AEROGRAPHER'S MATE 3 & 2 



Visibility measuring equipment— Continued 

 operation, 93-98 

 test equipment, 101 

 theory of operation, 98 



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Watch routines, 164-248 

 filing and display, 238-248 



disposal, 248 



facsimile data, 243 



other data, 246 



satellite data, 245 



teletype data, 242 



weather warnings, 245 

 observations, 164-176 



observational programs and code systems, 165 



oceanographic observations, 83-188 



radar observations, 182 



satellite observations, 176 



surface observations, 166-174 



upper air observations, 188-192 

 plotting and analyzing, 193-222 



oceanographic charts, 216 



surface charts, 193 



upper air charts, 209 

 procedures, 164 



standing the watch, 164 



types of duties, 164 

 radioactive fallout, 222-230 



fallout messages, 222-225 



radioactive fallout computations, 229 



radioactive fallout diagram, 225-229 

 skew-T diagram, 230-238 



computations on the diagram, 236 



diagram description, 230 



plotting the diagram, 233 



Water masses and types, 391-395 

 circulation, 395 

 distribution, 392-395 



central water masses, 392 



deep and bottom water masses, 395 



equatorial water masses, 392 



intermediate water masses, 394 



subantarctic and subarctic water masses, 

 394 

 formation, 392 



Waterspouts, 363 



Water vapor characteristics, 270 



pressure (Dalton's law), 270 



temperature, 270 



Waves, 285 



Weather data designators, appendix IX, 437 



Weather services, 399-402 

 centralization concept, 399 



common services provided by NAVWEASERV 

 units, 399 



utilization of common wealth, 399 

 local meteorological services, 400 



local forecasts and outlook, 400 

 other meteorological services, 401 



climatological services, 401 



quality assurance, 402 



special services, 402 

 weather broadcasts to operating forces, 400 



Weather units ashore, 398 



Weathervision systems, 139-141 



AN/GMQ-19A(V) and AN/GMQ-27(V) weather- 

 visions, 139, 140 



maintenance, 140 

 presentation, 140 



Weather warnings, 245 



Wind, 33-36 

 definitions, 33 

 forms, 34-36 



MF1-10 entries, 34 



NWSC 3140/8 entries, 36 

 wind measurements, 34 



Wind computers, 47-49 

 maintenance, 49 

 true wind computer CP-264/UM, 47 



Wind equipment, 33-49 



shipboard wind system type B3, 46 

 wind, 33-36 



definitions, 33 



forms, 34-36 



wind measurements, 34 

 wind computers, 47-49 



maintenance, 49 



true wind computer CP-264/UM, 47 

 wind measuring set AN/PMQ-3( ), 36-39 



maintenance, 38 



operation, 36 

 wind measuring set AN/UMQ-5( ), 39-46 



components, 39 



maintenance, 46 



operation, 43 



Wind v xve/wind speed table, appendix VI, 433 



World climate, 298 



classification of climate, 299 

 climate defined, 299 

 climatic controls, 299 



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