833... Terminology

834... Prologue

• 834... J. W. Zillman Director of Meteorology
• 835... The Seven Stages in the Life and Career of Dr W. J. Gibbs
• 839... The Meteorological Legacy of Dr Gibbs
• 845... Dr Gibb's Career—An Appreciation

846... Preface

849... Chapter 1: The Warren Years, 1946 to 1950

• 849... Warren the Man
• 850... Warren Joins the Bureau
• 855... Wartime Perceptions and Attitudes
• 857... Return to Civvy Street
• 861... Frosterley
• 863... People in the Bureau
• 867... Re-establishing and Reorganising the Bureau
• 868... Reorganisation of Central Office
• 869... The Position of Chief Scientific Officer
• 871... Post-War Reorganisation
• 873... The Haldane Story
• 875... Public Weather Services
• 877... The New South Wales Divisional Office
• 878... The Victorian Divisional Office
• 879... The Queensland Divisional Office
• 880... The South Australian Divisional Office
• 881... The Western Australian Divisional Office
• 885... The Tasmanian Divisional Office
• 886... Pre-war Services for Civil Aviation
• 894... Post-War Meteorological Service for Aviation
• 898... Indian Ocean Survey Flight
• 899... The Aviation Field Staff
• 901... Synoptic Analysis, Prognosis and Forecasting
• 905... Antarctic and Southern Ocean Meteorology
• 912... A Wider Scientific Horizon
• 913... Research, Development and Special Investigations
• 917... Analysts' Conference, April 1950
• 921... Instruments and Observations
• 923... Radiosondes
• 924... Radar Winds and Radar Weather Watch
• 927... Telecommunications
• 928... Climate and Statistics
• 932... Training
• 933... Publications
• 936... CSIRO
• 939... The Universities
• 943... Achievements of the Warren Years

945... Chapter 2: International Meteorology

• 950... Meetings of the IMO Technical Commissions in Toronto
• 953... The IMO Conference of Directors, Washington DC
• 956... The US Weather Bureau
• 958... Meeting of IMO Regional Association for the South-west Pacific
• 959... Meetings of the IMO International Meteorological Committee

962... Chapter 3: The Timcke Years, 1950 to 1955

• 965... A Period of Consolidation
• 967... Aviation Services
• 970... Services for the General Public
• 971... Rockets and Atomic Weapons
• 976... Instruments and Observations
• 979... Climate and Statistics
• 983... International Activities
• 984... Training
• 985... Publications
• 986... Research
• 993... Central Analysis and Development
• 994... CSIRO
• 994... The Universities
• 995... The Meteorology Act
• 996... Achievements of the Timcke Years

997... Chapter 4: A Year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• 998... Melbourne to Cambridge, Massachusetts
• 1000... Long-range Forecasting
• 1004... Synoptic Meteorology
• 1005... Dynamic Meteorology I, II, III
• 1008... Dynamic Meteorology IV
• 1010... Physical Meteorology
• 1011... Seminars
• 1012... Audrey Joins Me in Boston
• 1013... Was it Worthwhile?

1014... Chapter 5: The Dwyer Years, 1955 to 1962

• 1017... Leonard Joseph Dwyer—A Complex Character
• 1018... Reorganising the Bureau
• 1021... Public Weather Services
• 1022... Forecasts for the General Public
• 1026... Importance of Radio Stations
• 1027... The Advent of Television
• 1031... Automatic Telephone Forecast Service
• 1032... Beacons
• 1033... Wording and Verification of Forecasts
• 1035... Warnings
• 1037... Services for Aviation
• 1042... Atomic Weapons Tests
• 1044... Atomic Weapons Tests—Mosaic G1 and G2
• 1047... Atomic Weapons Tests—Buffalo 1, 2, 3 and 4
• 1050... Atomic Weapons Tests—Operations Antler, 2 and 3
• 1051... Atomic Weapons Tests—Minor Trials
• 1052... Instruments and Observations
• 1053... Radiosondes
• 1054... Radar/Radio Winds and Radar Weather Watch
• 1056... Automatic Weather Stations
• 1057... Sferics
• 1058... Meteorological Satellites
• 1062... Telecommunications
• 1064... Tropical Cyclones
• 1068... Bureau Conference on Tropical Cyclones
• 1070... International Symposium on Tropical Cyclones, Brisbane
• 1073... Hydrometeorology
• 1079... Design of Water Storages, Etc
• 1084... Flood Forecasting
• 1088... Cloud Seeding
• 1094... Reduction of Evaporation
• 1095... Rain Seminar
• 1098... Cloud Physics
• 1100... Fire Weather
• 1104... Research and Special Investigations
• 1108... International Activities
• 1112... The International Geophysical Year
• 1114... The Antarctic and Southern Ocean
• 1116... International Symposium on Antarctic Meteorology
• 1120... International Antarctic Analysis Centre
• 1124... ADP, EDP and Computers
• 1128... Training
• 1130... Publications
• 1131... Management Conference
• 1133... Services Conference
• 1135... CSIRO and the Universities
• 1137... Achievements of the Dwyer Years

1141... Chapter 6: A Springboard for the Future

• 1144... My Springboard
• 1146... Proposal for More Staff
• 1147... Efforts to Improve Scientific Status of the Bureau
• 1149... Gibbs-Priestley-White Prospectus
• 1149... Successes and Struggles with Ministers and Permanent Heads
• 1152... Submission to Royal Commission on Government Administration
• 1155... The Committee of Inquiry
• 1156... Achievements 1962 to 1978

1159... Appendix 1: References

1160... Appendix 2: Reports, Papers, Manuscripts

• 1160... Authors
• 1160... Interviews
• 1160... Other Publications
• 1160... Other Reports
• 1160... Notes on Frosterley—No 2 Drummond Street, Carlton

1161... Appendix 3: Milestones

• 1161... 1853
• 1161... 1873
• 1161... 1882–83
• 1161... 1891
• 1161... 1895
• 1161... 1898
• 1161... 1899–90
• 1161... 1906
• 1161... 1907
• 1161... 1908
• 1161... 1919
• 1161... 1920
• 1161... 1921
• 1161... 1922
• 1161... 1926
• 1161... 1928
• 1161... 1929
• 1161... 1930
• 1161... 1931
• 1161... 1932–33
• 1161... 1933
• 1161... 1934
• 1161... 1935
• 1161... 1936
• 1161... 1937
• 1161... 1938
• 1161... 1939
• 1161... 1940
• 1161... 1941
• 1161... 1942
• 1161... 1944
• 1161... 1945
• 1161... 1946
• 1161... 1947
• 1161... 1948
• 1161... 1949
• 1161... 1950
• 1161... 1951
• 1161... 1952
• 1161... 1953
• 1161... 1954
• 1161... 1955
• 1161... 1956
• 1161... 1957
• 1161... 1958
• 1161... 1959
• 1161... 1960
• 1161... 1961
• 1161... 1962

1162... Appendix 4: Acknowledgements

1163... Appendix 5: Summary by H. N. Warren of the Operation of the Meteorological Section of Allied Air Headquarters, Brisbane, 1942–45

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