Corporate Body
Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC) (1974 - 1984)
- From
- 1974
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1984
- Functions
- Meteorology
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
Following a review of the Commonwealth Meteorology Research Centre (CMRC) in 1973, the CMRC changed its name and structure, becoming the Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC) in 1974. It became an independent unit, with an Officer-in-Charge responsible to the CSIRO and the Secretary, Department of Science (and successor agencies).
Related entries
Timeline
1969 - 1974 Commonwealth Meteorology Research Centre (CMRC)
1974 - 1984 Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC)
Collaborative Partners
Published resources
Books
- Garratt, John; Angus, David; and Holper, Paul, Winds of Change: Fifty Years of Achievements in the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research 1946-1996 (Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 1998), 136 (148) pp. Details
- Seaman, R. S., ANMRC - victim of institutional politics? (Melbourne: Bureau of Meteorology, 2004), 29 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- 'New Head for ANMRC', Weather News, 242 (March 1978) (1978), 7. Details
- Gentilli, J., 'A History of Meteorological and Climatological Studies in Australia', University Studies in History, 5 (1967), 54-88. Details
Reports
- Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre, CMRC/ANMRC valedictory report: 1969-1984 (Melbourne: ANMRC, 1984), 160 pp. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-619212. Details
Reviews
- Seaman, R. S., ANMRC - victim of institutional politics? (2004)
Day, David, Historical Records of Australian Science, 19 (1), (2008), 109-11, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR08003. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_a.html. Details
- Garratt, J. R.; Webb, E. K.; and Mccarthy, S., 'Charles Henry Brian Priestley. 8 July 1915 - 18 May 1998', Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 57 (2011), 349-78, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2011.0015. Details
- Garratt, J. R.; Webb, E. K.; and Mccarthy, S., 'Charles Henry Brian Priestley 1915-1998', Historical Records of Australian Science, 22 (1) (2011), 126-51, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR11001. Details
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Created: 19 February 2001, Last modified: 6 March 2006
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