Wissenschaft um 1950 [Letters, Scientific, 1938-1956]

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Series[UMA-SRE-20190020] PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE OF FRITZ LOEWEAccession[1988.0020] Consolidated Papers of Fritz Philipp LoeweIdentifierUMA-ITE-2019002000035Scope and ContentFolder containing professional correspondence between Fritz Loewe and various international and Australian colleagues and peers (1947-1956), including postcards and handwritten drafts and carbon copies of Loewe's letters. Names of some correspondents are illegible. At front of file is a bundle of correspondence (1938-1954) with Inigo Jones, H.I. Jensen and others regarding long range forecasting of weather conditions in Australia, including articles and papers by Fritz Loewe and researchers. Loewe was a member of the "Inigo Jones' Committee" appointed by the Federal Government in 1938 to investigate Inigo Jones' work on seasonal forecasting, which led to the establishment of The Long Range Weather Forecasting Trust, funded initially by the Bank of New South Wales.
Topics include: Long range weather forecasting; Contribution to American Meteorological Society Compendium of Meteorology; Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Measurement; Glaciers at Boothia Felix; Aircraft altitude; Antarctic Expedition 1950; Corrections and comments on translations, research and publications; Donation of Emperor Penguin Egg, Adelie Land, to National Museum (Melbourne); Dr Wagner report on microclimatic studies at Tatura; Heard Island observations; Coloured sun phenomenon; Melbourne University Mountaineering Club; New Zealand Antarctic expeditions; Articles and letters submitted for publication; ANZAAS Meteorological Symposium 1955.
Senders / Recipients include: Fritz Loewe; David Rivett, CSIRO; John Medley, Vice-Chancellor, University of Melbourne; Inigo Jones, Bureau of Seasonal Forecasting, Queensland / Crohamhurst Observatory / The Long Range Weather Forecasting Trust; L.C. Holmes, Bank of New South Wales; A.C. Davidson, General Manager, Bank of New South Wales; H.I. Jensen, The Long Range Weather Forecasting Trust; H.G. Houghton, Committee on the Compendium of Meteorology, American Meteorological Society; Thomas Malone, American Meteorological Society; Werner Sandner; Leslie H. Davis, New Zealand Scientific Liaison Officer; Gerhard Neumann; Büdel; G. Seligman, British Glaciological Society; J. Wreford Watson, Geographical Bureau, Ottawa; J. Warner, CSIRO; Mario Bossolasco, Geofisica pura e applicata; E.G. Bowen, CSIRO; G. Schott (postcard); W. Rudloff; John K. Davis; Hans Bobek, Geographisches Institut der Hochschule für Welthandel; T.J. Ransley; R.T.M Pescott, Director, The National Museum; F. Roßmann; Eberhard Reichel; P.A. Sheppard, Imperial College, London; Julius Bartels, Dominion Observatory, Ottawa; A. Menzi-Biland; Philip Law [?]; Erwin Christiani; N.E. Odell, University of Otago; Alfred Stephenson, City and Guild College, London; Rudolf Penndorf, AF Cambridge Research Center, Massachusetts; W.E. Saunders, Meteorological Office, Royal Airforce; L. Emberger; Johannes Georgi (postcard); Waldo E. Smith, American Geophysical Union; Hans G. Müller; Walter Georgii, Comisión Nacional de la Energía Atómica, Argentina; L. Dangeard; Clarence E. Palmer, University of California; F. Monheim; C.H.B. Priestley, CSIRO; B. Gutenberg, Seismological Laboratory, California; Robert Bögel (with dissertation); August Goetz; E.W. Thorpe, Department of Geography, University of Melbourne.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2019.0020 Unit 0004

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CreatorLoewe, Fritz P.RoleProvenance

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Date20 January 1938-26 June 1956

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Previous System ID2019.0020.00035Finding Aid Reference1988.0020 Unit 51/5

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Language of MaterialEnglish (eng)German (ger)French (fre)

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Wissenschaft um 1950 [Letters, Scientific, 1938-1956]