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EnglishAACR2Anglo-American Cataloguing RulesPersoncreatedhumanHelen Cohnupdated2025-10-07humanhttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005740b.htmpersonRadokUweAACR28 February 191628 August 2009Place of BirthGermanyPlace of DeathNew South Wales, AustraliaMeteorologistUwe Radok was one of Australia's pioneers in meteorological and glaciological research. He came to Australia as one of the 'Dunera Boys', and served with the Australian army from 1942 to 1944. In 1966 he succeeded Fritz Loewe as Reader in charge of the Department of Meteorology at the University of Melbourne. Here he established an internationally respected research program, particularly in Antarctic glaciology, forging links with the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO, the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority and the Weapons Research Establishment. With collaborators Radok pioneered numerical weather prediction in Australia, made globally important discoveries on the mechanisms of clear air turbulence, and undertook early aerological studies over Australia. Despite his large scientific output and the high regard in which he was held, Radok was not promoted to Professor. He spent the last years of his career in Boulder, Colorado, ultimately retiring to Australia. Radok Lake in the Prince Charles Mountains in Antarctica was named in his honour.19421944Career position - Served with the Australian Army19441960Career position - Technical Assistant, Department of Meteorology, University of Melbourne 19601977Career position - Reader, Department of Meteorology Department, University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne (1853 - )
Reader-in-Charge, Department of Meteorology 1960 - 1977
'Radok, Uwe', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of TechnologyRadok, UweSwinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative InnovationEncyclopedia of Australian Science and InnovationBook: UNIMET - the Meteorological Department of the University of Melbourne 1937-1990Radok, UweUNIMET - the Meteorological Department of the University of Melbourne 1937-1990MelbourneUniversity of Melbourne, Meteorology Section, School of Earth Sciences1993Resource: Inspiration for Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society awardsAustralian Meteorological and Oceanographic SocietyInspiration for Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society awardsAustralian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society2022Journal Article: Pioneering of numerical weather prediction in Australia: Dick Jenssen, Uwe Radok and CSIRACBourke, WilliamPioneering of numerical weather prediction in Australia: Dick Jenssen, Uwe Radok and CSIRAC2021Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria133167-81Journal Article: The remarkable German contribution to Australian meteorologyZillman, John W.The remarkable German contribution to Australian meteorology2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria1271110-6Journal Article: Glaciological bodies: Australian visions of the Antarctic ice sheetAntonello, AlessandroGlaciological bodies: Australian visions of the Antarctic ice sheet2018International Review of Environmental History41125-44