He was associate professor of geophysics from 1960 to 1962 and professor of geophysics at the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks from 1962 to 1964. In 1964, became a professor at the University of Colorado and was named professor emeritus in 1987. Mr. Flock was also a consultant with the Rand Corporation, a consultant in residence at Jicamarca Radar Observatory in Lima, Peru, a member of the technical staff at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and a visiting scientist at the Geophysical Observatory, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Christchurch, New Zealand. He wrote several books and numerous other publications. His studies in radar ornithology aided the understanding of radar blackouts on the Distant Early Warning Line or DEW Line in Alaska and Canada, air traffic control and bird migration patterns.
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