On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:30:16 -0800 (PST),
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wrote:

+ Still, for anyone pursuing a degree in physics with a specialty
+ in Meteorolgy, at least from any major university, they will have done
+ at least two balloon lauches ard interpreted the radiosonde results as
+ a lab requirement.

Care to name universities? having attended meteorology programs at
St. Louis University and Texas A&M, as well as close observation of
Florida State's program, I can assure you that *none* of them offer
the above lab.

Now, that may have changed over the last few years, but it wasn't true
when I was student. I'm really curious which institutes of higher
learning actually offer such a hands-on project.

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On Jan 22, 11:26*am, I R A Darth Aggie wrote:
On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:30:16 -0800 (PST),
, in

wrote:
+ *Still, for anyone pursuing a degree in physics with a specialty
+ *in Meteorolgy, at least from any major university, they will have done
+ *at least two balloon lauches ard interpreted the radiosonde results as
+ *a lab requirement.

Care to name universities? having attended meteorology programs at
St. Louis University and Texas A&M, as well as close observation of
Florida State's program, I can assure you that *none* of them offer
the above lab.

Hey, Darth, have you taken any courses from a buddy of
mine from grad school, Chuck Graves, at St. Loius or my
former boss, Gerry North, at A&M?

BTW my program didn't launch any balloons either, and
I don't think students do where I am now, either. Kind of
a shame, though, since it would probably be fun as well
as instructive. Actually gathering data can provide insights
into potential errors which one may face later when doing
analysis.

Cheers,
Russell

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:44:20 -0800 (PST),
Russell , in
wrote:
+ On Jan 22, 11:26*am, I R A Darth Aggie wrote:

+ Care to name universities? having attended meteorology programs at
+ St. Louis University and Texas A&M, as well as close observation of
+ Florida State's program, I can assure you that *none* of them offer
+ the above lab.
+
+ Hey, Darth, have you taken any courses from a buddy of
+ mine from grad school, Chuck Graves, at St. Loius or my
+ former boss, Gerry North, at A&M?

The name Chuck Graves sounds familiar, but I didn't take any classes
from him. I was there back in the day when Parks College of SLU was
still over in Cahokia, so we were a seperate, aviation oriented
splinter group. Ben Able was our main instructor, he "moonlighted" as
KMOX's forecaster.

Now that they've combined the two campuses, I'd imagine the splinter
group was subsumed into the SLU Met Department. But that was after I'd
fled. I'm still allergic to Jesuits. :-)

I missed out on Gerry North at least as far as taking classes. I was
just about finished up when we first came to A&M. We had interviewed
him, and thought it would be a great hire. I think he's been the
department chair for awhile.

+ Actually gathering data can provide insights
+ into potential errors which one may face later when doing
+ analysis.

Indeed. It would only prove my axiom that "real world data is messy".

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I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow
isn't looking good, either.
I am BOFH. Resistance is futile. Your network will be assimilated.