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Metmen in Wartime

Meteorology in Canada 1939-1945

by (author) Morley Thomas

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Jan 2001
Category
General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781554900473
    Publish Date
    Jan 2001
    List Price
    $11.95

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A detailed account of the meteorological services in practice in Canada during World War II, and a thorough examination of the men behind the forecasts: the nearly 400 science graduates who became “metmen? and were stationed at flying training schools. Th

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Morley Thomas, a metman during World War II, continued with the Meteorological Service after the war and was director general of the Canadian Climate Centre when he retired. Since then he has researched and written on the history of meteorology in Canada.