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Records of University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Cloud and Aerosol Research Group, 1972-2001

Overview of the Collection

Creator
University of Washington. Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Cloud and Aerosol Research Group
Title
Records of University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Cloud and Aerosol Research Group
Dates
1972-2001 (inclusive)
Quantity
29.81 cubic feet (26 boxes, including 771 VHS tapes, 26 reels of 35mm film and 35mm film strips, 20 CDs, 2 ZIP drives, and 1 audiocassette)
Collection Number
UW Resource No. 00294
Summary
Grant and committee files and flight films from the group
Repository
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

Public records, but advance notice is required to allow for screening of materials protected from disclosure by law. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice required for use.

Request at UW

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Historical Note

The Cloud and Aerosol Research Group (CARG) in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, is concerned with three broad areas of research: atmospheric aerosols and trace gases, the physics and chemistry of clouds and precipitation, and mesoscale processes associated with cloud and precipitation systems. Current studies are rooted in field observations; however, conceptual and numerical model development has been included in the recent studies, such as the IMPROVE Project, which involves the analysis of a large data set on the structure of clouds in the Pacific Northwest with the goal of improving the representation of cloud and precipitation processes in mesoscale models. CARG was founded by Professor Peter V. Hobbs in 1963. In the early 1960s, the research work of the CARG revolved around laboratory and theoretical studies of cloud processes. In the late 1960s the CARG started to do ground-based field studies including measurements from a field station on Mt. Olympus in the Olympic National Park, Washington. In 1970 CARG obtained its first research aircraft; at the end of 2001, the CARG closed down its aircraft program in order to concentrate its efforts on analyses of the large amounts of airborne data it has collected.

Source: "A Brief History of the Cloud and Aerosol Research Group" https://carg.atmos.washington.edu/

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Content Description

Grant files and flight films. Includes VHS and 35 mm film reels and strips.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Public Records (use unrestricted when access is granted)

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Organized into 4 accessions.

  • Accession No. 02-043, University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Cloud and Aerosol Research Group Records, 1990-1997
  • Accession No. 04-002, University of Washington Department of Atmospheric Sciences. Cloud and Aerosol Research Group Records, 1984-1999
  • Accession No. 22-040, University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Cloud and Aerosol Research Group records, 1975-2001
  • Accession No. 24-059, University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Cloud and Aerosol Research Group records, 1972-1995

Acquisition Information

Received from Atmospheric Sciences Cloud and Aerosol Research, October 6, 2003, and Art Rangno, 2022.

Processing Note

Minimally processed.

Related Materials

The Cloud and Aerosol Research website has been regularly captured by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine since 2024. The snapshots can be viewed here https://wayback.archive-it.org/4366/*/https://carg.atmos.washington.edu/ .

University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences records, UW Resource 00293

Peter Hobbs papers, mss. 5752

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

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Subject Terms

  • University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)
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