AHJ_ah550004 Inventory of the University of Wyoming. Department of Atmospheric Science records, 1960-2021 University of Wyoming. Department of Atmospheric Science records Processed by Jamie J. Greene University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center
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 Finding aid encoded by Jamie J. Greene November 2021 Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard, 2nd Edition). University of Wyoming American Heritage Center 550004 University of Wyoming. Department of Atmospheric Science University of Wyoming. Department of Atmospheric Science records 1960-2021 Website capture 2021-ongoing 13.28 cubic ft. (14 boxes) + website Collection contains department records, photographs, negatives, slides, website crawls, and scrapbooks regarding the activities and research of the University of Wyoming, Department of Atmospheric Science. English History of University of Wyoming. Department of Atmospheric Science

The University of Wyoming, Department of Atmospheric Science was established in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences to educate and research climate, high-impact weather, and air quality. They became leaders in airborne atmospheric research through the development of the UW King Air research aircraft facility, started in the 1960’s. It was a cornerstone of their observational facilities, with field campaigns across the US and internationally.

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Collection contains department records, photographs, negatives, slides, website crawls, and scrapbooks regarding the activities and research of the University of Wyoming, Department of Atmospheric Science.

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This material was received from University of Wyoming. Department of Atmospheric Science from July 2020-April 2024 and the University of Wyoming. Coe Library in September 2024.

The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in November 2021 and updated in November 2025.

There are no known other archival collections created by University of Wyoming. Department of Atmospheric Science at the date of processing.

 Access Terms University of Wyoming. College of Engineering and Applied Science Atmospheric science -- Study and teaching (Higher) Weather -- Study and teaching (Higher) Climate -- Study and teaching (Higher) Air quality -- Study and teaching (Higher) Wyoming -- History -- 1946-1999 Wyoming -- History -- 2000- <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Education Colleges and Universities Wyoming Science, Technology and Health Series I. Administration Records Sub-series 1. Office Files 7Brees Field Airport Board (minutes and financials)1988-1989 Financial Records: 7State auditor's office expenditure distribution code effective November 1, 19801980 7Cost analysis and UW Flight Facility financial reports - (2 folders)1988-1990 7Invoices1987-1989 Operations, Laboratory, and Research Equipment Files and Manuals, A-Z: 8Acoustic echo, Ross labs - depth finders and recorders1973 8Acoustic echo sounder mark VII Edward Jones memorandum1975 8Acoustic echo sounder NOAA mark VII1975 8Acoustic echoes - quantitative1975 8AGI seeding burner1973 8Agi formula1970 8Aircraft - areo - sb lite satcom system2009 8NZUW aircraft data system1992 8Amplifier - Crown / Bogenundated 8Amplifiers - Ken Sassen graduate student projectundated 8Anderson Samplerundated 8ATV (Cushman)undated 8Psychrometer Assmann1968-1972 8Balloon info1967 8Brooks inst co.1972 8Colspan balloon sondeundated 8Cloud gun1968 8Compass M21963 8Instruction manual for thermo-diffusion cloud nuclei counterundated 9Cambridge dew point hygrometer1969 9Deltec Corp. power inverter1974 9EICO grio dip meter1959 9Event recorder esterline angusundated 9Flares agI type1970 9Gardner assoc inc1961-1962 9Generator (freq converter 400 ru)1962 9Generator (seeding type)1971 9Healthkit tuning meter PM21960-1967 9Hewlett osc 175A1964 9H-P power supplyundated 9H-P generator1962 9H-P range calibratorundated 9Hickok - DMS 32001966 9Hickok - electronic tube testers model S39B,C1968 9Hickok - electronics1966-1968 9Honey well - chart recorder1971 9Humidity (relative) sensor1954 9Hygrothermograph's1959-1969 9Rate computer model Aq-002 I.N.C.1966 9I.N.C cloud chamber and assoc. parts1966 9INC testundated 9Instrumentationundated 9Lab special tools1965-1968 9Lambrecht instrumentsundated 9LIDAR rack / 8020 / Jeff Stone2006-2007 9Linear instruments - chart recorderundated 9Linear inst corp strip chart rec model 212undated 9Meteorological instruments handbook1961 9Meteorological research inc (MRI) model 1071 mechanical weather station1965 9M.M.S mobil system1970 9Pibal observations instructions1965 9Presip gauges rain gauge1969-1989 9Pyranometer UW221966 9Radio - micro two-way1970-1971 9Radio - mocom1976 9Motorola (FM radio aircraft)1977 9-10Radio - motorola base station1960-1969 10Radio - motorola citizens band1977 10Radio - motorola handi-talki1966-1968 10Handi - talkie radio1964-1976 10Motrac radio1959-1968 10Radio - motrac1961-1965 10Radio - pace 2376Aundated 10Radio power supply mod R1011AA1977 10Radio - sams cb radio1971-1972 10Radiosonde base line check box misc1974-1975 10Radiosonde - info data reduction1975 10Radiosonde viz1963-1981 10Radiosonde WSSI1969 10Radiosonde reciever RD65 19721972 10Radiosonde RD65 reciever, 19741974 10Rawinsonde reciever RD65, 19741974 10RawinsondeRD65 reciever1970 10Rawinsonde RD65 #6908undated 10RCA VTVM senior voltohmyst man1951-1952 10Rime free ancometer1970 10Rustrakundated 10Sno-rate sensorundated 10Sal-A-meters (Yellat)1965-1968 10Simpson 2601963-1966 10Snow pillows1971 10Snow avalanches handbook1961 10Snow flake info1966 10Snow sampler1966 10Steven records A-351969 10Tape recorder novelco, panasonic, channel masterundated 10Technipower inc power modulesundated 10Telemetery1965 10Theodolite weather measures mod BT9011973 10Tools - hand etc.undated 10Transponders 403 mhzundated 10Transponder reciever 403 mhz1971 10Tucker (snow cat)1970-1973 10Warren Knight - equipment catalogundated 10Warren Knight - theodolite mod. 841967 11Wauetek 110 and 111 generator1966 11Wind inst.1965-1978 5Scrapbooks: Miscellaneous loose material1960-2015 5-6Scrapbooks: DAS (4)1963-2014 DigitalWebsite: UW Department of Atmospheric Science2021-ongoing Sub-series 2. Research Files 11Aircraft ACME checklists2007 11Aircraft - CUPIDO checklists2006 11Aircraft - NASA 06 checklists2006 7Arizona Program, feasibility analysis1995 Brooks Martner projects: 8Photographs: Elk Mountain research facility, images by Brooks Martner1978-1979 8Photographs: Donald Veal, department head1980 8Publication: "Frontier Magazine" includes article by Brook Martner about Medicine Bow wind turbines1984 8Video: Roseville tornado near Sacramento, CA, video taken from the UW King Air (VHS - digitized, see scan #ahcav_550004_001)March 3, 1983 11Japan Sendai project shipping packet1992 11Juneau, Alaska, airport approach via Gastineau channel research project maps 20042004 7Kohlman Aviation Corporation - TKS ice protection1989 7North Dakota Thunderstorm Project1989 7Operations Plan, Winter Icing and Storms ProjectFebruary 4, 1994 8Publication: "Cloud Physics Aircraft for Winter and Summer Skywater Projects" King Air proposal1976 7Radar project STC1992 Research Project Reports: 11Wyoming Natural Resources Board, State Engineer's Office, State of Wyoming, Contract No. 6264 (A1)undated 11Final Report, Evaluation of Cloud Seeding Devices in an Outdoor Laboratory, Navel Weapons Center Contract No. N66001-70-C-0639 (A2)1970 11Interim Progress Report No. 1, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-6801 (A3)1970 11Interim Progress Report No. 2, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-6801 (A4)1970 11Final Report, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-60021969 11Natural Resources Research Institute, Monthly Progress Report No. 18, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-6002 (A11)1968 11Status Report as of July, 1971 to the Bureau of Reclamation (A16)1971 11Interim Progress Report No. 3, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-6801 (A18)1971 11Proposed Program for the Investigation of Heterogeneous Nucleation Kinetics in the Solidification of Organic Liquids (A23)1972 111927 Operational Report for Metromex (A25)1973 11Progress Report, Development of Leaf-Derived Ice Nuclei for Weather Modification (A27)1973 11Wind River Weather Modification Report (A34)1974 11Supplementary Final Report, U.S. Department of the Interior Contract No. 14-06-D-6801 (A35)1974 11Proposed Observing Facility for the Planetary Boundry Layer (A36)1974 11Proposal for Continuation of: Modification of Convective Cloud Activity by an Uraban Area (A37)1974 11Request for Support of the Third International Workshop on Ice Nucleation (A38)1974 12Final Report, U.S. Department of the Interior Contract No. 14-06-D-6801 (A39)1974 12Interim Progress Report Project Metromex (A40)1974 121975 Operational Report for Metromex (A41)1975 12Proposal to National Science Foundation, A Study of Oklahoma Tornadic Thunderstorms (A42)1975 12Evaluation of Cloud Seeding by Compressed Air, Final Report to the Department of the Army (A44)1975 12A Proposal for Field Measurement of a Power Plant Plume in Mountainous Terrain to the Environmental Protection Agency (A45)1975 12Proposal to National Science Foundation, The Transport and Dispersion of Power Planet Plumes in Mountainous Terrain (A46)1975 12Proposed Continuation of Modification of Convective Cloud Activity by an Urban Area (A47)1975 12A Review of Aircraft Instrumentation for Atmospheric Research (A48)1975 12Budget Revisions Including Options for Cloud Physics Aircraft for Winter and Summer Skywater Projects (A50)1976 12Final Report, Grant AEN-76-00898 (A51)1976 12Progress Report to the Bureau of Reclamation, Contract No. 14-06-D-68011976 12Cloud Physics Aircraft for Winter and Summer Skywater Projects Volume I-II (A53-A54)1976 12The Third International Workshop on Ice Nucleus Measurements (A55)1976 12Proposed Program for Studies of the Ice Phase in Wintertime Clouds (A59)1977 12Final Report, Modification of Convective Cloud Activity by an Urban Area, ENV73-07881 National Science Foundation (A60)1977 12Weather Modificaiton Potential of Coal-Fired Power Plants (A61)1977 12Final Report, Contract No. NAS8-32067, Aerosol and Nucleation Research In Support of NASA Cloud Physics Experiments in Space (A62)1978 12Proposal for Cloud Physics Studies by the University of Wyoming Within the WMO Precipitation Enhancement Project (A64)1978 12Proposal to the Alberta Hail Project (A65)1978 12A Proposal for The Examination of Inadvertent Weather Modification by Urban Areas: A Test of Transferability and Threshold Size Related to Metromex Results (A66)1978 12Final Report, Inadvertent Weather Modification by Urban Pollution, Grant R-800875, Environmental Protection Agency (A67)NA 12Aircraft Measurements, University of Wyoming, Hiplex (A68)1978 12Final Report, Climatological Wind Study for Brees Field, Funded by J.T. Banner Associates, Inc. (A70)NA 12A Proposal for use of a Multispectral Radiometer for Feasibility Studies in Polluted Environments, Submitted to the National Science Foundation (A72)1979 121979 University of Wyoming Hiplex Data Inventory (A73)1979 12Assessment of Urban Production of Particulate and Select Gaseous Pollutants by a Multiwavelength Radiometric Remote Sensing Technique (A76)1980 12Proposal for Cloud Physics Studies by the University of Wyoming within the WMO Precipitation Enhancement Project (A77)NA 12Ice Forming Experiments in Support of the Space and Terrestrial Applications Program - Ice Nucleation Studies and the Influence of Cloud Droplets on Ice Crystal Growth from the Vapor (A78)1980 12Work Plan, Cloud Physics Aircraft for Winter and Summer Skywater Projects (A79)1980 12Studies of Fugitive Dust and Aerosol Generation and Transport Associated with Coal Development in the Powder River Basin (A80)1981 12Revised Summer Work Plan, Cloud Physics Aircraft for Winter and Summer Skywater Projects (A81)1981 12Final Report, Study of Cloud Physics in Central Illinois (A82)1981 12Proposal for Aircraft Probing of Convective Clouds -- a Study Witin the Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment (A84)NA 12Aircraft Soundings Over the Medicine Bow Anemometer Sites on 31 December 1980 (A85)1981 12A Proposal for the Determination of the Short Wave Spectral Characteristics of Terrestrial Cloud in Addition to Coordinated Measurement of Cloud Microstructure and Geometry (A86)NA 12SCPP-1: An Exploratory Cloud Seeding Scenario for the American River Basin, California (A87)1981 12A Proposal for Assessment of Terrain Physiographical and Topograhpical Influences on Convective Cloud Initiation in Ccope (A88)NA 12A Study of Airframe Icing (A89)NA 12Final Report, Liquid Water Content Measurement for Braking Performance Tests, Association of American Railroads (A90)1982 12Research on Winter Storms in the Western United States Using Airborne Collected Cloud Physics Data (A91)1982 12Ice Forming Experiment (A92)1982 12Proposal for Studies of Ice and Precipitation Development, Submitted to National Science Foundation (A93)1982 12Nature of Icing Conditions Encountered During Meteorological Research (A94)1982 12Boundry Layer Perturbations Associated with Terrain, Physiographical and Topographical Influences in Ccope (A96)1983 12Preliminary Report on I-80 Wind Forecast Study to the Wyoming Highway Department (A99)1974 12Interim Progress Report Project Metromex (A100)1973 12Instrumentation of Aeropilotage1961 12Request for University Facilities Grant for Atmospheric Science1963 12Orographic Wind Study for the U.S. Army Material Command1963 12Methods of Aerospace Operations Engineering1963 12Scope of Operational Engineering1963 12Proposal for an Hydrosphere-Atmosphere Moisture Flux Study1964 12Proposed Pilot Study of Snowfence Performance and Identification of Contributing Areas for the Wyoming Highway Department1965 12Weather Modification Research, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-5279, Monthly Report 5-9, 11, 13 (7 reports)1965 12Proposal, A Study of Velocity Reduction Profiles for Various Heights of Snow Fences 1965 12Proposed Program of Atmospheric Water Resources Research in Conjunction with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, July 1966 through June 19691966 13Specifications for N.R.R.I. Weather Station on top of Elk Mountain1966 13Natural Resourcs Research Institute, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-6002, Monthly Progress Report No. 5, 8, 13-14, 18 (5 reports)1966-1968 13Proposed Hangar and Laboratory Brees Field1967 13Preliminary Proposal, Operational Information Research Program Under Project Themis1967 13Operational Information Research Program Under Project Themis: Proposal Number 421967 13Velocity Reduction Behind Snow Fences of Various Heights, Final Report, U.S. Forest Service Contract No. 16-761967 13The Winder River Project, 1966-67 Season1967 13Preliminary Proposal, Program of Intergrated Informata Research Under Project Themis1968 13Proposal No. 838, Program of Integrated Informata Research Under Project Themis1968 13Final Report, Atmospheric Resources Research, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-60021969 13Proposed Program of Hailstorm Research in Association with the North East Colorado Hail Experiment1970 13A Proposal to Study Meteorological Influence on Snow Runoff Forecasts1970 13Annual Report No. 1, Atmospheric Water Resources Research, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-68011970 13Office of Economic Development State Engineer's Office State of Wyoming Contract No. 62651970 13Proposed Program of Hailstorm Research in Association with the National Hail Research Experiment1971 13Proposal for Annual Allotment Fiscal Year 1972 from Wyoming Water Resources Research Institute1971 13Proposed Program of Hailstorm Research in Association with the National Hail Research Experiment1971 131971 Operational Report for Metromex1971 131971 Annual Report to the National Hail Research Experiment1972 13Environmental Impact Study for Future Strip Mining in Campbell County, Wyoming1973 13Interim Progress Report Project Metromex1973 131972 Annual Report to the National Hail Research Experiment1973 13Aircraft Data Acquisition System for the University of Wyoming Research Aircraft1973 13Research Proposal, Evaluating the Ice Nucleation Characteristics of Artificial Ice Nuclei in Natural Clouds1973 13Urban Induced Influence on Convective Cloud Activity1973 13North Platte Pilot Project for the Adaptation of Weather Modification to the North Platte Rive Basin1974 13Final Report to the Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-68011974 13Proposed Program for Studies for the Ice Phase in Wintertime Clouds1974 13Final Report by Climatology Section on Black Thunder Project1974 13Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation in the Presence of Aliphatic Amines and Ammonia Report No. AS1131974 13Lecture on the Physics of clouds and the Theoretical Basis for Cloud Modification1975 13Freezing Nuclei in Accreted Ice1975 13Metropolitan Land Use in the Metropolitan St. Louis Area1975 13Final Report, National Science Foundation, Grant AEN-76-008981976 13Final Report, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 14-06-D-6801, Volume I-III (3 reports)1976 13Cloud Physics Aircraft for Winter and Summer Skywater Projects, Budget Proposal1976 13Structure and Seedability of San Juan Storms1976 13Budget Revisions, Cloud Physics Aircraft for Winter and Summer Skywater Projects1976 13Cloud Physics Studies in Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project During 1977-781978 13Work Plan, Cloud Physics Aircraft for Winter and Summer Skywater Projects1978 13Cloud Physics Studies in Utah During 19781978 13Air Motion Sensing with the University of Wyoming King Air Aircraft Data System1979 13Cloud Physics Studies in Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project During 1978-791979 13Precipitation History of Laramie Wyoming 1868-19791980 14Cloud Physics Studies in Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project During 1979-801980 14Wind Characteristics in Southern Wyoming Part II: Vertical Profiles1981 14Wind Characteristics in Southern Wyoming Part III: Aircraft Case Studies1981 14Cloud Physics Studies in Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project During 1980-811981 14University of Wyoming Contributions to the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project in 1981 - Collection of Reprints1981 14A Numerical Simulation of Three-Dimensional Mesoscale Flows Over Mountainous Terrain1982 14Recommendations Concerning a Proposed Cloud Seeding Experiment in the San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado1982 14Cloud Physics Investigations, University of Wyoming, 19781982 14Determination of the Size and Concentration of Cloud Drops with an Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe1982 14Cloud Physics Studies in Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project During 1977-82 and in Utah/781982 14Cloud Physics Investigations, University of Wyoming, 19801982 14Cloud Physics Investigations, University of Wyoming, 1977-19811982 14Cloud Physics Investigations, University of Wyoming, 19811982 14University of Wyoming Contributions to the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project in 1982 - Collections of Reprints1982 14Cloud Physics Studies in Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project During 1982-831983 14Cloud Physics Studies in the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project, Interim Progress Report 1983-841984 14Microphysical Measurements in Support of NASA ER-2 Flights1984 14Cloud Physics Studies in the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project, Interim Progress Report 1984-19851985 14Temperature Probabilities for Selected Wyoming Towns1985 14Cloud Physics Studies in the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project, Interim Progress Report 1985-19861986 14Cloud Physics Studies in the Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project, Interim Progress Report 1986-19871987 14Cloud Physics Studies in Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project from 1977-871987 14Aircraft Studies in the Asir1991 14Long Range Aerosol Aircraft Measurements During Auspex 19901991 14Aircraft Studies in the Asir Observational Procedures1992 14University Corporation for Atmospheric Research1992 14The Elk Mountain Water Resource Observatoryundated 14Proposed Program of Development of Leaf-Derived Ice Nuclei for Weather Modification in Association with the National Science Foundationundated 14Progress Report July 1963 to June 1965 Natural Resources Research Instituteundated 14Wyoming Natural Resources Board State Engineer's Office State of Wyoming Contract No. 6264undated 14Proposed Program for Wintertime Orographic Precipitation Studies in the Medicine Bow Mountains of Wyomingundated 14Amendment to the Proposal to the Bureau of Reclamation Department of the Interior for Project Skywater Precipitation Measurement Study for HIPLEXundated 11Saudi Arabia cloud physics experiment - shipping packet1990 7Scientific Overview and Operations Plan (CaPE)1991 11Snow training school, west wide school1969-1971 11Snowmelt runoff manual1969 11Snow survey safety guide1958 11Snow survey sampling guides1959-1964 11Snow surveying - Larry Irving certification1970-1971 7Trend monitoring and flight logs1980-1989 University of Wyoming Flight Center: 7Completion sheets and monthly reports1986 7421 purchase1988 7Queen air N1OUW1972-1982 7George Bershinsky1988-1989 7Universal weather aviation1987-1999 7Cessna 210 732GK1978-1984 7WRRI 59-7693 service rendered1986 7N10FB - 200FB: cost accounting1980-1981 7Cheyenne N200FB1984-1989 7Aircraft utilization - 200FB1986 7Cessna 414 N10FB1974-1991 7Aircraft use records1980-1985 7Inspection records1974-1998 Series II. Photographs Sub-series 1. Photographs 8Deans office, Engineering Bldg, campusundated 3Last chance - miscellaneous photographs, negatives, and slides1980-1990 1,4 and 8Miscellaneous photographs, negatives, and slides1960-1999 1Photo File - N.R.R.I. (Natural Resources Research Institute) printouts1960-1970 Sub-series 2. Negatives 2Reno conference SCPP1978-1981 2Chicago cloud physics conference1982 2Climate Atlas, martner1985 2SCPP, Sierra - Stewart1978-1979 2SCPP 79 report, Marwitz1978-1980 2Alberta Hailundated 2Bureau of Reclamation - wind energy1978-1979 2Bureau of Reclamation, Hiplex - Cooper1978-1982 2NSFundated 2NSF - Gustfront1978-1979 2NHRE1978-1979 2RMIEE - LERC1980 2IcePHANX1978 2NASAundated 2Park - Climatology1978 2Metromex1978-1982 2Veal1978-1982 2Miscellaneous1978-1982 2Unidentified1978-1985 2Negative file: San Juan, NSF Ice, wind energy, metromex, miscellaneous1976 Sub-series 3. Slides 2-4Aircraft, probes, computers, equipment, people, AVER, SCPP dopler, Vermont, and miscellaneous1960-1992