Chapter 17 — ADMINISTRATION, PUBLICATIONS, AND SUPPLY 



the requirement that all United States meteoro- 

 logical agencies use one set of publications 

 containing coding instructions. They are FMH 

 No. 2, Synoptic Code, NAVAIR 50-1D-2; FMH 

 No. 4, Radiosonde Code, NAVAIR 50-1D-4; FMH 

 No. 6, Winds Aloft Code, NAVAIR 50-1D-6. 



NAVAL WEATHER SERVICE 

 COMMAND INSTRUCTIONS 

 (NAVWE ASERVCOM INST) 



NAVWEASERVCOM Instruction which ema- 

 nated from the office of the Commander, Naval 

 Weather Service Command, will remain in effect 

 until cancelled or superseded by new instruc- 

 tions from the Director Naval Oceanography and 

 Meteorology. These instructions deal with Naval 

 Weather Service matters, and may not neces- 

 sarily be meteorological in nature. Table 17-2 

 lists some (but not all) of the subject areas 

 of interest to Aerographer's Mates. 



INTERNATIONAL CLOUD 

 ATLAS 



The International Cloud Atlas (Abridged), 

 NW 50-1D-509, is a world Meteorological Or- 

 ganization publication, which was prepared for 

 the purpose of meeting the day-to-day needs of 

 the meteorological observers at surface sta- 

 tions the world over. It contains a representa- 

 tive selection of photographs from the complete 

 cloud atlas, together with a brief descriptive 

 and explanatory text of clouds and the tech- 

 niques for observing and reporting them. 



Table 17-2. — NAVWEASERVCOMINST subject 

 areas 



The International Cloud Atlas is a compre- 

 hensive reference work, and serves as the 

 standard for observing and reporting clouds for 

 all the nation's weather services. 



METEOROLOGICAL TECHNICAL 

 PUBLICATIONS 



Technical publications for the basic mete- 

 orological equipment are prepared under the 

 direction of the Naval Air Systems Command, 

 or under the direction of the service having 

 prime responsibility for the equipment. These 

 publications issued in the form of technical 

 manuals, instruction books, or handbooks discuss 

 the operating instructions and maintenance pro- 

 cedures for the equipment involved. Each type 

 of equipment is covered by a separate publica- 

 tion. 



Most of the technical publications for in- 

 struments or equipments carry a NAVAIR num- 

 ber in the 50 series; some do not and must be 

 searched for in other sections of the publica- 

 tions stock list. For instance, the instrument 

 manuals dealing with the AN/GMD-2 Set carry 

 a NAVAIR 16 number, and are not listed in the 

 section with the meteorological equipments. 



In addition to technical publications dealing 

 with meteorological instruments and equipments, 

 there are other types, such as meteorological 

 texts, works on climatology, procedures, etc. 

 Most of these publications bear a NAVAIR 50 

 or a NW 50 number and can be found in one 

 single section of the publications stock list, 

 NAVSUP 2002. 



NAVY STOCK LIST OF 

 FORMS AND PUBLICATIONS 



Number 



Subject area 



3140 



Weather Services 



3141 



Weather Operations and Plans 



3142 



Weather Maps and Charts 



3143 



Weather Codes 



3144 



Weather Observations and Recon- 





naissance 



3145 



Weather Forecasts, Warnings, and 





Advisories 



3146 



Climatology and Weather Records 



3147 



Weather Phenomena 



The Navy Stock List of Forms and Publica- 

 tions, Cognizance Symbol I, NAVSUP Publica- 

 tion 2002, lists technical publications and forms 

 available to naval aviation activities. 



The forms and publications stock lists con- 

 tain a complete numerical listing of all avail- 

 able naval aeronautical publications distributed 

 by the Naval Air Systems Command and stocked 

 for issue as of the date of the publication. 



The forms and publications stock list is re- 

 vised periodically by the issuance of supple- 

 ments. The supplements are organized in the 

 same manner as the basic list; thus, new publi- 

 cations or revisions to old ones are easily lo- 

 cated and identified. 



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