1975: Seattle Summer
My first visit to the USA was for a summer school at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington State. I was sponsored by a NATO air-sea interaction scholarship.
Category: Work Trips
In 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic has kept me ashore for the season and I decided to add some descriptions of past times for which I have photos – mainly for my own enjoyment! On some of my trips abroad for work conferences and committee meetings I took time off before or after to do some travelling. This is a record of some of those trips; I’m adding more as I find the photos.
December 1979: Australia (IUGG)
Attending the IUGG General Assembly in Canberra with a car trip to the Blue Mountains and a visit to Sydney
Jan. 1980: Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, and Claremont
The 1980 American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting was held at the historic Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, California.
March 1980: Pasadena… SeaSat-JASIN
Collaboration with JPL in a workshop at the Huntington Sheraton Hotel in Pasadena to evaluate the first oceanographic satellite, Seasat. Then visiting friends at Claremont.
Sept. 1982: Monterey, California
I had a meeting at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and took the opportunity to visit Cannery Row.
April 1983: San Miniato, Italy
Travelling via Pisa and the Leaning Tower to an international workshop on Satellite Altimetry and Ocean Circulation held at San Miniato, a Tuscan hill top village.
October 1983: Corsica, France
A week long NATO Advanced Research Workshop in Corsica, France, with a boat trip to one of the islands between Corsica and Sardinia.
August 1985: Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Attending the Joint IAMAP/IAPSO Assembly in Hawaii in August 1985 and a couple of days driving around the island of Oahu with Nicky.
February 1986: India and Nepal
Staying at the Imperial Hotel in New Delhi to attend a meeting at the India Meteorology Department, and then, with Nicky, visiting Agra and Jaipur by train, and flying to Kathmandu in Nepal for a few days.
April 1991: Japan
A three week trip to Japan with Nicky for an IGOSS Seminar and Workshop followed by a visit to Sendai as a guest at Tohoku University, a sightseeing stay in Kyoto, and a visit to Nicky’s friends in Nagano.