics
Research Associate and Visiting Lecturer.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Fellow.
American Geophysical Union
Received 1976 William Bowie Medal.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member and Chair, United States National Committee on Global Atmospheric Research Progress.
Universitetet i Oslo. Institutt for teoretisk meteorologi
National Research Fellow.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Atmospheric Sciences
Obtained PhD (Meteorology) in 1946.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Mathematics
Obtained AB in 1938 and MA in 1940.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Physics
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Jule G. Charney papers, 1936-1981, (bulk 1948-1981)
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Oral history interview with Jule G. Charney, 1980 August 25, 26, 27 and 28.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Oral history interview with Akio Arakawa, 1997 July 17 and 18.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Akira Kasahara, 1998 November 2 and 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Bert Bolin, 2001 May 3.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Cecil E. "Chuck" Leith, 1997 July 2.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Edward N. Lorenz, 2000 November 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with James Hansen, 2000 October 23 and November 27.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Joseph Smagorinsky, 1986 May 16, 17 and 21.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Philip Duncan Thompson, 1986 December 5.
Center for the History of Computing
University of Minnesota. Charles Babbage Institute
University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Oral history interview with Syukuro Manabe, 1998 March 14 and 15.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Thomas F. Malone, 1995 January 4.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Walter Orr Roberts, 1987 August 21.
National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Archives. PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
Philip D. Thompson papers, 1944-1994.
Archives
National Center for Atmospheric Research/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
Published Resources
Subject
Jule Gregory Charney: 1917-1981, Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences.
Storm world : hurricanes, politics, and the battle over global warming / Chris Mooney.