Asian extremes: Experience and exchange in the development of meteorological knowledge c. 1840-1930

• Main Authors: WILLIAMSON, Fiona, WILKINSON, Clive
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2657; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3914/viewcontent/8Williamson_Wilkinson_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

On 29 July 1939, the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle was off the northern entrance of the Formosa Strait, approximately 25⁰N, 121⁰E. The ship’s meteorological officer was formulating the current synoptic weather situation, which included a typhoon to the south or south-east of Formosa with a second typho...