War History of the Australian Meteorological Service
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: D.Met.S.—Australia's Wartime Weather Service
Chapter 2: The Weather Factor in Warfare
Chapter 3: Met in the Retreat
Chapter 4: Met in the Advance
Chapter 5: Meteorology in Aviation
Chapter 6: Central Forecasting Services
Chapter 7: Met With the Army
Chapter 8: Research and Personnel Training
Radiosonde Personnel
Chemical Warfare Experiments
Training of Outside Personnel
Miscellaneous Training and Lectures
Civil Air Lines' Trainees
Compilation of Notes and Manuals
Meteorological and Climatic Reports
Coastal and Seaward Areas
Enemy Occupied Areas
Training Statistics
Chapter 9: Instrumental Development and Maintenance
Chapter 10: Scientific Developments in the RAAF Meteorological Service
Chapter 11: Divisional Bureaux and Their Work
Appendix 1: List of Reports Provided by D.Met.S. for Advances Operational Planning and Other Purposes
Appendix 2: List of Service Personnel RAAF Meteorological Service
Appendix 3: List of Civilian Personnel Who Worked Together with Service Personnel of the RAAF Meteorological Service
Appendix 4: List of Locations at which RAAF Meteorological Service Personnel Served
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Coastal and Seaward Areas
At the request of the Admiralty, the compilation of a handbook was undertaken for the primary use of fleet meteorological officers operating in the Australian region. It was called Weather on the Australia Station, and in presentation followed earlier volumes of the series dealing with British naval stations throughout the world.Presentation followed established precedent in that it comprised three volumes, the first devoted to a general survey of the whole area, the second to local information and the third to synoptic analysis and aids to weather forecasting. Compilation of the second volume was undertaken first, since this was the one with contents most adapted to the immediate demands of operations in the South-West Pacific area, and for purposes of discussion the whole Australia station was divided into 12 areas. The requirements of the Australian weather service and its meteorologists were kept prominently in mind in carrying out this work, which appeared in due course as RAAF publication No 252—incidentally, the first of its kind produced for the Australian region.
Generally, the volume included chapters on cyclones and depressions, winds (surface and upper), cloud, rain, temperature (air and sea), humidity, thunder, hail and snow, sea and swell, earth tremors and waterspouts; the whole discussion illustrated with figures and concluded by general climatological statistics, tables of seasonal wind direction, direction and velocity in the upper air and statistics relating to the incidence of low cloud.
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