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Gunter Weller talks with Bill Schneider in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 4, 2000 about...
1) Migrating to Australia and shaping his career.
parents -- migrated\ Europe\ Australia -- relatives\ foreign country\ education -- university\ Alaska\ citizenship -- Australian\ citizen -- American\ aeronautical engineer\ polar regions research\ meteorology\ Australian -- Antarctic expeditions\ International Geophysical Year\ Antarctica\ Arctic|
2) Becoming involved in research in Antarctica.
Antarctica\ scientific research\ dissertation -- Ph.D\ United States Antarctic Research Program\ South Pole Station\ Plateau Station\ cruise ships -- lecturing\ Alaska\ Mather, Keith -- Australian\ assistant professor\ Russian icebreaker\ Northwest Passage\ Northeast Passage\ mother -- Australia\ father -- deceased\ brother -- engineer|
3) The Geophysical Institute and moving to Alaska.
Mather, Keith\ Elvey, Christian\ Australian newspaper -- science correspondent\ Geophysical Institute -- director\ katabatic winds\ Alaska -- move\ space physics\ Auroral studies\ meteorology program\ earth geophysics\ volcanology\ seismology\ Geophysical Institute -- interdisciplinary\ federal agencies\ research -- funding\ Elvey Building\ International Arctic Research Center|
4) The atmosphere of the Geophysical Institute at the time.
science -- important\ science -- expansion\ cold war\ Geophysical Institute -- expansion\ Arctic research\ Mather, Keith\ staff -- interaction\ meteorology\ executive director -- Geophysical Institute\ foreigners -- visa\ business manager|
5) How the Geophysical Institute operated.
Geophysical Institute -- faculty members\ relationships -- close\ office -- Benson, Carl\ seminars\ Mather, Keith\ senior scientists\ advisory group\ university system -- bureaucratic\ University of Alaska\ chancellor\ vice president -- research\ Ray, Peter\ hiring\ books -- balancing\ Eugene, Oregon\ Keith Mather Library|
6) The Geophysical Institute under the directorship of Juan Roederer.
Mather, Keith\ Geophysical Institute -- directors\ Roederer, Juan -- Argentina\ structure -- European\ director -- formal\ Geophysical Institute -- budget\ University of Alaska -- presidents\ legislature -- micromanagement\ federal funding\ research -- consolidated\ Alaska Synthetic Aperture Radar Facility\ National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) -- funding\ data -- archiving\ data -- distributing|
7) The Geophysical Institute under the directorship of Syun Akasofu.
Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program\ petroleum -- effects\ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\ Bureau of Land Management\ Akasofu, Syun\ space physics -- expert\ Aurora -- substorm\ awards -- Emperor of Japan\ awards -- U.S. agencies\ Geophysical Institute -- budget\ Stevens, Senator Ted\ Poker Flat Research Range -- upgrade\ rocket launch\ environmental investigation\ International Arctic Research Center -- architect\ Japan -- connections|
8) Japanese involvement in polar research.
Japanese -- arctic expertise\ Antarctica\ National Institute for Polar Research\ University of Hokkaido\ climate impact\ climate change\ International Arctic Research Center\ Japan -- financial contributor\ tropical systems\ monsoons\ El Nino\ climate research\ polar research -- signals\ high latitudes\ fisheries -- economic interests\ forestry\ earth systems model\ super computer\ computers -- development\ human genome project|
9) Discussion on global climate change and Geophysical Institute involvement.
climate change -- attention\ global change\ Kyoto Treaty\ Rio de Janeiro, Argentina\ Berlin, Germany\ computer models\ sea level -- rise\ desertification\ food belt\ fisheries -- impact\ transportation\ water supply\ climate -- man-made\ greenhouse effect\ Geophysical Institute -- involvement\ meteorology\ permafrost -- thawing\ sea ice -- melting\ glacier -- melting\ biology -- forestation\ fisheries -- impact\ federal agencies -- funding|
10) Analysis of global climate change.
permafrost -- melting\ glaciers -- melting\ sea level\ biology -- tundra\ boreal forest\ Seward Peninsula\ marine science -- arctic oscillation\ impact assessment\ impact -- physical\ impact -- societal\ impact -- biological\ impact -- economic\ impact -- subsistence\ land mammals\ beaver\ Nome, Alaska\ moose\ species -- movements\ forest -- growth\ School of Agriculture and Land Resource Management\ forest fires\ North America\ global climate change\ Geophysical Institute|
11) The multi-disciplinary nature of researching climate change.
workshops\ academics\ industry\ stakeholders -- climate change\ meteorologist\ glaciology\ polar regions\ biological science\ social science\ Yukon Territory\ Bering Sea\ Lena River\ MacKenzie River\ assessment -- international\ circum-Arctic assessment\ Siberia\ Europe\ climate -- trends\ Greenland\ Labrador\ Arctic Climate Impact Assessment|
12) Sorting out natural versus man-made variation in climate change.
variations -- man-made\ annual mean -- warming\ winter annual mean\ meteorological stations\ climate -- variations\ ice ages\ variation -- natural\ greenhouse effect -- man-made\ input -- solar\ El Nino\ Arctic oscillation|
13) Finding the balance between disciplinary and interdisciplinary science.
research -- narrow\ knowledge -- intimate\ research -- funding\ National Science Foundation\ big science\ teams -- perspective\ federal agencies -- funding\ Geophysical Institute\ Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program\ Alaska -- Synthetic Aperture Radar\ International Arctic Research Center\ science -- disciplinary\ science -- interdisciplinary\ physical oceanographers\ biologists\ social scientists\ climate impact assessment|
14) Contrasting the Arctic and Antarctica and the competency of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
ice islands -- Arctic coast\ Brooks Range\ polar regions\ Antarctica\ science\ tourism\ Arctic -- more versatile\ social systems\ indigenous population\ resource issues\ national security issues\ glaciers -- Brooks Range\ tundra\ Fletchers Ice Island\ Arctic Ice Dynamic Joint Experiment on the Ice\ arctic research -- University of Alaska\ University of Colorado, Boulder\ University of Washington, Washington\ terrestrial ecosystems\ marine ecosystems\ Bering Sea|
15) Looking to the future and the direction of the Geophysical Institute.
research -- good\ teamwork -- institutes\ International Arctic Research Center\ connections -- international\ Japanese\ Europeans\ Canadians\ Russians\ semi-retired\ climate change\ climate impact\ multi-disciplinary\ ecosystems -- vulnerability\ Bering Sea\ contaminants\ pollutants\ overfishing|
16) Research needs for the future.
climate change\ ecosystems\ fishery\ Bering Sea\ Antarctica\ contaminants\ overfishing\ climate impact\ earthquakes\ volcanoes\ avalanches\ sea ice\ environmental conditions\ alternate energy -- villages\ greenhouse pollution\ living standards -- engineering solutions\ Auroral Institute|
