U. S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the World. Volume III. Indian Ocean. (Revised 1976).

摘要

A joint feasibility study for producing a combined climatological/oceanographic atlas of the water areas of the world was undertaken by the Naval Weather Service Command and the Naval Oceanographic Office in 1969. The results of this feasibility study revealed a twofold increase in surface marine observations over the Indian Ocean basin since Volume III of the U.S. Navy Marine Climatic Atlas of the World was published. The additional data plus recommendations for revised content and format, provided by various Naval Weather Service fleet units and field activities, warranted the updating of the entire series of marine climatic charts of the world. The Naval Weather Service Detachment, Asheville, was tasked to produce a technical model of the atlas providing a sample of each type of page presentation proposed with supporting documentation. The atlas mock-up was approved by Headquarters, Naval Weather Service Command in 1971 as the model for Volume I (1974) as well as for this atlas and future volumes of this series. Volume III has followed production of Volume I because of intense scientific interest in the Indian Ocean Basin. Volume II, The North Pacific, will follow this volume in the publication sequence. (Author)