Goody Receives $120,000 in Grants For Atmospheric Physics Research

The Ford Foundation has awarded $100,000 to Richard M. Goody, professor of Meteorology. He will use the grant to finance a series of pre-doctoral fellowships in atmospheric physics.

Goody has also received $20,000 from the Research Corporation of New York and hopes to obtain National Science Foundation funds as well to further his project.

The study of atmospheric physics has been largely supplanted by the investigation of weather-forecasting, Goody declared yesterday. A consequent desire on the part of many scientists to revive the currently-neglected field, he said, is primarily responsible for his success in obtaining financial support.

Work Begun Last Year

"Until recently, most atmospheric research has not been done in physics laboratories," Goody continued, noting that he had begun work on his plan for the fellowships only a year ago.

Possible research topics in the future will include the atmospheres of other planets, spectroscopy at all wavelengths, atmospheric radiative transfer, physics of clouds, and the electrical properties of the atmosphere.

Allan R. Robinson '54, who will be made an assistant professor when he returns from England next fall, will help Goody in the administration of the fellowships. Most of the New York grant will be used for Robinson's salary.

Under his pre-doctoral program, Goody announced yesterday, Ph.D.'s will be confered in physics, applied physics, or applied mathematics. The fellowship stipends will be $3,000 annually with an additional $1,000 for summer work.