INDEX 



Meteorological elements — Continued 

 auroras, 370 

 lightning, 369 

 thunderstorms, 365-369 

 hydrometeors, 346-364 

 clouds, 348-357 

 dew, 362 

 fog, 357 



precipitation, 346-348 

 tornadoes, 363 

 waterspouts, 363 

 lithometeors, 364 

 dust, 364 

 dust devils, 364 

 haze, 364 

 sand, 364 

 smoke, 364 

 photometeors, 364 

 coronas, 365 

 fogbows, 365 

 halos, 364 

 rainbows, 365 

 Meteorological records, 403 

 autographic records, 404 

 forecasts and warnings, 404 

 maintenance records, 404 

 miscellaneous records, 404 

 monthly meteorological records, 404 

 Meteorological reports, 402 



meteorological records transmittal form, 402 

 mailing, 403 



packaging of records, 403 

 preparation of forms, 403 

 meteorological station description and instru- 

 mentation report, 403 

 monthly personnel summary, 403 

 Meteorological satellite plotting board, 120 

 Meteorological station description and instru- 

 mentation report (NWSC form 3140/5), appendix 

 XV, 449 

 Meteorology, definition of, 249 

 Metric system, the, 422-423 

 Migratory systems, 304 

 anticyclones, 304 

 cyclones, 304 

 Miscellaneous records, 404 

 Miscellaneous supply procedures, 408 

 Mixed layer depth, 378 

 Monthly personnel summary, 403 

 Monsoon winds, 305 

 Motion, 276-279 



balance of forces — wind, 277 

 Bernoulli's theorem, 278 

 laws of motion, 276 

 terms, 276 

 Mountain and valley winds, 307 



N 



National stock number (NSN), 410 

 Naval communications, 142-146 



date- time groups, 143 



joint messageform (DD form 173 (OCR), 145 



precedence of message, 142 



radioteletype and radiofacsimile, 145 



standard subject identification code (SSIC) , 143 



time conversion table, 143 



weather message heading, 143 

 Naval environmental data network (NEDN), 160 

 Naval environmental display station (NEDS), 162 

 Naval weather service command meteorological 

 records transmittal form (NWSC 3140/6), ap- 

 pendix XIV, 448 



Naval weather service meteorological units, 399 

 Naval weather units, 398-399 



naval weather service meteorological units, 399 



participating units, 399 



weather units ashore, 398 

 Non-contact sensors, 69 

 North atlantic currents, 386 

 North pacific currents, 388 



Observational programs, 399 

 Observational programs and code systems, 

 165-166 



code systems, 165 

 contractions, 166 

 observational program afloat, 165 

 observational program ashore, 165 

 observational program of special weather units, 



165 

 Observations and forms, 53 

 Observations, watch routines, 164-192 

 oceanographic observations, 183-188 



bathythermograph observations, 188 



description of sea waves, 183 



observational methods, 184 



sea condition measurements, 183 



sea waves, 183 



surf observations (SUROBS), 187 



swell observations, 186 

 radar observations, 182 

 satellite observations, 176 

 surface observations, 166-174 



code forms, 173 



forecast codes, 174 



local observations, 167 



preparation of forms, 167-173 



record observations, 166 



special observations, 166 



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