Philip Duncan Thompson Papers 1944-1990s
Language: English Description: 33.00 Linear FeetSubject(s): Online resources: Abstract: Arrangement is by material type. The collection consists of ten series in twenty-two boxes: Series I: NCAR/UCAR Subseries A: Administration Subseries B: Board and committee materials Subseries C: Financial materials Subseries D: Reports Subseries E: Program/Project files Subseries F: Research files Subseries G: Meetings and conferences Subseries H: Trips Series II: United States Air Force Subseries A: Miscellaneous Subseries B: Orders Subseries C: Reports Subseries D: Trips Series III: Personal Subseries A: Education Subseries B: Biographical materials Series IV: Correspondence and memorandum Series V: Presentations and speeches Series VI: Publications Series VII: Organizations Subseries A: AMS Sub-subseries 1: Presidency materials Sub-subseries 2: Committee materials Sub-subseries 3: Conference materials Subseries B: NASA Subseries C: CAS Subseries D: WMO Series VIII: Raw data Subseries A: Charts and graphs Subseries B: Calculations and equations Subseries C: MIZZI printouts Series IX: Visual materials Subseries A: Photographs Subseries B: Awards Subseries C: Oral histories Series X: Miscellaneous Subseries A: Press releases/Newsletters Subseries B: Reports Subseries C: Subject files Subseries D: Unidentified materialsScope and content: These papers document the career of Philip Duncan Thompson (1922-1994), whose research focused on the large-scale dynamics of the atmosphere, numerical weather prediction, and the statistical theory of hydrodynamic turbulence. The materials cover his career as a regular officer in the United States Air Force in meteorology beginning in World War II, continuing at the Institute for Advanced Study's Electronic Computer Project, the Air Force Cambridge Research Labs, the Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit, MIT, and the University of Stockholm. Much of the collection documents his critical administrative work for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, where he served in many directorial positions. The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches and lectures, articles and manuscript drafts, teaching materials, notes and calculations, clippings, awards, printed matter, photographs, oral histories, and other materials.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Some materials in the collection are restricted, contact the Archivist for access. Select materials in the Financial and Correspondence/Memoranda subseries and the Personal series are restricted.
Arrangement is by material type.
The collection consists of ten series in twenty-two boxes:
Series I: NCAR/UCAR
Subseries A: Administration
Subseries B: Board and committee materials
Subseries C: Financial materials
Subseries D: Reports
Subseries E: Program/Project files
Subseries F: Research files
Subseries G: Meetings and conferences
Subseries H: Trips
Series II: United States Air Force
Subseries A: Miscellaneous
Subseries B: Orders
Subseries C: Reports
Subseries D: Trips
Series III: Personal
Subseries A: Education
Subseries B: Biographical materials
Series IV: Correspondence and memorandum
Series V: Presentations and speeches
Series VI: Publications
Series VII: Organizations
Subseries A: AMS
Sub-subseries 1: Presidency materials
Sub-subseries 2: Committee materials
Sub-subseries 3: Conference materials
Subseries B: NASA
Subseries C: CAS
Subseries D: WMO
Series VIII: Raw data
Subseries A: Charts and graphs
Subseries B: Calculations and equations
Subseries C: MIZZI printouts
Series IX: Visual materials
Subseries A: Photographs
Subseries B: Awards
Subseries C: Oral histories
Series X: Miscellaneous
Subseries A: Press releases/Newsletters
Subseries B: Reports
Subseries C: Subject files
Subseries D: Unidentified materials
These papers document the career of Philip Duncan Thompson (1922-1994), whose research focused on the large-scale dynamics of the atmosphere, numerical weather prediction, and the statistical theory of hydrodynamic turbulence. The materials cover his career as a regular officer in the United States Air Force in meteorology beginning in World War II, continuing at the Institute for Advanced Study's Electronic Computer Project, the Air Force Cambridge Research Labs, the Joint Numerical Weather Prediction Unit, MIT, and the University of Stockholm. Much of the collection documents his critical administrative work for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, where he served in many directorial positions. The papers consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches and lectures, articles and manuscript drafts, teaching materials, notes and calculations, clippings, awards, printed matter, photographs, oral histories, and other materials.
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Not all of the material in the collection is in the public domain. Researchers are responsible for addressing copyright issues.
The Papers of Philip Duncan Thompson is related to many collections in the NCAR Archives due to the natural relationship of NCAR records. Some related materials in the NCAR Archives include the Records of the Climate and Global Dynamics Division (CGD) and the UCAR/NCAR Oral History Project.
Finding aid online: https://aspace.archives.ucar.edu/repositories/2/resources/5