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MARC recordThe marine observer's handbook / United Kingdom. Meteorological Office.
| Title: | The marine observer's handbook / United Kingdom. Meteorological Office. |
| Author (corporate): | United Kingdom. |
| Date: | 1930. |
| Publisher: | London: H.M. Stationery Office |
| Abstract: | Intended for guidance and instruction of British Corps of Voluntary Marine Observers. Nine chapters cover: general description of marine meteorological work; handling of instruments; barometer; thermometers, hygrometers, hydrometers and raingauges; wind, sea and swell observations; cloud and weather; optical and general phenomena; ice, ocean currents, hydrographic and other observations; and instructions for keeping notebook, log and ship's meterological record. |
| 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. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 551.5(02) |
| SPRI record no.: | 190883 |
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