Memories of the Bureau, 1946 to 1962
Foreword
Terminology
Prologue
Preface
Chapter 1: The Warren Years, 1946 to 1950
Chapter 2: International Meteorology
Chapter 3: The Timcke Years, 1950 to 1955
Chapter 4: A Year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chapter 5: The Dwyer Years, 1955 to 1962
Chapter 6: A Springboard for the Future
Appendix 1: References
Appendix 2: Reports, Papers, Manuscripts
Appendix 3: Milestones
Appendix 4: Acknowledgements
Appendix 5: Summary by H. N. Warren of the Operation of the Meteorological Section of Allied Air Headquarters, Brisbane, 1942–45
Endnotes
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There was considerable variation in titles of positions, offices and organisations in the period 1946–62, alternative titles often being used concurrently.
| AAF | Allied Air Forces (South-west Pacific) |
| ADP | Automatic data processing |
| AMFA | Air-mass and frontal analysis section located in BoM Central Office (see also CAO, CAWDS, WMC) |
| AMM | Australian Meteorological Magazine |
| AMOS | Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society |
| ANARE | Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition |
| Antarctic Division | Administrative title of ANARE |
| ANZAAS | Australia-New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science |
| AWRE | Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (U.K. agency which conducted atomic tests in Australia) |
| AWTSC | Atomic Weapons Tests Safety Committee |
| BoM | abbreviation for Bureau of Meteorology |
| Bureau of Meteorology | Government meteorological agency formed in Australia in 1908 |
| CAO | Central analysis office of BoM |
| CAWDS | Central Analysis and Weather Development |
| Central Office | Section Head office of the BoM located No. 2 Drummond St., Melbourne |
| CSAGI | Acronym of French title of Special Committee for the International Geophysical Year. |
| CSIR | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (evolved from CSIR) |
| DCA | Department of Civil Aviation |
| D/D | Deputy Director in charge of BoM Divisional Office with responsibil-ity for the State or Territory |
| Divisional Meteorologist | Officer-in-Charge of a Divisional Office, later titles Deputy Director, Regional Director |
| Divisional Office | Office of BoM located in State capital cities (colloquially known as "the Bureau" or "the Weather Bureau") |
| EDP | Electronic Data Processing |
| Field Office | Office of BoM making observations and (in some cases) preparing forecasts, mainly for aviation |
| IAAC | International Antarctic Analysis Centre |
| IAMRC | International Antarctic Meteorological Research Centre (evolved from IAAC) |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ICSU | International Council of Scientific Unions |
| IGY | International Geophysical Year |
| IMO | International Meteorological Organization |
| Meteorological Branch | Administrative title for BoM |
| Meteorologist | professional staff member of BoM |
| NRAC | National Radiation Advisory Council |
| Observer | BoM staff member making weather observations and assisting professional staff |
| P.H. | Permanent Head. Responsible for administration of Commonwealth government department |
| Punched Cards | perforated cards on which position of perforations represented numerical or other information |
| RAV | Regional Association of IMO (later WMO) for the Southwest Pacific |
| R/O | Regional Office of BoM (previous title Divisional Office) |
| Secretary | Administrative title of P.H. |
| SCAR | Special Committee for Antarctic Research |
| Sorter | Machine used for sorting punched cards |
| Tabulator | Machine used for tabulating results of operation of Sorter, etc |
| TWRB | Tropical Weather Research Bulletin |
| U.N. | United Nations Organization |
| WDRB | Weather Development and Research Bulletin |
| Weather Bureau | colloquial title of BoM or one of its Divisional Offices |
| Weather Officer | BoM staff member, usually responsible for preparing aviation fore-casts |
| WMC | World Meteorological Centre of the WWW |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization (the UN Agency which replaced IMO) |
| WRE | Weapons Research Establishment |
| WWW | World Weather Watch |
Organisations in Australian Science at Work - Air Mass and Frontal Analysis Section (AMFA); Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society; Central Analysis Office (CAO); International Antarctic Analysis Centre; International Antarctic Meteorological Research Centre
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