Corporate Body
Commonwealth Meteorology Research Centre (CMRC) (1969 - 1974)
- From
- March 1969
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - To
- 1974
- Functions
- Meteorology
- Location
- Melbourne, Victoria
Summary
The Commonwealth Meteorology Research Centre (CMRC) was established in 1969 as a joint venture between the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO, to research and develop numerical prognosis and analysis systems that could be implemented operationally by the Bureau, and to research and develop atmospheric general circulation models to study atmospheric behaviour, with a particular focus on understanding climate variability in the Australian region.
The CMRC was a collaborative venture between the Bureau of Meteorology and the CSIRO, and was located within the Bureau with access to Bureau facilities. In 1974 it underwent a name change becoming the Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre.
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
Journal Articles
- 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-1476152. Details
See also
- Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_c.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: 7 March 2006
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