The International Antarctic Weather Forecasting Handbook


********** VERSION 1.1 August 2000 ****************************


Introduction

This is version 1.1 of the International Antarctic Weather Forecasting Handbook 
released in August 2000. There are minor changes made from the initial version 1.0
issued in July 2000.
The editors plan to carry out a major revision and update to this handbook in 2001
and would be grateful for advice on any changes or additions to the handbook which
contributors, or readers, might consider appropriate. The editors' addresses for
communicating any such feedback are:

John Turner
British Antarctic Survey
High Cross
Madingley Road
Cambridge
CB3 0ET
UK

Email: JTU@bas.ac.uk

or

Steve Pendlebury
Bureau of Meteorology
GPO Box 727G
HOBART, TAS  7001
Australia

Email: S.Pendlebury@bom.gov.au

Setup of Adobe Acrobat

The Handbook is distributed on this CD in PDF format as a single file. To read this 
file you need to have installed the Adobe Acrobat reader. This reader is freeware and 
the version for Windows 95/98/NT is included on the CD. If you don't have Acrobat 
installed then run the file rs405eng.exe from the CD and follow the instructions. If 
you need Acrobat for a Mac or other platform this can be obtained without charge 
from the Adobe Web site at www.adobe.com. 

Viewing the Handbook

Once you have Acrobat installed on your computer then the Handbook can be viewed 
by double clicking on the file Handbookv1.1.pdf in the top directory of the 
CD. 

Navigating the Handbook

When the Handbook first loads you will see the cover followed by the Table of Contents that extends across 
several pages. You can move to any section by clicking the section name. 
Alternatively you can view a map of the whole document by moving the vertical 
divider bar on the left hand side of the screen towards the right. Again you move to a 
particular section by clicking on the section name. You can also search the whole 
document for a particular word by typing CNTL-F and then entering a search word or 
words.

Further instructions on using Acrobat are in the Acrobat Help system.

John Turner
18 August 2000