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20th Operational Weather Squadron

The two stars indicate the services, US Air Force and U.S. Army, that the unit supports by providing meteorological information.

Alexandra Land

During World War II the Germans established an ill-fated meteorological station on the island.

Andrei Monin

He joined in the rank of lieutenant and sent to the 3rd Baltic Front where he was section leader of a frontal meteorological station.

Antarctic Meteorological Research Center

The AMRC is one of the primary archives of meteorological data from Antarctica and its surrounding geographic areas.

Belgrade Meteorological Station

While the first meteorological observation post was in a nearby private house, a meteorological observation station (Serbian Meteorološka opservatorija) building was built in 1891 by architect Dimitrije T. Leko, on Vračar's plateau, in Savinac (recognized also as Englezovac, named after Francis Mackenzie).

C-Man

The Coastal-Marine Automated Network, a meteorological observation network along the coastal United States

Cape Lancaster

The cape was later sighted by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897–99, under Gerlache, who named it for Albert Lancaster, Scientific Director of the Meteorological Service of the Royal Observatory of Belgium and a supporter of the expedition.

Chrysler Cirrus

The JA sedans were known collectively as the "Cloud Cars" because their names which referenced meteorological terms (cirrus, breeze, stratus).

Cloud base

Cloud base is an important meteorological variable for aviation safety, as it determines whether pilots may use Visual Flight Rules (VFR) or must follow Instrument Flight Rules for take-off or landing.

Colmar – Meyenheim Air Base

The air base hosts a meteorological station maintained by Météo-France; the station is the sixth driest in France (after MarignaneMarseille Provence Airport, Perpignan, Clermont-Ferrand, Chartres and Évreux) of the French meterorological service network.

Cyclone Lehar

The director of the Bhubaneswar Meteorological Centre asked the ports of Paradip and Gopalpur to hoist danger signals in preparation for the storm.

Deforestation in Brazil

In an American Meteorological Society Journal of Climate, two research meteorologists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Andrew Negri and Robert Adler have analysed the impact of deforestation on climatic patterns in the Amazon using data and observatory readings obtained from NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission collected over many years.

HKO

Hong Kong Observatory, the official weather forecast authority and meteorological agency of Hong Kong.

Hurricane Ismael

Hundreds of people sent e-mails or called the National Hurricane Center, and as a result Max Mayfield called the members of the World Meteorological Organization.

Ilya Ulyanov

While in Penza, Ulyanov conducted meteorological observations, on the basis of which he would write a couple of scientific works called On the Benefits of Meteorological Observations and Some Conclusions on Their Use for Penza (О пользе метеорологических наблюдений и некоторые выводы из них для Пензы) and On Thunderstorm and Lightning rods (О грозе и громоотводах).

International Arctic Buoy Program

The program's objectives include to provide meteorological and oceanographic data in order to support operations and research for UNESCO's World Climate Research Programme and the World Weather Watch Programme of the United Nations' World Meteorological Organization.

IWXXM

IWXXM (ICAO Meteorological Information Exchange Model) is a format for reporting weather information in XML.

John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley

In 1853 he called the attention of the House of Lords to Lieutenant Maury's valuable scheme of meteorological observations and discoveries; and on Nov. 30, 1855, succeeded the Earl of Rosse as President of the Royal Society.

Joseph Baxendell

His meteorological and terrestrial-magnetical researches were of conspicuous importance, and he was one of the main pioneers in detecting the close connection between those sciences and solar physics.

Kaare Langlo

Langlo was a meteorologist at the Meteorological Institute in Oslo 1943–1945 and department head 1945–1952.

Léon Teisserenc de Bort

After his resignation from the Bureau in 1896, he established a private meteorological observatory in Trappes near Versailles.

Long Island Solar Farm

Each inverter has an associated meteorological station to help researchers correlate plant output with observed and predicted weather, to help learn how to integrate photovoltaics into the power grid.

Lowest safe altitude

The AMA is the lowest off-airway altitude to be used under Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) that will provide a minimum vertical clearance of 1 000 feet (AGL), or in designated mountainous terrain 2 000 feet above all obstacles located in the area specified, rounded up to the nearest 100 foot increment.

Marine weather forecasting

These stations observe ocean waves, tide levels, sea surface temperature and ocean current etc. in the Northwestern Pacific basin, as well as the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk basin, and provide marine meteorological forecasts resulted from them, in cooperation with the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard.

Meteorological history of Typhoon Durian

Typhoon Durian's meteorological history began with its origins as a tropical disturbance near Chuuk State and lasted until its dissipation off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Meteorological intelligence

From the viewpoint of the intelligence community, the term meteorological intelligence is more limited in its use referring to the use of clandestine or technical means to learn about environmental conditions over enemy territory (Shulsky and Schmitt 2002).

Meteorological Service of Canada

Prior to 1840, meteorological observations in Canada were made by private individuals, other entities (like HBC), and explorers, but this information was not provided to the general public.

Mount Humphrey Lloyd

He named this feature for the Rev. Dr. Humphrey Lloyd of Trinity College, Dublin, an active member of the British Association which promoted interest in magnetic and meteorological research in the Antarctic.

Nils Gustaf Ekholm

From 1890 he worked as an assistant at the Swedish Meteorological Institute in Stockholm (one of the predecessor institutions of the current Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, SMHI, now located in Norrköping).

No. 1300 Flight RAF

1300 (Meteorological THUM) Flight, THUM standing for Temperature and Humidity.

No. 521 Squadron RAF

The operations of the original Flights and later the Squadron was taking meteorological information for weather forecasting – previously provided by merchant shipping to the Met Office.

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

The Norwegian Meteorological Institute was founded in 1866 with the help of Norwegian astronomer and meteorologist Henrik Mohn who served as director until 1913.

Ocean color

Harmful Algal Bloom Forecasting System: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Harmful Algal Bloom Forecasting System utilizes ocean colour data in conjunction with meteorological data and field sampling to forecast the development and movement of harmful algal blooms (commonly referred to as "red tides") in the Gulf of Mexico.

Otto Tetens

From 1909 to 1931 Tetens worked at the meteorological observatory in Lindenberg, Germany (south-east of Berlin) as chief-observer.

Prediction and Research Moored Array in the Atlantic

In addition to the ATLAS buoys, PIRATA has three island based meteorological stations, one at Fernando de Noronha, another on the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago and one on São Tomé.

Robert Atherton Edwin

In October 1866 the versatile New Zealand government scientist James Hector, in his capacity as inspector of meteorological stations, proposed telegraphing weather information daily to and from each of 13 localities to assist shipmasters in navigation.

Robert T. A. Innes

In 1903 he took up the position of Director of the new Meteorological Observatory in Johannesburg.

Satellite Distribution System

Together with ISCS, SADIS forms a global distribution system for meteorological information to all member states.

Susan Solomon

The Coldest March: Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition, Yale University Press, 2002 ISBN 0-300-09921-5 - Depicts the tale of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's failed 1912 Antarctic expedition, specifically applying the comparison of modern meteorological data with that recorded by Scott's expedition in an attempt to shed new light on the reasons for the demise of Scott's polar party.

Television news screen layout

Commonly used layout components include news tickers that may run horizontally or vertically containing different information (per government regulations, vertical tickers may only display important warnings from the National Communications Commission, such as typhoon and earthquake information, and important civil announcements), a time clock, and a box containing meteorological data from the Central Weather Bureau.

Thomas Richard Owen

While he was based in the Azores, one of his most memorable experiences was deciding, on meteorological grounds, whether it was suitable for Churchill and Roosevelt to hold their famous meeting in the mid-Atlantic.

Warburton Ledge

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Joseph A. Warburton, Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Reno, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) scientist in charge of the RISP meteorological program, 1974-75 field season.

Watnall

Even though only a village, Watnall is home to many businesses and organisations, such as British Bakeries and the Nottingham meteorological centre.

Wilfried Struve

Later, he obtained a position of an official at the meteorological unit of the Luftwaffe.

Willis Resilience Expedition

The weather station will be deployed near Union Glacier camp and tested over a period of five weeks, relaying meteorological data every 30 minutes.

World Area Forecast Center

A World Area Forecast Centre (WAFC) is a meteorological centre that provides real-time meteorological information broadcasts for aviation purposes.

Yevgraf Yevgrafovich Fyodorov

Researcher in the Magneto-Meteorological Observatory, Pavlovsk 1911-1934, professor of geography with the USSR Academy of Sciences 1934-1951.


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