METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21631, 15 November 1935, Page 11

METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES

| DR. E. KIDSON ATTENDS ! TWO CONFERENCES ' NLT.I) I'OK INTERNATIONAL ! CO-OPERATION , i l)' r.;:,..a ASSOCIATION '1 LLl'.aiL. I'. .1 '■ I WELLINGTON, November 14. • Dr. K. Kidson, Director of MefeoroM logical Services of New Zealand, re-t-1 turned by the Tainui after attending L lthe Empire Meteorological conference. I Speaking of the .services rendered to - '. aviation, he quoted Africa as an example. There complete services were reestablished from Egypt through East ■'. Africa. Rhodesia, and South Africa, I each with its own director, staff, and i a network of observing stations. i Discussing the tropical zone, he said I there was a valuable future for weai ther forecasting, including the Pacific j Islands area. 1 Dr. Kidson also attended the Interi national Meteorological conference at Warsaw, and there he was impressed r by the cordial spirit in which the negotiations and discussions were car- <-' '■■ Wed' out. i Commenting on the need for inler- .; national cu-opcration in meteorology, 1 Dr. Kidson said the work of a meteorologist nowadays was concerned prini cipaJly with information over wide 5 areas. The rapid rise of aviation had 'necessitated information by meteoroloi gists of much more frequent and much ,'more detailed forecasts, and one of the ; principal functions of the Warsaw con- ! ference was the determination of the ! observations to be made, the definition I of the various phenomena, and the de- - I vising of suitable codes for formulatijing information and transmitting it.