Weather is the Nation's Business: A Report to the Secretary of CommerceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1953 - 59 pages |
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activities adequate administrative agencies agriculture Air Force airports airways forecast American Meteorological Society areas Assistant Chief Athelstan Spilhaus automatic weather stations aviation basic budget Central Office circuits Civil Aeronautics Act cold wave Committee Recommends communication consulting cooperation coordinate DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE dissemination duplication efficiency establish facilities facsimile field stations Fiscal Force and Navy fore forecast and warning Forecasting Service funds increase individual industry instrument issued long range maps and charts meteorology methods military Monthly Weather Review National Climatological Laboratory national weather service obtain operations order stations organization pilot Present Practices private meteorologist problems radar radio reau REGIONAL OFFICE responsibility River and Flood severe storm warning sion staff synoptic technical telephone teletype temperature tions tornadoes United upper air warning service Washington WBAN Weather Bureau personnel weather forecasting weather information weather maps weather observations wind equipment World War II
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Page 9 - Commerce of the terms under which the Bureau was transferred from the Department of Agriculture to the Department of Commerce in 1940. The following is a quotation from the message of the President of the United States transmitting Reorganization Plan No.
Page 8 - ... collection and transmission of marine intelligence for the benefit of commerce and navigation; the reporting of temperature and rainfall conditions for the cotton interests; the display of frost and cold-wave signals; the distribution of meteorological information in the interests of agriculture and commerce, and the taking of such meteorological observations as may be necessary to establish and record the climatic conditions of the United States or as are essential for the proper execution of...
Page 50 - Commerce, shall, in addition to any other functions or duties pertaining to weather information for other purposes, (1) make such observations, measurements, investigations, and studies of atmospheric phenomena, and establish such meteorological offices and stations, as are necessary or best suited for ascertaining, in advance, information concerning probable weather conditions...
Page 8 - War be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent, and at other points in the States and Territories of the United States, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and on the sea-coast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms.
Page 50 - States and the meteorological services of foreign countries and with persons engaged in air commerce; (6) coordinate meteorological requirements in the United States in order to maintain standard observations, promote efficient use of facilities and avoid duplication of services unless such duplication tends to promote the safety and efficiency of air navigation...
Page 8 - That the Chief of the Weather Bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of Agriculture, on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, shall have charge of the forecasting of weather, the issue of storm warnings, the display of weather and flood signals for the benefit of agriculture, commerce, and navigation, the gauging and reporting of rivers...
Page 50 - ... air commerce ; (6) coordinate meteorological requirements in the United States in order to maintain standard observations, promote efficient use of facilities and avoid duplication of services unless such duplication tends to promote the safety and efficiency of air navigation; and (7) promote and develop meteorological science and foster and support research projects in meteorology through the utilization of private and governmental research facilities and provide for the publication of the...
Page 50 - Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, March 13, 1950. pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SECTION 1.
Page 50 - ... members of the Weather Bureau personnel for training at Government expense, either at civilian institutions or. otherwise; in advanced methods of meteorological science : Provided.
Page 44 - Chief of Bureau. This circular letter has been further supplemented by the following statements: 1. Advise all field offices that industrial meteorology is a legitimate field of endeavor and should be encouraged and aided by the Weather Bureau in the interest of national economy and defense. 2. Advise all organizations now served by the Weather Bureau that they are not getting an individualized and specialized service (ie, added information and/or more service than is normally given the general public)...