INDEX 



Fundamentals of oceanography — Continued 



mixed layer depth, 378 



sea surface temperatures, 378 



sound ray transmission paths under water, 

 380-383 



temperature gradient, 380 

 oceanographic terminology, 371-373 

 physical properties of sea water, 373-378 



density, 376 



pressure, 376 



salinity, 375 



sound transmission qualities, 377 



temperature, 375 

 submarine topography, 373 



continental shelf, 373 



continental slope, 373 



ocean basins, 373 

 water masses and types, 391 



circulation, 395 



distribution, 392-395 



formation, 392 

 Funnel effect, 310 



Gas laws, 269 

 boyle's law, 269 

 Charles' law, 269 

 equation of state, 269 

 universal gas law, 269 



General circulation, 289-303 

 elements of circulation, 294 



rotating nonuniform earth, 294 



static earth, 294 

 pressure over the globe, 294 

 the 3-cell theory, 295-298 

 world climate, 298 



classification of climate, 299 



climate defined, 299 



climatic controls, 299 



climatic types, 299 



climatic zones, 299 

 world temperature gradient, 289-294 



Glacier winds, 310 



Glossary, appendix II, 424-427 



Ground equipment, 111-117 



AN/TMQ-29 navy transportable terminal and 

 AN/SMQ-10 shipboard readout equipment, 115 

 recorder test set TS3011/GMM, 117 

 recorder-weather datafacsimile RO-402/UMH, 



117 

 satellite tracking set AN/SMQ-6(V), 112-115 

 description of equipment, 112 

 maintenance, 115 



Ground equipment— Continued 



operation of various components, 112 

 purpose of the equipment, 112 



Guide to standard weather summaries, NAVAIR 

 50-1C-534, 414 



H 



Halos, 364 

 Haze, 364 

 Heat transfer, 267 

 Humidity, 270-272 

 terms, 271 



absolute humidity, 271 



dew point, 272 



mixing ratio, 271 



relative humidity, 271 



specific humidity, 271 

 water vapor characteristics, 270 



pressure (Dalton's law), 270 



temperature, 270 

 Humidity, temperature, and precipitaton, 50-69 

 Hydrometeors, 346-364 

 clouds, 348-357 



cloud classification, 350 



cloud formation, 348 



cloud types, 352 

 dew, 362 

 fog, 357 



types of fog, 357 

 frost, 362 

 precipitation, 346-348 



drifting and blowing snow, 347 



drizzle, 346 



glaze (clear ice), 347 



hail, 347 



ice pellets, 347 



ice prisms (ice crystals), 347 



precipitation theory, 348 



rain, 346 



rime, 347 



snow, 346 



snow grains, 347 



snow pellets, 347 



spray and blowing spray, 348 

 tornadoes, 363 

 waterspouts, 363 



I 



Identification, material, 409-411 

 inventory, 410 



national stock numbers (NSN), 410 

 obligations, 411 



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