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Topics include: early life; education; work with the Numerical Weather Prediction group and Syono; research at Texas A and M; working with computers; work at NCAR; developing the GCM (General Circulation Model); uses of the GCM; work with GARP as acting head at NCAR; NCAR’s attitude towards GARP; differences between tropical and middle-latitude modeling; current work on tropical cyclones; what work has the most impact on the field of atmospheric science. Oral history interview with Akira Kasahara, 1998. American Institute of Physics (AIP) Interview. Interviewed by Paul Edwards. 3 sound cassettes (ca. 4 hrs.) : analog, mono + transcript (43 pgs.). AIP 168-170; two physical versions (one master, one copy). Access restrictions; AIP approval required to examine interview; written permission required to quote, cite, or reproduce any portion of the material. Forms part of American Meteorological Society Oral History Project.