Meteorology with Marine Applications: Second Edition

William L. Donn

Penerbit : McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York/Toronto/London

Tahun : 1951

This book introduces meteorology with specific attention to marine use. It explains the atmosphere, heat and temperature, humidity, fog, clouds, pressure, wind, global and regional circulation, air masses, fronts, cyclones, tropical storms, ocean currents, weather forecasting, and weather-code interpretation. The book is designed for mariners and students who need practical knowledge of weather processes, observation methods, and short-period forecasting at sea. The second edition revises the chapter on weather coding and notation after the introduction of the new International Weather Code in 1949. Its marine orientation makes it especially relevant for ship officers, merchant marine training, navigation, cargo care, and sea-based weather observation. The book also highlights the importance of ship observations for oceanic meteorology, because many marine weather records depend on reports collected from vessels operating far from land stations.

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