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A COPY has been received of a new publication of the India Meteorological Department (M.O.A. Pamphlet 1936) entitled “Meteorological Organisation for Airmen”. The purpose of this pamphlet is made clear in the introductory pages by the Director-General of Observatories, where the relevant part of the organization of the Department is described, together with the procedure to be adopted to obtain weather reports for the different parts of the area with which the Department is concerned; this area extends from the south-eastern half of the Persian Gulf across the whole of Baluchistan, India and Burma. It is admitted that the existing organization for the supply of weather reports and forecasts for such a vast area falls short of the standards recommended by the International Convention for Air Navigation, particularly in the south of India, the reason being the size of the area- in relation to the permitted financial expenditure on the organization, which is less than what it was formerly in spite of the increased demands of aviation, a fact that has necessitated various reductions, including the closing down of the important forecasting office at Quetta.
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Meteorology for Airmen in India. Nature 138, 108–109 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138108c0
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