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Walter Orr Roberts (August 20, 1915 – March 12, 1990) was an American astronomer and atmospheric physicist, as well as an educator, philanthropist, and builder.〔Eddy, J.A. (1992). Walter Orr Roberts (1915-1990). Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 24, 1331. 10.3847/BAASOBIT1992012 ()〕 He received his doctorate in astronomy from Harvard University in 1943.〔''New York Times'': ("Walter Orr Roberts Is Dead at 74; Expert on Climate's Effect on Life," March 14, 1990 ), accessed May 25, 2011〕 == HAO ==
From 1940 – 1946 he was superintendent of the Climax Observing Station, Harvard College Observatory, in Climax Colorado. This site was chosen by Donald H. Menzel in 1939; Menzel also supervised the construction of the observatory and residence on the mining property of the Climax Molybdenum Company.〔Remembering Walt Roberts. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 1991, p.13.〕 The observatory was installed with a coronagraph in 1940, which had been developed and tested at the Oakridge Station of Harvard College Observatory (it was patterned after one developed by Bernard Lyot in the 1930s in France). At the Harvard College Observatory in Climax (elevation 11,520 feet), Roberts observed and concluded that changes in the corona affected radio communications, and in fact these changes provided advance warning of communication disturbances. This became important for WWII wartime security and the observatory work was classified and overseen by the Navy during this period. In 1945, after WWII, the National Bureau of Standards contracted the observatory for reports on solar activity. In 1946, the Climax Harvard College Observatory incorporated with the University of Colorado under CU President Robert L. Stearns’ tenure and was renamed the High Altitude Observatory (HAO).〔Hallgren, E. L. (1974). (The University Corporation for Atmospheric research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1960-1970: An institutional history. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research ). (pp.55-56). Boulder, Colorado.〕 At that time, he became the founding director of the High Altitude Observatory (HAO), and remained the director until 1961. HAO launched an Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Relations in January 1956 for a four-year period “to study the effects of the sun on weather with the hope that from this work would come an improvement in weather or climate forecasting based on analysis of variations in the emissions from the sun.” 〔Hallgren, E. L. (1974). (The University Corporation for Atmospheric research and the National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1960-1970: An institutional history ). University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. (p.66).〕 Subsequently he was the founding president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and first director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
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