Walker, 2012
- J. M. [John Malcolm] Walker. History of the Meteorological Office. Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0-521-85985.
History of the British Meteorological Office, 1850s–1970s. (With a short long history from ancient times in the first chapter.) The first half (200 pages) of the book falls within our time period.
From a review:
Malcolm Walker’s very welcome history of the British Meteorological Office reminds us that political disputes about weather services are not unique to our own time. Budget cutters have recurrently targeted weather services as symbols of government overreach, while meteorological offices repeatedly proclaim the lives they save and economic benefits they create.
The British Meteorological Office makes a particularly important historical subject, as many of the factors that have shaped other nations’ weather services were carried to the extreme in Britain. Concerns by research scientists about the credibility and accuracy of weather forecasting actually shut down public forecasts between 1866 and 1879. Aviation’s powerful influence led to the Met Office being transplanted after World War I into the Air Ministry, the branch of the British government responsible for the Royal Air Force as well as civil aviation.[1]
References
- ↑ Roger Turner, "J. M. Walker’s History of the Meteorological Office", Weather, Climate, and Society, Vol. 4, January 2012, pp. 81–82.
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