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Record #171960:
Meteorological observer's handbook / United Kingdom. Air Ministry-Meteorological Office.
Title: | Meteorological observer's handbook / United Kingdom. Air Ministry-Meteorological Office. |
Author (corporate): | United Kingdom. |
Date: | 1942. |
Publisher: | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
Abstract: | Aims to provide complete instruction in care and manipulation of meteorological instruments, and in making of observations, at ground level, both instrumental and non-instrumental. Intended primarily for use within British Isles, but with notes regarding practice modifications in different climates. Devotes Part I to instructions for routine observing, Part II to autographic instruments, and Part III to tables. Omits Admiral Beaufort's (1805) specification of wind speed scale for "Provisional specification of the Beaufort Scale for use at sea", agreed by IMO, Berlin 1939. |
Keywords: | 551.5 -- Meteorology. 551.50 -- Meteorology, methods of observation. 551.501.1 -- Meteorology, instructions for observers. 551.508 -- Meteorological instruments. 656.61.052 -- Seamanship. D -- Atmospheric sciences. (41) -- British Isles. |
Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 551.5(02) |
SPRI record no.: | 171960 |
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