This book describes the evolution and development of the Division's research throughout the years and the ways in which scientists responded to the needs of the community. Winds of Change also presents a very human face of science, chronicling the personalities, and the highs and lows of scientific research.
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapters:
The Beginning
Meteorology in CSIR
The first research plans
First appointments
Research begins
Consolidation
Cold fronts and sea breezes
Monitoring moisture, fighting frost
Probing the lower atmosphere
Measuring solar and thermal radiation
Measuring ozone in the upper atmosphere
Recorders, radars and radiometers
Expansion
Meteorology: from smallest to largest scales
Modelling the atmosphere: computers and water tanks
Ozone: high and low
Tracking radioactive fallout
Carbon dioxide studies begin
The growth of aircraft experiments
The great outdoors
Development of instruments for field experiments
Broadened Horizons
The atmosphere and the oceans in a tank of water
Outstanding in the field
What goes up . . .
Regional meteorology
Theories of atmospheric motion
Climate change: natural and unnatural
Research active and passive: remote sensing
Chemistry of the atmosphere
Capitalising on Investments
Meteorology: observations and models
Urban and regional air pollution
Dynamics of the atmosphere
Land, air and space: remote sensing
The changing composition of the atmosphere
Clouds and precipitation
Climate modelling and impacts
Epilogue
" . . . will be of interest to a wide range of meteorologists, to other scientists and to historians, both in Australia and overseas. Its significant contribution to the history of meteorology in Australia will also deserve a place on the shelves of many Australian and overseas libraries." Bill Gibbs, Australian Meteorological Magazine Volume 48, No. 2, June 1999
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