History of the Meteorological Office
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History of the Meteorological Office

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

History of the Meteorological Office

About this book

Malcolm Walker tells the story of the UK's national meteorological service from its formation in 1854 with a staff of four to its present position as a scientific and technological institution of national and international importance with a staff of nearly two thousand. The Met Office has long been at the forefront of research into atmospheric science and technology and is second to none in providing weather services to the general public and a wide range of customers around the world. The history of the Met Office is therefore largely a history of the development of international weather prediction research in general. In the modern era it is also at the forefront of the modelling of climate change. This volume will be of great interest to meteorologists, atmospheric scientists and historians of science, as well as amateur meteorologists and anyone interested generally in weather prediction.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. HISTORY OF THE METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Illustrations
  7. Foreword
  8. Additional Commentary
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. Abbreviations
  11. 1 Seeds Are Sown
  12. 2 Statistics and Storms
  13. 3 Inquiry and Criticism
  14. 4 The Fight over Forecasts
  15. 5 Squalls and Settled Spells
  16. 6 The Emergence of Science
  17. 7 A Decade of Change
  18. 8 The Great War
  19. 9 The Inter-War Period
  20. 10 The Clouds of War
  21. 11 Aftermath of War to Forecasting by Numbers
  22. 12 Global Meteorology
  23. 13 Winds of Change
  24. Index