This video contains 1989 interviews with Raymond Falconer, Vincent Schaefer, Duncan Blanchard, and Bernard Vonnegut discussing the early days of cloud seeding and the development of the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, SUNY. Schaefer helped found ASRC in 1960 and served as its Director of Research until 1966 when he became Director. Schaefer brought highly qualified atmospheric science researchers to ASRC, many of whom he had met through his work at GE and Munitalp. Bernard Vonnegut, Raymond Falconer and Duncan Blanchard were all veterans of Project Cirrus who joined Schaefer at ASRC during the 1960s. It also includesd footage and images of cloud seeding and ASRC.

Date created

• 1993

Type

• Video

Creator

• Johnnie Angus

Duration

• 1:22:57

Master Format

• MOV

Identifier

• nam_ua_390_video_000001

Subject

• Cloud seeding
• Raymond Falconer
• Blanchard, Duncan
• Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
• Vonnegut, Bernard
• Schaefer, Vincent

License

• Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

  

ITEM CONTEXT

Collection

Atmospheric Science Research Center Records

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the University Archives