The Meteorological Observer’s Handbook: 1942 Edition

Air Ministry—Meteorological Office

Penerbit : His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London

Tahun : 1942

This handbook provides official instructions for meteorological observers, especially for routine ground-level observations at climatological stations. It covers station requirements, exposure of instruments, barometers, thermometers, humidity instruments, wind observation, Beaufort wind force, weather phenomena, visibility, optical atmospheric phenomena, clouds, rain gauges, state of the ground, sunshine recorders, and self-recording instruments such as barographs, thermographs, hygrographs, anemometers, and self-recording rain gauges. The 1942 edition reflects British Meteorological Office practice during the wartime period. It includes standard procedures for instrument handling, observation discipline, measurement units, exposure rules, cloud classification, Beaufort-scale guidance, and tables for barometric reduction and other calculations. The handbook is important as a practical operational manual because it codifies how observers should produce reliable and comparable meteorological records before automated observation systems.

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