Memories of the Bureau, 1946 to 1962
Foreword
Terminology
Prologue
Preface
Chapter 1: The Warren Years, 1946 to 1950
Chapter 2: International Meteorology
Chapter 3: The Timcke Years, 1950 to 1955
Chapter 4: A Year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chapter 5: The Dwyer Years, 1955 to 1962
Leonard Joseph Dwyer—A Complex Character
Reorganising the Bureau
Public Weather Services
Forecasts for the General Public
Importance of Radio Stations
The Advent of Television
Automatic Telephone Forecast Service
Beacons
Wording and Verification of Forecasts
Warnings
Services for Aviation
Atomic Weapons Tests
Atomic Weapons Tests—Mosaic G1 and G2
Atomic Weapons Tests—Buffalo 1, 2, 3 and 4
Atomic Weapons Tests—Operations Antler, 2 and 3
Atomic Weapons Tests—Minor Trials
Instruments and Observations
Radiosondes
Radar/Radio Winds and Radar Weather Watch
Automatic Weather Stations
Sferics
Meteorological Satellites
Telecommunications
Tropical Cyclones
Bureau Conference on Tropical Cyclones
International Symposium on Tropical Cyclones, Brisbane
Hydrometeorology
Design of Water Storages, Etc
Flood Forecasting
Cloud Seeding
Reduction of Evaporation
Rain Seminar
Cloud Physics
Fire Weather
Research and Special Investigations
International Activities
The International Geophysical Year
The Antarctic and Southern Ocean
International Symposium on Antarctic Meteorology
International Antarctic Analysis Centre
ADP, EDP and Computers
Training
Publications
Management Conference
Services Conference
CSIRO and the Universities
Achievements of the Dwyer Years
Chapter 6: A Springboard for the Future
Appendix 1: References
Appendix 2: Reports, Papers, Manuscripts
Appendix 3: Milestones
Appendix 4: Acknowledgements
Appendix 5: Summary by H. N. Warren of the Operation of the Meteorological Section of Allied Air Headquarters, Brisbane, 1942–45
Endnotes
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Services for Aviation (continued)
Following the recommendations of the inquiry the Bureau and DCA devised a Joint Approach-Control Meteorological Advisory Service to ensure that aircraft in the approach-control area in the vicinity of airports could be directed to avoid flying though thunderstorms. This service used meteorological radar to track the path and intensity of precipitation in the approach-control area which indicated location of areas of intense convective activity. This Australian initiative excited considerable overseas interest, particularly in the US.In June 1955 Don Anderson was appointed Director-General of DCA. Young, intelligent and energetic, he infused new life into an organisation which already had a long and distinguished history. It was not long after this appointment that he and Len Dwyer signed a working arrangement which spelt out guidelines for the provision of meteorological service to civil aviation in Australia.
Issues of the Bureau's Weather News during the Dwyer years reflect a major emphasis on the development of meteorological service for civil and military aviation. Of a total staff strength of 600 in March 1957, 340 were serving at field offices, 122 at Divisional Offices and 138 in Central Office. The 1959 Bureau staff reorganisation approved by the Public Service Board provided for a staff of 414 at field offices, 172 in Divisional Offices and 214 at Central Office (the Central Office staff numbers include cadet meteorologists).
A copy of a report prepared in October 1961 for the information of the Minister for the Interior and distributed for the information of all Bureau staff states that, in addition to its Central Office, the Bureau operated six Divisional Offices, 22 aviation forecasting offices, 29 observing offices, 515 part-time observing stations and 7000 voluntary rainfall observing stations.
The main activity in the aviation forecasting offices, which were staffed by meteorologists and/or weather officers and observers, was the provision of flight and aerodrome forecasts and aerodrome weather conditions to aircraft captains. The surface and upper air observations made at these offices were also part of the overall observational system used in Central and Divisional Offices.
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