Louis J. Battan

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Louis J. Battan is affiliated with the following schools: University of Arizona, University of Chicago, New York University

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Louis J. Battan

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Meteorology

#88

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Louis J. Battan's Degrees

PhD Meteorology University of Chicago
Masters Meteorology University of Chicago
Bachelors Physics University of Chicago

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According to Wikipedia, Louis Joseph Battan was an American atmospheric scientist who received his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1953, where he was hired to work in the field of the physics of clouds and precipitation. In 1958 he was appointed professor of meteorology and associate director of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Arizona in Tucson. He was a pioneer in cloud physics and radar meteorology.

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Louis J. Battan's Published Works

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Radar Observation of the Atmosphere (1973) (929)
Radar Backscattering of Microwaves by Spongy Ice Spheres. (1982) (89)
Radar Backscattering by Inhomogeneous Precipitation Particles (1980) (80)
Some Factors Governing Precipitation and Lightning from Convective Clouds (1965) (78)
Radar in Meteorology: Battan Memorial and 40th Anniversary Radar Meteorology Conference (1990) (60)
Some Observations of Vertical Velocities and Precipitation Sizes in a Thunderstorm (1964) (53)
Fundamentals of meteorology (1979) (46)
OBSERVATIONS ON THE FORMATION AND SPREAD OF PRECIPITATION IN CONVECTIVE CLOUDS (1953) (38)
CALCULATIONS OF MIE BACK-SCATTERING FROM MELTING ICE SPHERES (1961) (37)
A STUDY OF CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION BASED ON CLOUD AND RADAR OBSERVATIONS (1956) (34)
Hurricanes. (1973) (32)
Observations of Vertical Motions and Particle Sizes in a Thunderstorm (1966) (30)
Some Effects of Vertical Wind Shear on Thunderstorm Structure (1949) (25)
Calculations of Mie back‐scattering of microwaves from ice spheres (1959) (23)
Artificial Nucleation of Cumulus Clouds (1957) (22)
Radar Attenuation by Wet Ice Spheres (1971) (21)
ENERGY OF A DUST DEVIL (1958) (20)
Doppler Radar Observations of a Hailstorm (1975) (19)
Measurement of Vertical Velocities in Convective Clouds by Means of Pulsed-Doppler Radar (1970) (19)
DESIGN OF A PROGRAM OF A RANDOMIZED SEEDING OF OROGRAPHIC CUMULI (1960) (18)
Observations of Two Colorado Thunderstorms by Means of a Zenith-Pointing Doppler Radar (1980) (16)
The nature of violent storms (1961) (16)
Cloud physics and cloud seeding (1962) (15)
Radar Backscattering by Large, Spongy Ice Oblate Spheroids (1987) (15)
Silver-Iodide Seeding and Rainfall from Convective Clouds (1966) (14)
Vertical Air Motions and the Z-R Relation (1976) (14)
ICE-CRYSTAL NUCLEI AND MARITIME AIR (1960) (12)
The radar cross sections of ‘spongy’ ice spheres (1962) (12)
Relationship Between Cloud Base and Initial Radar Echo (1963) (11)
Summary of results of a randomized cloud seeding project in Arizona (1967) (9)
A Study of Visibility versus Population Growth in Arizona (1967) (8)
Back-scatter by dielectric spheres (Refractive index approx 1.6 (1963) (8)
Silver-Iodide Seeding and Precipitation Initiation in Convective Clouds (1967) (7)
weather modification in the U.S.S.R.—1969, (1969) (7)
Rain Resulting from Melting Ice Particles (1977) (7)
Radar Backscattering by Melting Snowflakes (1982) (7)
Weather in Your Life (1983) (6)
World weather watch. (1967) (6)
Radar observes the weather (1962) (6)
Changing weather (1964) (6)
Survey of Weather Modification in the Soviet Union (1973) (5)
a view of cloud physics and weather modification in the Soviet Union (1965) (5)
“Hail” on a Mountain in Arizona (1969) (5)
Calculations of Doppler Radar Velocity Spectrum Parameters for a Mixture of Rain and Hail (1975) (5)
Duration of Tornadoes (1959) (5)
Summary of Soviet Publications on Weather Modification (1970) (5)
Cloud Seeding and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning (1967) (5)
Weather Modification in the Soviet Union—1976 (1977) (5)
Observed Doppler Spectra of Hail (1972) (4)
Polarization and Vertical Velocities of Dot Angel Echoes (1969) (4)
Attenuation of Microwaves by Spherical Hail (1986) (4)
Use of Chaff for Wind Measurements (1958) (3)
Turbulence Spreading of Doppler Spectrum (1973) (3)
Backscattering of 3.21‐centimeter radiation by water bubbles (1961) (3)
Wind Gradients and Variance of Doppler Spectra in Showers Viewed Horizontally (1973) (2)
Measurement of Draft Speeds in Convective Clouds by Means of Pulsed-Doppler Radar (1967) (2)
Comments on Silver Iodide Seeding and Hailfall Damage Suppression (1969) (2)
The Variable Nature of Thunderstorm Updrafts and Precipitation (1982) (2)
Soviet Research in Radar Meteorology and Cloud Modification (1961) (2)
The unclean sky: A meteorologist looks at air pollution (1980) (2)
The Nature of Violent Storm (1962) (1)
Comments on “Note on the Potentialities of Cumulonimbus and Hurricane Seeding Experiments” (1965) (1)
Comment on ‘Lightning suppression by chaff seeding at the base of thunderstorms’ by H. W. Kasemir, F. J. Holitza, W. E. Cobb, and W. D. Rust (1977) (1)
Cloud and Weather Modification (1957) (1)
Influence of the Environment on the Initiation of Precipitation in Tropical Cumuli over the Ocean (1958) (1)
Woodrow C. Jacobs retires as Meteorology Section Secretary (1974) (1)
BOOK AND FILM REVIEWS: Cloud Physics and Cloud Seeding (1965) (1)
A Survey of Recent Cloud Physics Research in the Soviet Union (1963) (1)
Depolarization of Microwaves by Hydrometeors in a Thunderstorm (1970) (1)
Effects of Seeding Cumulus Clouds (1958) (1)
scientific communication in the atmospheric science (1967) (1)
Comment on ‘Accelerated decay of thunderstorm electric fields by chaff seeding’ by F. J. Holitza and H. W. Kasemir (1974) (1)
Society activities and new members (1966) (0)
Radar Meteorology in the Soviet Union-1970 (1972) (0)
Is Weather Predictable? (1967) (0)
Climate and Man (1969) (0)
Advances in the Atmospheric Sciences—1966 (1967) (0)
Doppler Radar Observations of a Mountain Hailstorm (1975) (0)
research in tropical meteorology1 (1968) (0)
BACK-SCATTERING OF 3.21-CM RADIATION BY WATER BUBBLES (1960) (0)
Atmospheric Microphysics: The Physics of Clouds . B. J. Mason. Second edition. Clarendon (Oxford University Press), New York, 1971. xvi, 672 pp. + plates. $38.50. Oxford Monographs on Meteorology. (1971) (0)
Cloud-Physics Research in the Soviet Union 1 (1959) (0)
The Atmospheric Sciences in 1967 (1968) (0)
investigacion de la meteorologia tropical1 (1968) (0)
Weather / Louis J. Battan (1974) (0)
Action of the Council. (0)
citation of cloud physics research in the Soviet Union1 (1969) (0)
Whitetop experiment. (1969) (0)
Climateand man. (1969) (0)
BOOKS: The Unclean Sky (1967) (0)
Some Problems in Changing the Weather (1968) (0)
A Technique for Measuring the Rotational Properties of Falling Oblate Ice Spheroids (1985) (0)
Discussion of “Tornado Technology and Professional Practice” by Joseph E. Minor (November, 1982) (1984) (0)
Stellar Scintillations and Clear Air Turbulence (1962) (0)
Referencing Practices in Cloud Physics (1980) (0)
Proceedings of the Conference on Water Resources: October 1-3, 1951 (1952) (0)
a national air grant program (1975) (0)
The “Thunderstorm-Project” Data (1951) (0)
Observations of Convective Clouds by Means of Pulsed-Doppler Radar (1963) (0)

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