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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-10 human Helen Morgan and Helen Cohn updated 2025-03-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003236b.htm person Clarke Reginald Henry AACR2 1 December 1914 13 June 1990 Place of Birth Melrose, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Meteorologist Reginald Clarke joined the Bureau of Meteorology in 1940 as a recruit to the RAAF Meteorological Service from the South Australian Education Department. He remained with the Bureau after the war and spent some time in charge of the Canberra office, during which time he developed a keen interest in frontal and boundary layer phenomena, before being promoted to the analysis and weather development section in Melbourne. In 1957 Clarke joined the CSIRO Division of Meteorological Physics at Aspendale and was the first head of the Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre 1974-1978. He continued working after retirement, in 1978, with the University of Melbourne on the 'Morning Glory' phenomenon of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria. Clarke's research interests focused on sea breezes and cold fronts, and the use of numerical modelling in understanding these. He was noted for his meticulously planned and extensive field observations: several of these studies attracted international attention. Since 1987 the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society has hosted the annual R. H. Clarke Lecture. 1939 1940 Career position - Teacher, Quorn High School, South Australia 1940 1946 Career event - Served with the Meteorology Branch, Royal Australian Air Force 1946 1949 Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Meteorological Office, Canberra Airport 1949 1957 Career position - Meteorologist, Air Mass and Frontal Analysis Section, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne 1957 1971 Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Meteorological Physics 1971 1974 Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics 1974 1978 Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Australian Numerical Meteorology Research Centre (ANMRC) 1978 1978 Life event - Retired 1979 1980 Career position - Chairman, Royal Meteorological Society Australian Branch 1983 1983 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1985 1985 Award - Priestley Medal, Royal Meteorological Society Australian Branch 1988 1990 Award - Honorary Member, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Royal Meteorological Society Australian Branch (1973 - 1987)

Chairman 1979 - 1980

 Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) (1987 - )

Honorary Member 1988 - 1990; the Society has hosted the R. H. Clarke Lecture since 1987

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

Officer-in-Charge 1974 - 1978

 CSIRO Division of Meteorological Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1954 - 1971)

Research scientist 1957 - 1971

 CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Physics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1971 - 1988)

Research scientist 1971 - 1974

 Priestley Medal, Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (1983 - )

Awarded the Medal 1985

 Clarke, R H (1914-19900613)

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 'Clarke, Reginald Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Clarke, Reginald Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Inspiration for Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society awards Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Inspiration for Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society awards Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 2022 Journal Article: Reg Clarke: his life and work Anon Reg Clarke: his life and work 1992 Australian meteorological magazine 41 3-5 Journal Article: Reginald Harry Clarke BA, MSc, DSC 1914 - 1990 Anon Reginald Harry Clarke BA, MSc, DSC 1914 - 1990 1990 Australian meteorological magazine 38 223-5 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001