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William Stringer talks with Bill Schneider in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 4, 2000 about...
1) Family background, childhood.
born -- St. Louis, Missouri\ father\ work -- construction\ airports -- building\ South Pacific\ father -- civil engineer\ Atomic Energy Commission\ Grand Island, Nebraska\ Panhandle, Texas\ munitions factories\ atomic test cite -- Nevada\ Las Vegas, Nevada\ Central City, Nebraska\ Boulder City, Nevada\ high school -- graduated|
2) Moving to Las Vegas and his father's interest in inventions.
operator\ dial phones\ father -- inventor\ house -- inventions\ physics\ magazine -- Scientific American\ atomic energy -- interest\ atomic test -- witness\ childhood -- unique|
3) His father's unique interests carry over into Bill Stringer's life.
inventions\ mining engineer\ mining\ development -- technological\ steam devices\ railroads\ science -- interesting\ steam engine -- #1\ Tanana Valley Railroad -- rebuild\ childhood\ interest -- railways|
4) Education, high school, university.
high school -- Las Vegas\ University of Nevada\ physics\ Southern New Mexico\ New Mexico State\ Las Cruces, New Mexico\ adobe structures\ roads -- paved\ cultures -- many|
University of Colorado -- applied\ job -- lined up\ university library -- catalog\ University of Alaska -- catalog\ campus photos\ physics courses -- interesting\ University of Alaska -- applied\ Physics Department -- 1962|
6) Coming to the Geophysical Institute and working on a Masters and a Doctorate degree.
summer job -- Geophysical Institute\ Chapman Building\ atmosphere -- pleasant\ academics -- research\ fieldwork\ masters degree -- Aurora\ New Mexico -- returned\ Alaska -- returned\ doctorate -- Aurora\ Aurora display -- participating protons|
living -- freedom\ cabin -- musk ox subdivision\ original structure -- plywood\ house -- around cabin\ Geophysical Institute -- graduated\ Alaska -- remain\ Geophysical Institute -- hiring\ research proposal\ remote sensing\ Cook, John -- Anthropology Department\ proposal -- archaeological village site\ Ostercamp, Tom -- nearshore sea ice\ continental shelf\ Environmental Assessment Project\ oil exploration -- offshore|
8) Remote sensing projects and life at the Geophysical Institute.
Geophysical Institute -- small group\ work ethic\ fieldwork\ people -- sense of humor\ practical jokes\ fish|
9) Life at the Geophysical Institute.
practical jokes\ memos -- fake\ memos -- counter\ Geophysical Institute -- wild people\ memos -- file\ expedition -- north of Fairbanks\ White Mountains\ Aurora -- observations\ rocket shot\ FS6 -- Aurora\ Aurora -- extinguish\ Aurora -- photograph\ blizzard\ supplies\ Nielsen, Hans -- supply drop|
10) Fake memo story continued.
jokes -- source\ airdrop\ memo -- year later\ Elvey Building\ save -- Stringer and Helfferich\ civil defense drill -- Stringer memo\ rifles -- aircraft\ great belly dance episode\ Roederer, Juan -- newsletter\ OPEC -- joke|
11) The Sheik Yamani joke continued.
auditorium\ Roederer, Juan -- announcement\ joke\ Reese, Fred\ belly dancer -- hired\ memo -- people added\ campus security -- involvement|
12) Career at Geophysical Institute.
remote sensing\ team -- organized\ project -- group\ imagery -- archive\ satellite imagery -- Alaska\ historical record\ statistical studies\ sea ice behavior\ rivers -- break-up\ break-up -- stages\ flooding\ Minto Flats\ Innoko River -- flats\ water -- drain\ USGS maps\ imagery -- landsat|
13) Career at Geophysical Institute continued.
satellite imagery\ Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) -- remote sensing data\ International Arctic Research Center (IARC)\ development -- steady\ study|
14) Imagery used on the Exxon Valdez spill and Bill's involvement.
involvement\ news releases -- awareness\ radar satellite\ landsat imagery -- acquire\ reflective imagery -- oil\ software -- oil enhancement\ image development -- oil\ Seward -- south\ Prince William Sound|
15) Tracking the Exxon Valdez oil spill using weather satellites.
oil spill -- tracking\ satellite -- weather\ data -- enhancement\ oil spill -- large\ Kodiak, Alaska\ info -- reference work\ oil spill -- tracked\ weather satellite -- daily data\ images -- faxed to ships\ boats\ information -- conversion to line drawing\ satellite image -- large area\ research project\ landsat -- data turnaround\ Dean, Ken\ monitor -- volcanic ash\ aircraft -- warning|
16) Using the daily satellite data.
engine\ volcanic eruption\ volcanic ash\ Talkeetna, Alaska -- plane descending\ Anchorage, Alaska -- glide\ engine -- restored\ Stevens, Senator Ted -- funding\ Alaska Volcano Observatory\ volcanic ash plumes -- monitoring\ radar satellite -- tracking oil spills\ data -- interpreting\ skills -- development|
17) Specialized training in understanding how radar interacts with surfaces.
landsat\ satellite images -- interpreting\ ocean slicks\ surfaces -- smooth\ radar reflection\ oil spills -- different\ projects\ retired\ cosmology\ papers\ earth -- age\ universe -- expansion\ expanding universe -- local effect|
universe -- expansion\ internal heating\ radioactive decay\ funding -- none\ work -- interesting\ science -- fun\ strange things -- consideration\ continental drift\ planet -- understanding\ Tanana Valley Railroad -- engine #1\ steam engines\ house -- additions|
19) The future of the Geophysical Institute.
student committees\ Geophysical Institute -- staff\ global climate studies\ seismology\ earth\ internal earth\ seismic studies\ planet -- understanding\ Aurora\ Aurora television\ techniques\ shuttle missions|
20) The disciplines in science have moved towards each other.
science -- separated\ biologists -- meteorites\ geology\ Akasofu, Syun-Ichi\ Aurora -- signs of life\ geologists\ biologists\ University of Alaska -- development of science|
21) The depth of personnel at University of Alaska Fairbanks.
math\ Chapman Building\ communication\ potential -- great|
