NOAA legacy. History of the Weather Service
Albert E. Theberge (Creator), NOAA Central Library sponsor (Publisher)
"Our National Weather Service has its roots in Nineteenth Century science and policy. The Army Surgeon General began a coordinated attempt to obtain weather observations from Army posts as early as 1814, followed by a national network of observers reporting telegraphically to the Smithsonian in the late 1840's and 1850's, and then the establishment of a true National weather observation network under the Army Signal Corps in 1870. Since that time there has been a tradition of accuracy, devotion to duty, and innovation in the methods and technologies of weather observation. Below is some of the history of the development of that tradition ..."--Home page
eBook, English, 2006
[U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Central Library], [Silver Spring, Md.], 2006