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Meteorological Glossary 5th Edition
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PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION
When, in 1967, the Meteorological glossary came under consideration for reprinting,
it was decided to ask Dr McIntosh to undertake a revised edition, with cooperation
from within the Meteorological Office. The opportunity has been taken in
this edition, to delete some terms which are considered no longer appropriate, and
to include various new entries and revisions which stem from recent advances and
practice.
Units of the Systeme International have been adopted in this edition. In some
cases, however, the traditional British or metric units are also included because of
existing World Meteorological Organization recommendations and for the convenience
of user interests during the period before complete national and international
adoption of SI units.
Meteorological Office, 1970.
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION
In 1916, during the directorship of Sir Napier Shaw, the Meteorological Office
published two pocket-size companion volumes, the 'Weather map' to explain how
weather maps were prepared and used by the forecasters, and the 'Meteorological
glossary' to explain the technical meteorological terms then employed. With the
advance of the science and the elaboration of its techniques the publications have
been in continuous demand, many times reprinted and on several occasions
completely revised. The second edition was in 1930, the third in 1938-39, and soon
after World War II it was obvious that radical revision was necessary once again.
In 1956 the fourth edition of the 'Weather map' was issued but, for the first time
in forty years, it was not found possible to prepare simultaneously a new edition of
the 'Meteorological glossary' which had become very much out-of-date and in
need of a complete remodeling. For earlier editions the task had been shared
amongst the professional staff of the Office and the result was an interesting and
up-to-date volume containing much useful information, although the freedom
allowed to the many contributors had led to a unique volume of quite uneven
character with articles varying from brief dictionary definitions to encyclopedic
essays. For the fourth edition the number of new entries was to be larger than ever
before and it was decided that the need was now for a more systematic reference
work containing a brief definition of all the terms in ordinary use rather than for a
compilation of miscellaneous articles giving information which would more
properly be looked for in one of the many modern textbooks. For this purpose a
single author, assisted if need be by expert referees, would, it seemed, be advantageous
and the Office was fortunate in finding in Dr D. H. McIntosh of the
University of Edinburgh a physicist and meteorologist of wide experience willing to
undertake the major task. Before being passed for printing every article has been
read critically by more than one member of the scientific staff of the Office and Dr.
McIntosh has shown a remarkable readiness to compromise. In this way it is hoped
that the excellence of the author's original draft has been fully retained while
providing a work which will adequately meet the needs of the official service. It
would, however, be too much to hope that no further improvement will be possible
and the Office will be pleased to receive from any source criticisms and suggestions
calculated to increase the value of the work, not only for the professional
meteorologist, but for interested people everywhere.
Meteorological Office, 1962.
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