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Military meteorology is meteorology applied to military purposes, by armed forces or other agencies. It is one of the most common fields of employment for meteorologists.

World War II brought great advances in meteorology as large-scale military land, sea, and air campaigns were highly dependent on weather, particularly forecasts provided by the Royal Navy, Met Office and USAAF for the Normandy landing and strategic bombing.

University meteorology departments grew rapidly as the military services sent cadets to be trained as weather officers. Wartime technological developments such as radar also proved to be valuable meteorological observing systems. More recently, the use of satellites in space has contributed extensively to military meteorology.

Military meteorologists currently operate with a wide variety of military units, from aircraft carriers to special forces.

Military meteorology in the United States

United States Navy/Marine Corps

U.S. Navy Aerographer's Mate Rating insignia
U.S. Navy Flight Meteorologist insignia

Chain of command

Enlisted

Main article: Aerographer's mate

Enlisted meteorology and oceanography forecasters are called aerographer's mates.

Officer

Naval meteorology and oceanography officers are restricted line officers in the Information Dominance Corps.[1]

Notable military meteorologists

See also

U.S. Air Force Basic Meteorologist badge

Further reading

External links

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-02-03.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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