WMOD00180

• Contract/Permit #: #90-2
• Applicant: North American Weather Consultants
• Sponsor Name: John R. Thompson
• Project Name: Grand Mesa
• Date: 2/20/1990
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Application

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JOHN R. THOMPSON

Project Director
North American Weather Consultants

Academic Traininq

1945

Aerographer's School, U. S. Navy, Lakehurst, New
Jersey
B.A., Meteorology, U.C.L.A.

1953

Professional Experience

1959-
Present
1959

North American Weather Consultants, Project Director.

1953-58
1945-48

'American Airlines, Los Angeles, California - Aviation
Forecaster.
Trans World Airlines - Aviation Forecaster.
United States Navy - Aerographer's Mate.

Summarv of Experience

From 1945 to 1948, Mr. Thompson was an Aerographer's Mate for
the United states Navy, serving on the West Coast of the united
states as well as on the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands.
From 1953 until 1958, Mr. Thompson was an Aviation Forecaster
for Trans World Airlines. He worked in the New York, Kansas
city and Los Angeles regions, making enroute and terminal
forecasts, and conducting pilot briefings. During 1958 and
1959, he was an Aviation Forecaster for American Airlines in Los
Angeles, where his responsibilities were similar to those he had
while at TWA.

In 1959, Mr. Thompson joined the staff at North American Weather
Consultants. He began as Chief Forecaster, and was responsible
for the majority of forecasting duties, as well as acting as a
coordinator between the NAWC forecast lab and the various field
meteorologists involved in weather modification projects.

From 1962 to 1968, Mr. Thompson was a Research Meteorologist for
the company, working on such diverse projects as development of
methods of synoptic analysis from satellite information,
quantitative assessments of the aviation airways terminal
forecasting system, and the investigation of means for adapting
existing airways and synoptic data to mesoscale analysis as