Corporate Body

International Antarctic Analysis Centre (IAAC) (1959 - 1965)

From
2 February 1959
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1965
Functions
Meteorology and Industrial or scientific research
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

The International Antarctic Analysis Centre (IAAC) was established in Melbourne in 1959 as an international enterprise, staffed by meteorologists from a number of countries, at the invitation of the Special Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Its aims were: to develop scientific analytical techniques; to produce regular synoptic analyses for the surface and the upper air for the Antarctic and adjacent regions; to make these analyses available for operational purposes and research in related sciences; and, to investigate problems of Antarctic meteorology. It achieved substantial improvements in the quality and operational viability of circumpolar southern hemisphere analysis. The IAAC was led by H.R. Phillpot, Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology.

Timeline

 1959 - 1965 International Antarctic Analysis Centre (IAAC)
       1964 - ? Southern Hemisphere Analysis Centre
       1965 - 1969 International Antarctic Meteorological Research Centre
              National Meteorological Analysis Centre
                   1985 - 1990s National Meteorological Centre

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Digital resources

Title
The Meteorologists of the IAAC, May 1962
Type
Image

Details

A. Smith & H. Morgan

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