Interview with Stuart "Stu" Foster, June 21, 2021
Project: Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project
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In this interview Stuart 'Stu' Foster discusses his career as the state climatologist for Kentucky. Foster also goes over his education, his work with the Kentucky Climate Center, and the development and implementation of the Kentucky Mesonet.Interview Accession
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Lauren Elizabeth Cagle
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Climate change Kentucky Louisville (Ky.) Western Kentucky University Bowling Green (Ky.) Climatologists Project management Climatology Environmentalism United States. National Weather Service. Ecosystems Carnegie Mellon University ArcGIS National Centers for Environmental Information (U.S.) Midwestern Regional Climate Center (U.S.)Interview Rights
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Foster, Stuart Interview by James Joyce. 21 Jun. 2021. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Foster, S. (2021, June 21). Interview by J. Joyce. Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Foster, Stuart, interview by James Joyce. June 21, 2021, Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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