US Naval Oceanography Command 
Weather Service Detachment 
Asheville, NC 28801 
Publication 
U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the World 
Publication Dates: Volume I (NAVAIR 50-1C-528) ~— North Atlantic 
Ocean (Revised 1974) 
Volume II (NAVAIR 50-1C-529) -—- North Pacific 
Ocean (Revised 1977) 
Volume III (NAVAIR 50-1C-530) - Indian Ocean 
(Revised 1976) 
Volume IV (NAVAIR 50-1C-531) - South Atlantic 
Ocean (Revised 1978) 
Volume V (NAVAIR 50-1C-532) - South Pacific 
Ocean (Revised 1979) 
Location: See above tabulations 
Period of Coverage: Varies for each volume 
Contents: This atlas is published in five volumes. It is a revision of the 
eight-volume "U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the World" that was published 
during the years 1955 through 1969 and which is now out of print. Each volume 
is presented in two parts: Part I - Meteorology, and Part II - Oceanography. 
Part I — Meteorology presents isopleth analyses, by months, for the 
following elements: 
(a) Surface Winds (percent frequency of speeds less than 11 knots and 
greater than 33 knots). 
(b) Surface Air Temperature (mean air temperature and percent frequency 
of freezing temperatures and temperatures of 20°C and higher). 
(c) Temperature Extremes and Temperature - Humidity Index (99% and 1% 
quantile values for maximum and minimum temperatures, respectively, and per- 
cent frequency of temperature-humidity index values greater than 23°C). 
(d) Sea Surface Temperature (mean temperature and the 99% and 12 
quantile values for maximum and minimum temperature, respectively). 
(e) Humidity (99% and 1% quantile values for dew point temperatures). 
(f) Precipitation (percent frequency of precipitation and of snow). 
(g) Visibility (percent frequency of visibility less than 2 nautical 
miles and equal to or greater than 5 nautical miles). 
(h) Cloud Cover (percent frequency of total cloud amount equal to or 
less than 2/8 and equal to or greater than 5/8 for low cloud amount). 
(i) Ceiling and Visibility (percent frequency of low cloud amount ceil- 
ing equal to or greater than 1,000 ft and visibility equal to or greater than 
5 nautical miles, and percent frequency of ceiling less than 600 ft and/or 
visibility less than 2 nautical miles). 
(j) Wind - Visibility - Cloudiness (percent frequency for two specified 
conditions: poor and optimum). 
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