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        Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service 
         Preface 
         Foreword 
         Introduction 
         Chapter 1: Growing Up 
         Chapter 2: Port Moresby Before Pearl Harbour 
         Chapter 3: Port Moresby After Pearl Harbour 
         Chapter 4: Allied Air Force HQ and RAAF Command, Brisbane 
         Chapter 5: Japan Surrenders and We Are Demobilised 
         Epilogue 
         Acknowledgements 
         Appendix 1: References 
         Appendix 2: Milestones 
         Appendix 3: Papers Published in Tropical Weather Research Bulletins 
         Appendix 4: Radiosonde Observations 194146 
        
        
  
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        Appendix 3: Papers Published in Tropical Weather Research Bulletins
  
        | No 1 | May | 1944 |  
  | No 2 | Jul | 1944 |  
  | No 3 | Aug | 1944 |  
  | No 4 | Oct | 1944 |  
  | No 5 | Nov | 1944 |  
  | No 6 | Dec | 1944 |  
  | No 7 | Feb | 1945 |  
  | No 8 | Mar | 1945 |  
  | No 9 | Apr | 1945 |  
  | No 10 | Jun | 1945 |  
  | No 11 | Aug | 1945 |  
  | No 12 | Sep | 1945 |  
  | No 13 | Nov | 1945 |  
  | No 14 | Dec | 1945 |  
  | No 15 | Apr | 1946 |   
        
        
        
        AUTHOR(S)        TITLE OF PAPER          VOLUME
  - Allender, C. F. T. Passage of cold fronts through N W Queensland, Vol 7 
 
 - Ashton, H. T. 
- Weather analysis in the Townsville area, Vol 4
 
 - Target forecasts, Vol 9
 
  
 - Bahr, V. J. Further notes on the Wam Braw over Geelvink Bay, Vol 10 
 
 - Bath, A. T. Weather conditions in the New Guinea areaOct '43 to Jul '44with special reference to the Port Moresby area, Vol 3 
 
 - Bond, H. G. 
- The Wam Braw over Geelvink Bay, Vol 6
 
 - The north-west season in New Guinea, Vol 14
 
 - The use of pressure tendencies in tropical forecasting, Vol 15 
 
  
 - Brown, G. F. Some notes for weather analysis of equatorial regions, Vol 14 
 
 - Dunn, L. S. Squalls in the tropics, Vol 13 
 
 - Forder, D. H. 
- Movement of Cold Fronts, Vol 7
 
 - Isallobars in the tropics, Vol 11 
 
  
 - Gardener, T. The NW Monsoon Front, Vol 5 
 
 - Gibbs, W. J. 
- Notes on the relationship between upper wind patterns, surface pressure tendencies and their effect on the behaviour of the tropical front, Vol 1
 
 - Note on the frontology of northern Australia and adjacent islands, Vol 3
 
 - Notes on the variation of surface pressure, Vol 5
 
 - Motion of air in low latitudes, Vol 12 
 
  
 - Grimes, A. Movement of air across the equator (reprint of article published as Malayan
 Meteorological Service, Memoir No 2 ca 1939), Vol 10  
 - Hannay, A. K. 
- Fronts and frontal zones north of Australia in winter, Vol 13
 
 - Some notes on the intertropical boundary zone and related air streams in NW Australia in summer, Vol 14 
 
  
 - Hogan, J. (18961970); The Wam Brawa local wind in Geelvinck Bay, Dutch New  Guinea; Vol 3
 
 - Hogan, J. (19121978); Problems associated with tropical forecasting in the Indian Ocean, Vol 15 
 
 - Hogben, G. L.  The use of c-p contours (mainly at the 500 mb level) for drawing surface synoptic charts, Vol 11 
 
 - Holmes, R. A. E. Frontal zones from southern regions affecting weather over the N.E.I. during the SE season. Vol 2
 
 - Hutchings, J. W. Hydrodynamical methods in tropical forecasting, Vol 15
 
 - Kerr, C. and McIntyre D. G. Forecasting over the Solomon Sea, Vol 2
 
 - Landgren, G. L. and Leies, G. M. Pressure tendency as an aid in single station forecasting for tropical areas, Vol 11
 
 - McCartney, H. S. Cyclonic disturbances in the Coral Sea, March 1944, Vol 4 
 
 - MacRae, J. N. Waves or cyclonic circulations in latitudes between 10 deg. N and 10 deg. S, Vol 6 
 
 - Martin, G. R. Migrating thunderstorm over the Brisbane area in the early summer of 194344, Vol 1 
 
 - Milthorpe, W. The use of 24 hour pressure changes and upper winds in the preparation of
 short-period forecasts for the Tadji-Wewak area, Vol 15  
 - Miscellaneous Notes
 - Notes on discussions in N W Area, Vol 4
 
 - Collected notes on the weather over the New Guinea area during the doldrum period 194344, Vol 8
 
 - Collected notes on the weather over the New Guinea area during the SE season 1944, Vol 9 
 
  
 - RAAF Command Research Notes
 - No 1; Relationship between upper winds and rainfall, Vol 6
 
 - No 2; Origin and movement of tropical cyclones, Vol 6
 
 - No 3; Effect of topography on weatherBorneo, Vol 9
 
 - No 4; Tracks of two tropical cyclones related to the general wind stream at 20,000 feet, Vol 9
 
 - No 5; Effect of topography on weatherJava, Vol 10
 
 - No 6; The prefrontal convergence zone, Vol 13
 
 - No 7; Non-frontal convergence zones.; Vol 14
 
  
 - Trefry, G. R. NW monsoon in relation to the Inter-tropic Front, Vol 8 
 
 - Treloar, H. M. 
- The origin of and meteorological situation associated with the NW monsoon in Australasian longitudes, Vol 9
 
 - Prebaratic chartsUse of Patterson's projection method applied to a special situation, Vol 11
 
 - An approximate conditional near-surface wind-pressure relation in low latitudes, Vol 12 
 
  
 - White, R. C. L. Further observations on isallobars and their relation to tropical weather, Vol 5
  
        
        
          
        People in Bright Sparcs - Ashton, Henry Tamblyn (Harry); Bahr, Victor John; Bath, Allen Tristram; Forder, Douglas Highmoor (Doug); Hannay, Alexander Keith (Keith); Holmes, Ralph Aubrey Edward 
        
         
        Gibbs, W. J. 1995 'A Glimpse of the RAAF Meteorological Service', Metarch Papers, No. 7 March 1995, Bureau of Meteorology
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