IEE Electronics Division: Chairman´s address. Radio and weather

Radio and the weather are intimately connected: from this stems the interdisciplinary subject of radio-meterorology. Out of the study of the effects of the weather on radio wave propagation, radio techniques for meterorological research and applications are evolved. Some consideration is given in the paper to the relationship between atmospheric electrical discharges (lightning) and associated radio phenomena, but the emphasis is mainly on the interaction between the troposphere, with its constituents, and very short radio waves. The importance of radiometerorological research to the development of space and terrestrial communication is discussed, and also the relevance of such research to a better appreciation of the dynamical processes in the lower atmosphere.