| Description | The series contains maps, charts, map overlays and associated data covering: meteorology and climate (synoptic), including temperature, rainfall, winds, humidity, air pressure; records and distributions of eggs, hoppers and adults of six locust species, namely Desert Locust, Red Locust, Migratory Locust, Tree Locust, Brown Locust, Bombay Locust; habitat maps; mosaics of meteorological satellite data; maps and diagrams used in publications.
Note: Reference to the Rainey and Aspliden Sudy of 1954-55 in files AL/10/1 and AL/10/2 relates to Chapter 3 'The geographical distribution and movements of Desert Locusts during 1954-55 in relation to the corresponding synoptic meteorology' in the World Meteorological Organization's Technical Note No. 54 (WMO - No. 138. TP. 64) 'Meteorology and the Migration of Desert Locusts: Applications of synoptic meteorology in locust control' by R. C. Rainey (1963) (jointly published as Anti-Locust Memoir 7). |