Observing Micrometeorology: A Personal Tour through an Evolving Science

In early 1962, at the age of 21, Bruce Hicks found himself temporarily in charge of a micrometeorological experimental program conducted at Kerang, in Victoria (Australia). He had no schooling in the atmospheric sciences, and so started a self-education program based on (a) what he saw with his own eyes, (b) what his mentors told him and (c) textbook lore. He quickly discovered that others in that...