Matthew Lefkowitz, 1925-1996

Article Abstract:

Meteorologist Matthew Lefkowitz died on Mar. 25, 1996, after a long and scholarly career in the National Weather Service (NWS). Lefkowitz joined the NWS in 1947 where he slowly rose through the ranks to become head of the agency's program on advanced aviation observing systems. He was one of the scientists who developed the Runway Visual Range system which is still being used in airport environments. Lefkowitz was also involved in the design of the Aviation Automated Weather Observing System, the forerunner of modern automated observing systems.

Obituary, Officials and employees, United States. National Weather Service, Lefkowitz, Matthew

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The U.S. Army Medical Department's involvement in the early history of weather forecasting: was Benjamin Waterhouse the first Army weather observer?

Article Abstract:

Several manuscripts written during the early 1800s show that Benjamin Waterhouse did not write the US Army Medical Dept.'s first submitted weather reports. The manuscripts, which were included in the Army Medical Library's Cambridge Weather Record, suggest that Waterhouse's weather reports were based on earlier meteorological works by John Farrar, a mathematics professor at Harvard University.

History, Weather forecasting

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