SOME SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF THE METEOROLOGICAL WORK OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY 1
1919; American Meteorological Society; Volume: 47; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1175/1520-0493(1919)47 2.0.co;2
ISSN1520-0493
Autores Tópico(s)Space Exploration and Technology
Resumofor our own use, it was3 impossible to comply at once with the British Admiralty's request.Steps were taken, however, to furnish them as soon as possible, with the result that two were sent durin August, 1918, and the r eItn7y.-A4t the recpest, of representatives of the Italian Royal Flyin Corps, informatmion was given as to t,he best conditions o f pressure distribution under which to attemp t cross-country fli hts between Hanipt.011,Va., and Ne\\;.Yo&; between #ampton and Chicago, Ill. ; niid betwern Chimgo and New York.maining four shortly after t 5l e close of the war. CONCLUSIONS.The policy of the Aerologicitl Division wa.s at till times to furnish as qukkly as mssible the nvailablc tla.t,n, in tlie prosecution of the war, and at the same t.ime to increase its facilities for'such cooperation by mtiking improvements in its equipnient rind by bringing.together into concise form the results of all aerologicd investigations, not.only in this country but in other parts of the world as well.It is beliered that talie most iniport.ant'results accomplished have been:(1) The nid rendered the Army and Navy in organizing their nieteorological services; Q) the equipment furnished to those services, thus enabling them to make observations a t a large number equipment, etc., needed by t. h e military and naval services of training fields; and (3) data, informntion, and advice to t.lie milit.nrynncl naval services relatire to free-air cnnditions, both as t.o nienn values and for specified times and places.Whatever of value litis been achieved is due very largely to the never-failing advice and sympathetic.sup ort of the Chief of Bureau: t.o the lienrtv coopernt.ion
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