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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-10 human Helen Morgan updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003245b.htm person Falls Rex AACR2 4 February 1941 Place of Birth Australia Meteorologist Rex Falls worked for the Bureau of Meteorology for more than 40 years, and was Regional Director, Northern Territory, 1977-1984, and Regional Director, Queensland, 1985-2000. He was a leading practitioner in the field of tropical meteorology and tropical cyclones.

Born 4 February 1941. Educated: BSc, University of Sydney, 1962. Assoc.Dipp.App.Physics (Meteorology), RMIT, 1963. Public Service Medal, 1994. Joined the Bureau of Meteorology as a Cadet Meteorologist in 1959 in the New South Wales Regional Office, and after completion of the meteorologist course in 1963, he was posted to Adelaide and then Darwin, specialising in tropical meteorology. RAAF Butterworth (Malaysia), 1964-1966. Returned to Darwin in 1966 and moved to Brisbane in 1974. Supervising Meteorologist, Queensland Regional Office, 1974-1975. Senior Meteorologist, Northern Territory Regional Office, 1975-1977. Visiting Scientist, US National Hurricane and Experimental Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, 1980. Regional Director, Northern Territory, 1977-1984. Developed the Northern Territory region's climate monitoring bulletin the Darwin Tropical Diagnostic Statement, and strongly supported the development of the automated tropical analysis scheme. Regional Director, Queensland Regional Office, 1985-2000. Co-Chair, Queensland Tropical Cyclone Co-ordinating Committee, 1995-2000. Chair, Queensland Flood Warning Consultative Committee, 1990-2000.

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 'Falls, Rex', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Falls, Rex Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Queensland Regional Director Calls it a Day Fletcher, Peter Queensland Regional Director Calls it a Day 2000 Weather News 325 August 2000 15 Journal Article: Regional Director Queensland Regional Director Queensland 1985 Weather News 271 May 1985 10-11 Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001