INDEX 



Plotting and analyzing — Continued 

 analysis technique, 216 

 plotted data, 211 

 upper air chart analysis, 212 

 upper air features, 212 

 Plotting boards, calculators, and computers, 159 

 Plotting the diagram, 233 

 Precipitation, 346 



Precipitation, temperature, and humidity, 50-69 

 definitions, 50 



determining temperature, humidity, and pre- 

 cipitation, 51 

 observations and forms, 53 

 Pressure, 16-32, 260-376 

 aneroid barometers, 25-28 

 maintenance, 28 



precision aneroid barometer (ML-448/UM), 

 26 

 pascal's law, 261 

 pressure computers, 30-32 

 density altitude computer CP-718/UM, 31 

 maintenance, 32 



pressure reduction computer CP-402/UM, 30 

 standard atmosphere, 260 

 standards of measurements, 260 

 vertical distribution, 261 

 Pressure altimeters, 28 

 Pressure at fronts, 330 

 Pressure over the globe, 294 

 Pressure-temperature-density relationship, 

 268-270 

 gas laws, 269 

 boyle's law, 269 

 Charles' law, 269 

 equation of state, 269 

 universal gas law, 269 

 kinetic theory of gases, 268 



Procedures, watch routine, 164 



standing the watch, 164 



types of duties, 164 

 Profile analysis form, 13 

 Properties of sound, 284-288 



application of sound in sonar operation, 288 



characteristics of sound, 287 



sound waves, 286 



waves, 285 



what is sound, 284 



Psychrometers, 55-61 



electric ML 450 A/ UM, 58 



rotor, 57 



sling, 57 

 Publications, 411-416 



air almanac, 414 



codes manual (NAVAIR 50-1P-11), 414 



federal meteorological handbooks (FMH), 412 



Publications — Continued 



guide to standard weather summaries, NAVAIR 



50-1C-534, 414 

 international cloud atlas, 413 

 manual of the naval weather service command, 



NAVWEASERVCOMINST 5400.1, 412 

 meteorological technical publications, 413 

 naval weather service command instructions 



(NAVWEASERVCOMINST), 413 

 naval weather service newsletter, 415 

 navy correspondence manual, 415 

 navy directives system, 414 

 navy stock list of forms and publications, 413 

 tide tables, 414 

 U. S. navy meteorological and oceanographic 



support manual, NAVWEASERVCOMINST 



3140. 1( ), 412 



Qualifying for advancement, 11 



Radar altimeters, 29 

 Radar and satellite equipment, 102-122 

 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 data facsimile RO-402/ 



UMH, 117 

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

 mechanical satellite tracking equipment, 

 117-122 

 clock, 120 



meteorological satellite plotting board, 120 

 satellite tracking diagram, 120 

 transparent orbital overlay, 120 

 radar facsimile recorder AN/GMH-6 ( ), 



107-110 

 radar set AN/FPS-81, 104 

 radar set AN/FPS-106, 104 

 satellites and associated equipment, 110 

 satellites, 111 

 Radar equipment, 102-110 

 component parts, 107 

 operational procedures, 107 

 operator maintenance, 107 

 Radar indicators, 102-104 

 A-scan presentation, 102 

 factors affecting radar performance, 104 

 PPI-scope, 103 



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