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Norbert Untersteiner papers, 1958-1988
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Untersteiner, Norbert, 1926-2012
- Title
- Norbert Untersteiner papers
- Dates
- 1958-1988 (inclusive)19581988
- Quantity
- 8.70 cubic feet (9 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 6256 (Accession No. 6256-001)
- Summary
- Papers of a University of Washington professor of atmospheric science and researcher into polar ice
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
- Languages
- English, German, Norwegian, Russian
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
A pioneer in polar-science research, Norbert Untersteiner was born on February 24, 1926 in Merano, Italy, but grew up in Salzburg, Austria. He studied physics at the University of Innsbruk and received his PhD in 1950. He first came to the University of Washington in 1957 as scientific leader of Ice Station Alpha, one of two floating stations in the Arctic Ocean during that time. He then returned to teach in Vienna. In 1962 Untersteiner returned to the University of Washington as a faculty member, becoming a professor of atmospheric science and geophysics in 1967. He developed the thermodynamic sea-ice model in 1963 which he later extended with Gary Maykut, still used by scientists today. In 1968 he established the University's snow and ice graduate curriculum. In 1969 he helped to develop and later lead the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (AIDJEX), which became the template for all subsequent fieldwork in the Arctic. After AIDJEX ended in 1978, the University of Washington formed the Polar Science Center, which later became part of its Applied Physics Laboratory. Untersteiner worked as the scientific advisor for arctic and polar affairs at the Office of Naval Research in 1978, then director of the Ocean Programs Office at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration two years later. He returned to the University of Washington in 1981 where he directed the Polar Science Center until 1988. There he helped to establish the International Arctic Buoy Program, designed for long-term climate monitoring. He chaired the department of atmospheric science from 1988 to 1997. He then moved to the University of Alaska Fairbanks until 2005. Untersteiner died in Seattle on March 14, 2012.
Sources: "Norbert Untersteiner" in Physics Today, 2012, https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT.3.1615
"UW's Norbert Untersteiner was pioneer in polar-science research" in The Seattle Times, 22 March 2012, https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/uws-norbert-untersteiner-was-pioneer-in-polar-science-research/
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Correspondence, reports, articles, meeting minutes, and notes from a University of Washington professor of atmospheric sciences. Materials include Project Husky files, including scientific and technical reports.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged in 2 series:
- Series 1, Personal Papers
- Series 2, Sea Ice Studies- Project Husky
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Personal RecordsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 1 | Air-Sea-Ice Editorial |
1981-1983 |
| 1 | Carol Pease CV & publications |
1975-1985 |
| 1 | A surface field phase perturbation method for scattering
from rough surfaces (draft report) |
1985 |
| 1 | Miscellaneous correspondence, pamphlets |
1978-1988 |
| 1 | Alphabetically filed correspondence |
1988 |
| 1 | General correspondence (5 folders) |
1982-1986 |
| 1 | Reading files (2 folders) |
1983-1984 |
| 1 | Correspondence sorted by individual (7 folders);
Johannessen, Brown, Carsey, Lewis, Roots, Taagholt, and Rolex
Correspondence |
1983-1985 |
| 1 | Funded proposals |
|
| 1 | Geophysics |
1983-1986 |
| 1 | General University |
1982-83 |
| 1 | Research advisory Board |
1983 |
| 1 | ONR Institutional Program |
1985 |
| 1 | PICO (Polar Ice Coring Office) |
1985-1988 |
| 1 | Atmospheric Sciences |
1983-1988 |
| 1 | Andreas Heiberg |
1985 |
| 1 | Al Hielscher |
1985 |
| 1 | Kumud Biswas support-Atmospheric Sci. |
1987-1988 |
| 1 | Polarboken journal |
1983-1984 |
| 1 | WCRP (world climate research program)
correspondence |
1982-1985 |
| 1 | WMO/ICSU Joint Scientific Committee Meeting Hangzhou
China |
1984 |
| 2 | Meeting on the experts of sea ice & climate
modelling (3 folders) |
1980-1984 |
| 2 | Sea ice, arctic policy, NOAA, NASA, and NSF
correspondence, plans for deep ice core in central Greenland (30
folders) |
1980-1986 |
| 9 | Atm Sci 101 class notes (incl. course
reviews) Access restricted: items should be screened for sensitive
information
|
1987 |
| 3 | Glaciology, papers and handwritten notes |
1965-1968 |
| 3 | Glaciology lecture notes |
1963-1976 |
| 3 | Formation of snow and ice masses (class
notes) |
1960-1980? |
| 3 | Glaciology class notes |
1965-1970 |
| 3 | Richardson (notes about Lewis Fry Richardson and a
recommendation to name the ATG building after him) |
1969 |
| 3 | News clippings |
1971-1974 |
| 3 | News clippings |
1972-1976 |
| 9 | APL (Applied Physics Lab) search committee notes and
related materials Access restricted: items should be screened for sensitive
information
|
1978-1980 |
| 3 | Department of Oceanography: Current Research Activities;
correspondence |
1977 |
| 3 | Search Committee: Chairman Department of
Oceanography |
1977-1978 |
| 3 | Polar Science Center |
1978-1981 |
| 3 | Quaternary Research Center |
1978 |
| 3 | Miscellaneous correspondence, various
subjects |
1978-1982 |
| 9 | Kukla, Changes of Snow and Ice Fields in Time additional
funding request Access restricted: items should be screened for sensitive
information
|
1979 |
| 3 | Cost reports |
1983 |
| 3 | Arctic Buoy development/office of naval research
materials (4 folders) |
1981--1985 |
| 3 | Scientific committee on Antarctic research |
1985-1986 |
| 3 | Joint oceanographic assembly programs and
materials |
1982 |
| 3 | Science Applications International
consulting |
1982-1984 |
| 3 | UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric
Research) |
1984 |
| 3 | World Data Center correspondence |
1981-1982 |
| 3 | Geophysical institute, U of Alaska advisory
board |
1984-1985 |
| 3 | Applied Physics Laboratory Budget Request |
1983 |
Conference and Meeting Records |
||
| Box | ||
| 4 | Polar Science Center Correspondence |
1986 |
| 4 | Meetings Miscellaneous |
1985-1987 |
| 4 | Arctic Oceanography Conference |
1985 |
| 4 | Polar Oceans Climate Studies Panel |
1984 |
| 4 | International Conference on Ice Technology |
1986 |
| 4 | International Glaciology Society/Symposium |
1985 |
| 4 | Travel Miscellaneous |
1986 |
| 4 | Conferences not attended |
1984-1986 |
| 4 | Nordic Conference on Polar Research |
1984 |
| 4 | Bremerhaven Conference |
1983 |
| 4 | 13th Int'l Polar Meeting |
1983 |
| 4 | IUGG General Meeting |
1983 |
| 4 | WMO-JSC Meeting Huangzhou China |
1984 |
| 4 | Sapporo Japan |
1984 |
| 4 | Goeteborg, Sweden |
1983 |
| 4 | Arctic Technology Conference |
1983 |
| 4 | Symposium on Snow and Ice at the Earth's
Surface--Papers Committee |
1984 |
| 4 | Spaceborne Imaging Radar Symposium |
1983 |
| 4 | NASA Goodard Space Flight Center |
1982 |
| 4 | Washington, DC conference |
1982 |
| 4 | Conference on AER, Horvik Norway |
1982 |
| 4 | JOA Halifax, Nova Scotia |
1982 |
| 4 | CCCO/JSC Conference Tokyo |
1982 |
| 4 | GARP-JOC 13th Session Report Stockholm |
1977 |
| 4 | Arctic Studies Naval Research Review |
1982 |
| 4 | DoE Manuscript--Arctic Sea Ice Research |
1980 |
| 4 | Using Sea Ice to Measure Vertical Heat Flux in the
Atmosphere |
1979 |
| 4 | Comments on "An Ice Water Vortex at the Edge…" by
Wadhams & Squire, by Morison, Smith, Johannessen , Untersteiner |
1983 |
| 4 | Logistics Talk in WDC |
1983 |
| Box | ||
| 4 | Arctic Science Prize |
1984 |
| 4 | APL: Automatic Measurements of Vertical Ocean Heat Flux
and Ice Mass Balance |
1984 |
| 4 | McPhee Paper: "Turbulent Heat and Momentum Transfer in
the Oceanic Boundary Layer under Melting Pack Ice" |
1982 |
| 4 | Manuscript: "Sea Ice Floe Distribution: by Rothrock
& Thorndike |
1983 |
| 4 | Preprint: Grenfell-- "A Theoretical Model of the Optical
Properties of Sea Ice in the Visible and Near Infrared" |
1982 |
| 4 | Manuscript: "An Analytic Similarity Theory for the
Planetary Boundary Layer Stabilized by Surface Buoyancy" by Miles
McPhee |
1981 |
| 4 | Manuscript: "Spectral Albedos of Sea Ice and Incident
Solar Irradiance in the Southern Beaufort Sea" by Grenfell and
Perovich |
1983 |
| 4 | Zakharov, "Arctic Ice and Its Contemporary Natural
Environment" |
1983 |
| 4 | Proposals on Mass Balance Modeling (2
folders) |
1982 |
| 4 | Manuscript: "Optimum Expulsion of Brine from Sea Ice" by
Criminale Jr. and Lelong |
1983 |
| 4 | Sea Ice Primer Drafts |
1984-1986 |
| 4 | Decade of North American Geology |
1986 |
| 4 | Reviews of various papers (10 folders) |
1982 |
| 4 | Visiting appointment at U Catholique de
Louvain |
1983 |
| 9 | Job applicant's bibliographies Access restricted: items should be screened for sensitive
information
|
1983 |
| 4 | Award nominations (3 folders) |
1982-1983 |
| 9 | Student Information (6 folders) Access restricted: items should be screened for sensitive
information
|
1980-1984 |
| 4 | Wisconsin Application |
1982 |
| 4 | Roger Colony: correspondence and manuscripts (2
folders) |
1983-1987 |
| 4 | Naval Academy students blank form |
1983 |
| 4 | Voss Correspondence (2 folders) |
1980-1981 |
| 9 | John J Kelley's Reference Access restricted: items should be screened for sensitive
information
|
1984 |
| 5 | Institute of Marine Sciences U of Alaska |
1982 |
| 5 | Grant requests, research proposals |
1983-1985 |
| 5 | NSF GSP proposals (2 folders with notes) |
1983-1985 |
| 5 | NASA SSMI proposal and correspondence, reports, figures,
etc. (7 folders) |
1980-1984 |
| 5 | NASA Oceanic Processes Program fiscal year 19982;
"Soviet Development and Use of Drifting Automatic Radiometeorological Stations
for Arctic Research" by Olenicoff for Project Rand, 1968 |
1968, 1983 |
| 5 | Arctic Data Buoy Program (2 folders) |
1982-1987 |
| 5 | University Research Initiative Prop. |
1986 |
| 5 | Ocean Tracer Studies |
1982 |
| 5 | GISP |
1983-1985 |
| 5 | PoleStar (Navy Project) |
1983-1984 |
| 5 | Ocean Topography Studies (TOPEX) |
1985 |
| 5 | Scatterometer |
1985 |
| 5 | Ross Sea Data Buoy Project |
1986-1987 |
| 5 | Bering Marginal Ice Zone Experiments (MIZEX), papers,
correspondence, etc. (6 folders) |
1981-1987 |
| 5 | Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (AIDJEX) proposal,
notes, etc (2 folders) |
1982 |
| 5 | Air-Sea-Ice Project notes, papers, correspondence (5
folders) |
1981-1984 |
| 6 | Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and the
Ocean (JISAO) |
1984-1986 |
| 6 | College of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences (2
folders) |
1982-1987 |
| 9 | Individual personnel files (12 folders); correspondence,
some employee evaluations, CVs etc. Access restricted: items should be screened for sensitive
information
|
1984-1988 |
| 6 | Polar Science Center (2 folders) |
1986-1987 |
| 6 | Applied Physics Laboratory Records (11 folders plus
loose documents) Include newsletters, correspondence, and reports
|
1982-1986 |
| 6 | "The Fram Strait Project" by Monica Kristensen, 2
copies |
1983 |
| 6 | CAI (Comite Arctique International) (2
folders) |
1982-1988 |
| 6 | Arctic Institute of North America |
1987 |
| 6 | Geological Society of America |
1983 |
| 6 | German Polar Society (2 folders) |
1983-1988 |
| 6 | Foreign Applied Sciences Assessment Center
(FASAC) |
1985 |
| 6 | Fuel and Mineral Resources Inc. (2 folders) |
1986 |
| 6 | International Commission on Snow and Ice
correspondence |
1982 |
| 6 | International Glaciological Society |
1988 |
Series 2: Sea Ice Studies- Project HuskyReturn to Top
Project Husky was a series of studies conducted from 1958-1968 under government contract
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Box | ||
| 6 | UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Scientific Report
#5, 1962 data, 1964 publication(2 copies) |
1964 |
| 6 | UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences Technical Report
"An Analysis of Carbon Dioxide in the Arctic Atmosphere at Point Barrow,
Alaska" by John J Kelley, JR |
1964 |
| 7 | University of Washington Dept. of Meteorology and
Climatology Scientific Report Station Arlis-I Oceanography 1960-1961 (parts 1
and 2, 2 copies) |
1962 |
| 7 | Scientific Report #4 (1 report) |
1964 |
| 7 | Scientific Report Nos. 2 and 3 (2 folders) |
1959-1963 |
| 7 | Annual & Final Reports (14 folders) Research includes: heat and mass budget of arctic sea ice,
crystallography and physics of arctic ice, sea ice drift, micrometeorology,
radiation, atmospheric chemistry, and arctic oceanography
|
1959-1964 |
| 7 | Annual & Semi-annual Reports (7 folders) |
1965-1968 |
| 7 | Bibliography |
1968 |
| 7 | Technical Reports 1-40 (40 folders with reports and
initial distribution info, plus a joint technical report) |
1958-1968 |
| 7 | Scientific Report #13 (2 copies) |
1968 |
| 7 | Scientific Report #11 and #12, (4 reports & some
correspondence) |
1968 |
| 7 | Scientific Report #10, 1966 data |
1967 |
| 8 | Scientific Report #6 (1 book) |
1965 |
| 8 | Scientific Report #7 (two copies vol 1, 1 copy vol 2)
data from 1961-1963 |
1966-1967 |
| 8 | Scientific Report #9 (3 bound copies & 1 draft of
the same report) 1965 data |
1967 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
Personal Names
- Untersteiner, Norbert, 1926-2012--Archives
Geographical Names
- Arctic regions--Research--Sources
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives
