General Publications

No.	Title	Author	Year
1	Director's annual departmental report	---	1884-1939 1946-1980
2	Typhoon! (second revised edition)	---	1992
3	The life history of a tropical cyclone	P.C. Chin	1977
4	Hong Kong's tropical cyclone warning signals (pdf version)	---	2007
5	Hong Kong weather services for shipping (16th edition) (pdf version)	---	2007
6	Weather information card for fishermen (in Chinese only)	---	1997
7	Hong Kong Observatory calendar	---	1970-1979 1981-1983 1985-1996 1998 onwards
8	Astronomical tables (yearly)	---	1960-1970
9	Astronomical tables and star charts (yearly)	---	1971-1984
10	Hong Kong Observatory almanac	---	1984 onwards
11	Upper temperatures and the properties of air mass over Hong Kong	C.W. Jeffries, G.S.P. Heywood	1941
12	A brief general history of Royal Observatory	L. Starbuck	1951
13	A short glossary of the more commonly used meteorological terms	L. Starbuck & H.C. Huang	1954
14	Climatological charts of the Far East	S.L. Chang	1959
15	Meteorology for scouts, second impression (with corrections)	S.W. To	1976
16	A glossary of technical terms used in weather forecasts (in Chinese only)	---	1981
17	From time ball to atomic clock	A. Dyson	1983
18	Tide tables for Hong Kong (yearly)	---	1987 onwards
19	Thunderstorm warning	---	2005
20	The strong monsoon signal (pdf version)	---	2002
21	Rainstorm warning system	---	1997
22	Landslip warning	---	1998
23	Hong Kong Observatory performance pledge	---	2001
24	Newsletter for Hong Kong Voluntary Observing Ships	---	1993 onwards
25	Weather on Wings (newsletter for the aviation community)	---	1994 onwards
26	Newsletter for << Friends of Observatory >> (in Chinese only)	---	1996 onwards
27	Special announcement on flooding in the northern New Territories	---	1998
28	Cold and Very Hot Weather Warnings	---	2005
29	Safety under the Sun - Protect yourself against UV Radiation (pdf version)	---	2007
30	Windshear and Turbulence (pdf version)	---	2001
31	Fire Danger Warning	---	2001
32	"World Weather Information Service" & "Severe Weather Information Centre" (pdf version)	---	2006
33	Weathering the Storm - Hong Kong Observatory and Social Development Chapter 1, Chapter 2,Chapter3, Chapter4 (pdf version)	Ho Pui-yin	2004
34	Educational Resources (pdf version)	---	2005
35	Dangers of the Sea (pdf version)	---	2005
36	Tsunami - The Great Waves (in Chinese only) (pdf version)	---	2006
37	Earthquake and Hong Kong (pdf version)	---	2007
38	Basic Meteorological Knowledge (in Chinese only)	W.H. Leung, F.Y. Hung & K.B. Lam	2007