Canal Zone Analogs. VIII. Analogs of Canal Zone Climate in Australia and New Guinea.
Abstract
A successful research, development, or training program requires a knowledge of the degree of environmental representativeness of test sites and training areas. The Quartermaster Corps, at the request of the Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, under a directive from the U.S. Army General Staff, is developing a generalized, comparative, climatic picture of the wet tropics throughout the world by a series of tropical analog studies. The series parallels two series already completed, comparing Yuma, Arizona, with the various desert regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and Fort Greely, Alaska and Fort Churchill, Canada, with the subarctic regions of North America and Eurasia. This is the eighth report of the tropical series. It compares the Canal Zone climate with that of Australia and New Guinea, and by so doing provides a climatic reference for military planners and test personnel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1959
- Accession Number
- ADA950028
Entities
People
- Jack V. Chambers
- Walter B. Blair