The Namias papers measure 54.6 linear feet and describe Namias's professional career from 1932 to 1990 with the bulk of materials falling between 1968 and 1988.

Jerome Namias (3/19/10-) never earned a bachelor's degree or doctorate, but did complete a master's degree in meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1941. He was Chief of the Extended Forecast Division of the U.S. Weather Bureau (1941-1971) before joining UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography as a research meteorologist, later Head of the Climate Research Group. He is renowned for his pioneering work in extended weather forecasts and the study of air-sea interactions as they relate to the weather.

54.6 li. ft.

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