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In the 1960s, Bacon-Bercey rejoined NOAA in its New York City offices as a radar meteorologist. [9] In 1971, she joined WGR-TV as a news reporter, in which role she covered the Attica Prison riot. [14] In 1972, she became the station's on-air meteorologist after the previous meteorologist was arrested for bank robbery. [3]
Ernest Gold was born at Berkswell, near Coventry, Warwickshire, in 1881. [4] His parents were John Gold, a tenant farmer, and Ellen Gold née Peckett. [2] He was educated at Coleshill Grammar School and Mason University College (which became the University of Birmingham). [5] Gold then attended St John's College, Cambridge. [6]
The first television image of Earth from space from the TIROS-1 weather satellite. 1959 – The first weather satellite, Vanguard 2, was launched on February 17. It was designed to measure cloud cover, but a poor axis of rotation kept it from collecting a notable amount of useful data.
Harold Earnest Taft Jr. (September 5, 1922 – September 27, 1991), affectionately known as "The World's Greatest Weatherman" and "The Dean of TV Meteorologists", was the first television meteorologist west of the Mississippi River and held the post for a record 41 years.
Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby (Swedish pronunciation: [kɑːɭ ˈɡɵ̂sːtav ˈǎrːvɪd ˈrɔ̌sːbʏ] 28 December 1898 – 19 August 1957) was a Swedish-born American meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics.
The former chief meteorologist — once described by The News & Observer as the Triangle’s most famous weatherman — in early August launched a subscription-based Patreon account, where he ...
Lewis Fry Richardson, FRS [1] (11 October 1881 – 30 September 1953) was an English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist, and pacifist who pioneered modern mathematical techniques of weather forecasting, and the application of similar techniques to studying the causes of wars and how to prevent them.
In the first year of the Oscars, winners could be honored for single movies, multiple films, or a body of work. Janet Gaynor won best actress for her roles in "Sunrise," "7th Heaven" and "Street ...