Toward New Horizons. Volume 12. War and Weather

Abstract

Weather services of the USAF and the German Air Forces in World War II are compared. It was found that the AF Weather Service was more efficient in its administrative and technical control than the GAF Weather Service in spite of the larger operational area the former covered. It is believed this was due in part to the completely military nature of the AAF Weather Service. The short- and long-range forecasting techniques employed by the GAF Weather Service comparable with those of the AAF Weather Service.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1946
Accession Number
ADA801592

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  • Irving P. Krick

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Delphi Method
  • Guided Missiles
  • Meteorological Instruments
  • Meteorology
  • Military Aviation
  • Military Organizations
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Second World War
  • War
  • Warfare
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Weather Stations

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