he still just talks about the weather. ![]()
Great story; thanks for the link.
BTW his views on the Little Ice Age have been spoken in other quarters as well, but are usually drowned by the noise from politicians on both sides. Also, IMO there's no doubt that mankind has developed the ability to affect climate to some extent, on top of 'normal' changes. Problem is, our contribution can be improved only by a concerted effort of a kind we have proved - many times - to be impossible. (Call me when there's a true worldwide peace treaty, then we'll talk global warming.)
Some people are lucky enough to enjoy their work, some are lucky enough to love it, and then there?s Reid Bryson. At age 86, he?s still hard at it every day, delving into the science some say he invented.
Reid A. Bryson holds the 30th PhD in Meteorology granted in the history of American education. Emeritus Professor and founding chairman of the University of Wisconsin Department of Meteorology?now the Department of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences?in the 1970s he became the first director of what?s now the UW?s Gaylord Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies. He?s a member of the United Nations Global 500 Roll of Honor?created, the U.N. says, to recognize ?outstanding achievements in the protection and improvement of the environment.? He has authored five books and more than 230 other publications and was identified by the British Institute of Geographers as the most frequently cited climatologist in the world.
Long ago in the Army Air Corps, Bryson and a colleague prepared the aviation weather forecast that predicted discovery of the jet stream by a group of B-29s flying to and from Tokyo. Their warning to expect westerly winds at 168 knots earned Bryson and his friend a chewing out from a general?and the general?s apology the next day when he learned they were right. Bryson flew into a couple of typhoons in 1944, three years before the Weather Service officially did such things, and he prepared the forecast for the homeward flight of the Enola Gay. Back in Wisconsin, he built a program at the UW that?s trained some of the nation?s leading climatologists
http://www.wecnmagazine.com/2007issues/may/may07.html

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