Sails To Satellites: A History Of Meteorology In New Zealand

Author: J. F. de Lisle

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ISBN : 2471705616410
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Publication date : 01 January 1986
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Produced in : Wellington
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Illustrated with b/w photographs.

VG. Minor foxing on the pale blue hardcover.

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This book describes some of the people, and the organizations, behind the search for understanding of weather and its vagaries, and the application of this understanding for the benefit of New Zealanders and our Pacific neighbours.

Contents: Early Observations; Storm Warnings and the Marine Department; Kidson and Expansion of the Service; The War Years 1939-45; Post-war Organisation and Administration; Atmospheric Observations; The Meterological Service Outside New Zealand; The Computer Revolution and Automation; Weather Forecasting, Research; Epilogue;

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