Corporate Body

Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC) (1974 - 1984)

From
1974
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
To
1984
Functions
Meteorology
Location
Melbourne, Victoria

Summary

Following a review of the Commonwealth Meteorology Research Centre (CMRC) in 1973, the CMRC changed its name and structure, becoming the Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC) in 1974. It became an independent unit, with an Officer-in-Charge responsible to the CSIRO and the Secretary, Department of Science (and successor agencies).

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 1969 - 1974 Commonwealth Meteorology Research Centre (CMRC)
       1974 - 1984 Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC)

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Published resources

Books

  • Garratt, John; Angus, David; and Holper, Paul, Winds of Change: Fifty Years of Achievements in the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research 1946-1996 (Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 1998), 136 (148) pp. Details
  • Seaman, R. S., ANMRC - victim of institutional politics? (Melbourne: Bureau of Meteorology, 2004), 29 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • 'New Head for ANMRC', Weather News, 242 (March 1978) (1978), 7. Details
  • Gentilli, J., 'A History of Meteorological and Climatological Studies in Australia', University Studies in History, 5 (1967), 54-88. Details
  • Smith, Ian, 'Impacts of the CSIRO climate modelling program', Historical Records of Australian Science, 36 (2025), 7, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR24027. Details

Reports

  • Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre, CMRC/ANMRC valedictory report: 1969-1984 (Melbourne: ANMRC, 1984), 160 pp. Details

Resources

Reviews

See also

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