The peaks left-to-right: 8848m Mount Everest, 7952m Gyachung Kang and 8201m Cho Oyu. The image was taken by Prof. Hindman from 4348m Tingri TIBET on 19 April 1996. He was leading a trans-Himalayan meteorological expedition to determine air pollution transport and suitable weather for the ultimate ascent of Everest, using a sailplane. Notice the soaring indicators: the dust-devil on the plains below Everest and the slope soaring Choughs at the extreme right. His Everest studies are in the ‘Vitae’ section. If the image displayed obscures the dust devil and Choughs, click here.
This site summarizes Emeritus Professor Edward (Ward) Hindman’s (Ph. D., 1975, U. Washington) teaching, research and service in the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department at º£½ÇÉçÇø between 1988 and his retirement in 2007. Also, the site contains his sailing and current soaring meteorological studies.
Prof. Hindman has been a researcher since 1961 and an educator since 1978. He developed meteorological instruments, first in the early 1960’s under soaring pioneer , and later with others. He used them to study fogs, clouds, thunderstorms and hurricanes. He conducted theoretical, laboratory and field studies of the effects of human activities on clouds. The field studies were conducted primarily at , which he founded in 1981, in the Himalayas, in the air and at sea. He mentored numerous students during these studies. During his 1995-96 sabbatical, he led a unique, trans-Himalayan meteorological expedition to Mt. Everest to study air pollution transport and the feasibility of ascending Everest with a sailplane, the ultimate ascent. During his 2005-06 sabbatical at Colorado State University, he and his colleagues characterized and predicted soaring flight using state-of-the-art atmospheric numerical models and validated the predictions through soaring flights. He continues soaring meteorological studies.
Contact
Edward (Ward) Hindman
Emeritus Professor of Meteorology and Oceanography
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department
º£½ÇÉçÇø, New York City, NY USA 10031
01-201-406-2184,
ehindman@ccny.cuny.edu