1905 International Meteorological Conference
The 1906 International Meteorological Congress was a meeting of the International Meteorological Committee at Innsbruck, Austria.
Fifty directors of observatories and meteorological services participated in the meeting.[1]
Mascart of the French Meteorological Office was unable to attend, so Professors Hann and Pernter of Vienna were chosen honorary president and president; Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson and General Rykatchef were named vice-presidents.[1]
Abbott Lawrence Rotch and Father José María Algué of Manila represented the US.[1]
Members elected to International Committee: Chaves (Portugal), Davis (Argentina), Eliot (India), Hellmann (Germany), Hepites (Romania), Hildebrandsson (Sweden), Lancaster (Belgium), Mascart (France), Mohn (Norway), [[Moore] (USA), Nakamura (Japan), Palazzo (Italy), Paulsen (Denmark), Pernter (Austria), Russell (Australia), Rykatchef (Russia), and Shaw (Great Britain).[1]
Subcommittees with mandates renewed:[1]
- Commission for terrestrial magnetism and atmospheric electricity, Rykatchef president, Dr. A. Schmidt of Potsdam, secretary, in charge of coordinating world observations
- Commission for scientific aeronautics, Hergesell, President
- Commission for solar radiation, Ångström, President
Some of the issues discussed were:[1][2]
- International standards for barometers
- New edition of cloud atlas
- Cooperation in study of squalls and heavy rainfall
- Solar radiation
- Meteorological services in Brazil, China, and Russia
- Expedition to the tropical Atlantic by Hugo Hergesell and the Prince of Monaco
- Balloon launches by Rotch and Teisserenc de Bort at Tenerife and Cape Verde (off the northwest coast of Africa)
- Establishment of observatories in northern Siberia and America
All resolutions were to be published in German, French, English and Spanish.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Abbott Lawrence Rotch, "The International Meteorological Conference at Innsbruck", Science, 29 June 1906, pp. 975–977.
- ↑ Bernard Brunhes, "La Conférence météorologique d'Innsbruck", La Géographie, Vol. 13, 1906, pp. 125–133.
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| Event names | 1906 International Meteorological Congress |
|---|---|
| Event type | conference |
| Country | AT |
| Locations | Innsbruck |
| Start date | 1905-09-09 |
| Number of days | |
| Tech focus | Meteo, Instrument, Barometer, Ballon-sonde, Kite |
| Participants | Hugo Hergesell, Abbott Lawrence Rotch, José María Algué, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Rykatcheff, Hugo Hildebrand Hildebrandsson, Prince Albert I, Francisco Afonso Chaves, Luigi Palazzo |
