1 9 2 8 . ▁He ▁worked ▁in ▁a ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁We ather ▁Bureau ▁offices ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁drawing ▁up ▁maps , ▁comparing ▁them ▁to ▁official ▁forec asts , ▁and ▁p onder ing ▁the ▁weather . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 2 0 s ▁he ▁saw ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁l ighter - than - air ▁craft ▁to ▁meteor ology , ▁pushed ▁for ▁the ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁Navy ▁Aer ological ▁Service , ▁and ▁gained ▁an ▁assignment ▁to ▁Lake h urst , ▁New ▁Jersey ▁as ▁chief ▁meteor ologist ▁for ▁all ▁l ighter - than - air ▁operations , ▁in ▁effect ▁expand ing ▁the ▁Navy ' s ▁domin ance ▁in ▁weather ▁forec ast ing ▁for ▁av iation . ▁▁▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s , ▁while ▁Reich ▁worked ▁at ▁the ▁We ather ▁Bureau , ▁he ▁be fri ended ▁Carl ▁Gustav ▁Ross by , ▁a ▁Swedish ▁meteor ologist ▁who ▁had ▁trained ▁with ▁Vil helm ▁B jer kn es ▁and ▁Jacob ▁B jer kn es ▁at ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁Ber gen ▁School ▁of ▁Meteor ology ▁[ the ▁school , ▁founded ▁by ▁B jer kn es , ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁adv ancing ▁concepts ▁associated ▁with ▁fluid ▁dynamics ▁into ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁meteor ology ▁and ▁developing ▁the ▁science ▁upon ▁which ▁modern ▁weather ▁forec ast ing ▁is ▁based ] ▁was ▁doing ▁research ▁on ▁air ▁mass ▁and ▁front al ▁analysis ▁and ▁simulation ▁of ▁atmos pher ic ▁circul ation , ▁mean while ▁establish ing ▁the ▁first ▁weather ▁service ▁support ▁for ▁civil ▁av