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THE India Meteorological Department has set out a complete account of the arrangements in force for the supply of reports on existing weather and of anticipated weather to aviators flying over any part of an immense area which includes not only India but also the Persian Gulf coast east of Bushire, Baluchistan and Burma (India Meteorological Department. Meteorological Organisation in India for the Supply of Weather Information to Aviators. Pp. iii + 27. (Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1932.) 12 annas; 1s. 3d.) There are five main forecasting centres, at Karachi, Calcutta, Poona, Peshawar and Quetta. The first three centres are organised with a view of issuing reports and forecasts to civil aviators, and the last two deal mainly with the requirements of the R.A.F. The local centres also number five, namely Rangoon, Akyab, Dum Dum, Allahabad and Jodhpur. There would normally be available at such local centres information about the force and direction of the wind up to a height of 10,000 feet. There is another type of distributing centre—the pilot balloon station—of which there is a relatively large number. These are aerodromes or landing grounds with observers who make soundings of the upper atmosphere with pilot balloons, and are able to supply the information about upper winds so obtained to aviators on request, and presumably are also largely responsible for supplying such local information on this subject as is required at the more important centres. The information given in this pamphlet appears to include everything that can possibly be required by aviators, including the times of issue of the regular broadcasts, all necessary codes, and the wave-lengths, together with detailed instructions as to the procedure for obtaining special reports while in flight.
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Weather Information to Aviators in India. Nature 130, 734 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130734a0
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