AEROGRAPHER'S MATE 3 & 2 



Observations, watch routines— Continued 

 upper air observations, 188-192 



forms and charts, 189 



miscellaneous coded data, 191 



observational schedules, 189 



pilot report, 191 



recco code, 191 



types of observations, 188 



upper air codes, 190 

 Ocean basins, 373 

 Oceanographic charts, 216 

 oceanographic analysis, 219 

 plotting gradients, 219 



plotting mixed/sonic layer depth charts, 219 

 plotting sea conditions, 216 

 plotting sea surface temperatures, 218 



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 



Oceanographic temperature sensors, 69 

 contact sensors, 69 

 non-contact sensors, 69 

 Oceanographic terminology, 371-373 

 Office equipment, 148-154 



convenience-type equipment, 153 



typewriters, 153 

 local dissemination equipment, 152 

 code-a-phone, 152 

 telephones, 153 

 reproduction equipment, 148-152 

 ditto machines, 148 

 ozalid machines, 151 

 xerox machines, 149 

 Open-scale barograph (ML-3), 20 

 Operating budgets and operating targets (OB/ 



OPTARS), 409 

 Operational procedures and communications 



equipment, 123-147 

 Optical phenomena, 279-284 



atmospheric optical phenomena, 283 

 light, 279 

 reflection, 281 

 refraction, 282 

 Other meteorological services, 402 

 climatological services, 401 

 quality assurance, 402 

 special services, 402 

 Ozalid machines, 151, 152 



adjustments and maintenance, 152 

 safety precautions, 152 



Ozalid machines— Continued 

 starting the machine, 151 

 stopping the machine, 152 



Participating units, 399 



Personnel advancement requirement (PAR) pro- 

 gram NAVPERS 1414/1, 7-11 

 Petty officer, training, 15 

 Photometeors, 364 

 coronas, 365 

 fogbows, 365 

 halos, 364 

 rainbows, 365 

 Physical properties of meteorological signifi- 

 cance, 258 

 density, 259 

 gravitation, 258 

 inertia, 258 

 mass, 258 

 volume, 259 

 weight, 258 

 Physical properties of sea water, 373-378 

 density, 376 

 pressure, 376 

 salinity, 375 



sound transmission qualities, 377 

 attenuation, 378 

 reflection, 377 

 refraction, 377 

 reverberation, 378 

 temperature, 375 

 Plotting and analyzing, 193-222 

 oceanographic charts, 216-222 

 oceanographic analysis, 219 

 plotting gradients, 219 



plotting mixed/sonic layer depth charts, 219 

 plotting sea conditions, 216 

 plotting sea surface temperatures, 218 

 surface charts, 193-209 

 air-mass analysis, 207 

 frontal analysis, 201 

 international analysis code (FM 45. ( ) and 



46.( )), 208 

 isallobaric analysis, 207 

 isobaric analysis, 199 

 isobaric patterns, 206 

 movement analysis, 208 

 plotted surface data, 194 

 summary, 208 

 surface chart analysis, 198 

 weather analysis, 208 

 upper air charts, 209-216 

 analysis elements, 214 



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