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I'JI '“Ctf/ 'pie, Eyl "ico^oij 'll, 225^ Aratitjj,! milbv SMMil HOPPli { m, 5BAI MPM! m I? RES load h . in ing ce mi 'AirM’s program unique Students get radar training By BECKY DOBSON Battalion Reporter Texas A&M University's meteorology students get the only hands-on radar training in the United States, even though almost a score of other institu tions offer advanced degrees in the field. “Many schools teach a radar course without radar instruments and others teach radar but never allow the students to run it,” Kenneth C. Brundidge, head of the meteorology department, said. “The students actually run the radar here.” The radar equipment the stu dents are allowed to use has an effective range of 250 miles. It can detect hurricanes, tornadoes or any form of precipitation within that range. The height of the Oceanog raphy and Meteorology building itself serves to make the weather station the most powerful in the area. The radar antenna on top of the building is more than 200 feet above ground and 30 inches in diameter which accounts for its broad range, Brundidge says. Brundidge says meteorology continues to bloom as a service- oriented profession, although jobs are presently confined to government and a few private consulting firms. The department has produced TV figures such as Ron Godbey and David Finfrock. Both are weathermen for TV stations and | Battalion a Classified f Call 845-2611 ? ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ * HATE DOING * « LAUNDRY? j £ Let Frannie's do it for you ^ Aunt Frannies Laundromat J^Holleman at Anderson 693-658/It THE BATTALION Page 5 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1978 * THE KIDNAP IS * COMING! GET J YOUR CANNED * GOODS READY 9fc 9|C 3fc 9|C9Me 3|c 9fc * * *fc 9fe 9fc Battalion photo by Paige Beasley Meteorology students track approaching front on TAMU weather radar. radio stations in Fort Worth. John Adams, whose voice is familiar to many who watched channel 3 weather in Bryan, is now working for a station in Beaumont. Meteorolgy was first taught here in 1949 and became a sepa rate department in 1965. It now includes 200 undergraduate and graduate majors and has a staff of 14 faculty members. The department offers spe- cially designed courses for edu- cation, architecture, agriculture and science majors. The one- hour course for non-majors at tracts almost 250 students a semester. During times of severe weather the department’s equipment records threatening storm conditions. These are re ported to local civil defense and other emergency officials. 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