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Vol. 48, No. 2, February 1967 about our members Sumner Barton, who was science editor for the Boston Globe, Boston, Mass., is now with the Office of Public Information, Environmental Science Services Administra- tion, Rockville, Md. Dr. Louis J. Battan, associate director, Institute of At- mospheric Physics, University of Arizona, and Dr. Verner E. Suomi, director, Center for Space Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin, have been named to the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Atmospheric Sciences. In an October meeting at Air Weather Service head- quarters, Scott AFB, 111., a report on the present status and future needs of tropical weather forecasting was given by SMSgt. Stanley W. Marczewski (right), non-commissioned members of the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board's Geo- officer in charge, Space Systems Division Weathervision Fa- physical Panel. The results of a year-long study by the cility, Los Angeles AFS, Calif., receives Air Force Com- Panel's Tropical Meteorology Group were presented by Dr. mendation Medal from Lt. Col. Cyriaque J. Loisel, chief, Jacob Bjerknes, professor emeritus, UCLA, and Drs. R. Staff Meteorology Office, Space Systems Division. The presen- Robert Rapp and Stanley M. Greenfield, both of the Rand tation was made upon Sgt. Marczewski's retirement from the Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. The one-day conference Air Force after 20 years of active military service. Official was opened by Brig. Gen. Russell K. Pierce, Jr., AWS com- U. S. Air Force photograph. mander. Other AWS participants included Col. William S. Barney, vice commander, and Dr. Robert D. Fletcher, direc- Stormfury, a joint Department of Defense-Department of tor of aerospace sciences. Commerce program of hurricane experiments. In addition Milton L. Blanc has accepted a post as technical officer to this new post, he will retain his present position as di- at the World Meteorological Organization headquarters, rector of ESSA's National Hurricane Research Laboratory Geneva, Switzerland, where his duties will continue his in Miami, Fla. He succeeds Dr. Joanne Simpson, now chief activities in agricultural meteorology. His prior affiliation was of the Experimental Meteorology Branch, ESSA Institute as field research coordinator for ESSA's Environmental Data for Atmospheric Sciences, who had directed Project Storm- Service, Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz. fury since 1965, and who will continue her affiliation with Dr. Horace R. Byers, dean, College of Geosciences, Texas it in an advisory capacity. A&M University, has been elected Second Vice President of Air Force Commendation Medals for the periods listed the Gulf Universities Research Corporation (GURC). Prof. have been awarded recently to the following AMS members: Robert O. Reid, also of Texas A&M, was named to a GURC Col. Albert P. Gsell, Jr. (First Oak Leaf Cluster), Hq AWS, committee which will consider the establishment of a Gulf Aug. 1962-July 1966; Col. Clifford A. Spohn (Second Oak of Mexico Investigation Year, to be patterned after the Leaf Cluster), 6th Wea. Wg., June 1965-Aug. 1966; Col. International Geophysical Year. Arnold E. Zimmerman, 9th Wea. Wg., July 1964-June 1966; Prior to his reassignment to Seymour AFB, N. C., Maj. Lt. Col. Charles D. Easley, 28th Wea. Sq., July 1963-July Robert M. Chamberlain received double honors as com- 1966; Lt. Col. Albert Ehrlich, Det. 40, 28th Wea. Sq., Aug. mander of Det> 53, 1st Wea. Wg., Taipei, Taiwan. Maj. Gen. 1964-Aug. 1966; Lt. Col. Winston G. Miller (First Oak Leaf Huang, Wei-King, commander of the Chinese Air Force Cluster), 3rd Wea. Wg., July 1965-Sept. 1966; Lt. Col. George Weather Wing, presented him with a set of weather B. Skinner, 15th Wea. Sq., from July 1961 and from Aug. observer wings, and Brig. Gen. Thomas N. Wilson, com- 1963-June 1966; Lt. Col. Anthony J. G. Timmerman, 8th mander of PACAF's 327th Air Division, awarded him the Wea. Sq., July 1965-Apr. 1966; Lt. Col. Elsworth J. Zimmer- Air Force commendation medal. man, 8th Wea. Sq., Apr. 1965-June 1966; Maj. Christopher Harold H. Coutts is on assignment from the British Bowen, 1st Wea. Wg., July 1964-June 1966; Maj. Howard Civil Service to the Tropical Pesticides Research Institute C. Brown, South Ruislip Forecast Ctr., June 1963-May 1966; in Arusha, Tanzania. Maj. David A. Bush, Det. 18, 9th Wea. Sq., Nov. 1964-June George W. Cry, research meteorologist in the Environ- 1966; Maj. Charles R. Campbell, 53rd Wea. Rec. Sq., July mental Data Service's Laboratory for Environmental Data 1964-Apr. 1966; Maj. Ralph W. Thomas, Det. 1, 3rd Wea. Research, was chosen to be the Louisiana state climatolo- Wg., July 1964-July 1966; Maj. Harold S. Vartanian, 3rd Wea. gist. He has moved into a new office on the LSU campus at Wg., Sept. 1964-Aug. 1966; Capt. Peter N. Micale, W7ea. Sup. Baton Rouge, where he is also a member of the university Force, June 1965-Aug. 1965; Capt. Billy L. Moore, Hq U. S. faculty. Strike Command, Jan. 1965-July 1966; Capt. James B. Wright, James G. Egan of United Aircraft Corporate Systems Cen- Hq AWS, Jan. 1964-May 1966; 1st Lt. Larry W. Wallace, ter has been transferred from Waltham, Mass., where he 17th Bombardment Wg. (SAC), July 1964-Oct. 1965; CMSgt. represented his company at Air Weather Service Project Orus W. Byrd, 16th Wea. Sq., Aug. 1964-July 1966. 433L, to the Center's headquarters at Farmington, Conn., Graden Harger is chief, Range Support Branch, at the new where he is a systems analyst. Space Operations Support Division, W7eather Bureau Office of Dr. R. Cecil Gentry has been appointed director of Project Meteorological Operations. 116 Unauthenticated | Downloaded 09/28/21 06:45 AM UTC Bulletin American Meteorological Society Norman Matson, meteorologist in charge of the Weather of the atmosphere at various longitudes, the first time such Bureau's Seattle Forecast Center, was a speaker at the measurements have been taken above man-made contaminants opening of the Northrup Interchange of Interstate Highway on the Earth's surface over such a large longitudinal range. 405 in Seattle on 22 November. The Weather Bureau was Prof. Zdenek Sekera, chairman of UCLA's Department of given special recognition for the weather and climatological Meteorology, has been awarded a senior postdoctoral fellow- aid it provided during planning and construction of the ship by the National Science Foundation. His plans include interchange. work at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Paine of Bay Village, Ohio, have London, England, the Physical Research Laboratory, entered the Peace Corps. They are assigned to the British Ahmedabad, India, and the University of Munich, Germany. Honduras where Mr. Paine, recently a student at Pennsyl- Col. Robert L. Sorey, 3rd Weather Wing commander, Offutt vania State University, will help establish weather stations AFB, Nebr., has received the Legion of Merit for his service and train meteorological personnel. as staff meteorologist at the Pacific Air Forces headquarters Among the 22 ESSA scientists participating in the 1966-67 and as 1st Weather Wing commander from June 1964 to U. S. Antarctic Research Program are John C. Plankinton, June 1966. Colonel Sorey was cited for "significant contribu- Jr., Corvallis, Oreg., and Brent E. Scudder, Bronx, N. Y., both tions to the effectiveness and success of the United States Air of the W7eather Bureau. Mr. Plankinton is a member of the Force program in the Pacific Theatre and specifically in wintering party at Pole Station. Mr. Scudder was a member mainland Southeast Asia." His efforts, the citation states, re- of the 1966 wintering party and is remaining through this sulted in scientific advances, enhancement of flying safety, summer season. and development of more effective concepts for direct support Robert E. Ruskin of the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory, of combat operations in Southeast Asia. "He was highly Washington, D. C., headed a Navy team of military personnel instrumental in the resolution of many complex problems of and civilian scientists on a 22,000 mile round-trip flight major importance to the Air Force in the Pacific Theater," to Australia for the purpose of collecting data on atmos- the citation noted. pheric physics. While in Australia, the team carried out co- Victor M. Sproge retired from the San Francisco office operative studies with the cloud physics group at the of the Weather Bureau, ESSA, in October, after thirty years Commonweath Scientific and Industrial Research Organiza- of Federal service. tion in Sydney. The flight, made in a specially instrumented Gene L. Wooldridge of the Physics Department, Mankato aircraft, enabled the scientists to obtain geographical dis- State College, Mankato, Minn., has received a National tribution of cloud condensation nuclei over a wide area, and Science Foundation science faculty fellowship for advanced to make measurements of the electrical field and conductivity studies in meteorology at Colorado State University. For the Accurate Measurement of Direct Solar Radiation EPLAB ANGSTROM PYRHELIOMETER The electrical compensation pyrheliometer (e) Built-in, heavy-duty microswitch facili- introduced by K. Angstrom is one of the tates instrument operation. best-known instruments for measuring the intensity of the sun's radiation. It is one of If employed with the associated Eppley the most reliable of pyrheliometers and, if control unit, repeatability of ±0.1 per carefully handled, retains the calibration cent, with steady sky conditions, valueoover periods of years. One of the principal uses is readily obtained in the pyrheliometer indications. This the Angstrom pyrheliometer is as a primary working control unit comprises a 4-range precision milliammeter standard for the calibration of secondary pyrheliometers with a fixed 4-point current checking potentiometer (accu- and pyranometers. racy about 0.01 per cent), an electronic null detector and This new Eppley model is a special development intro- associated circuitry to permit near simultaneous opera- duced in collaboration with Dr.