Occasional Papers

This table lists the occasional papers published by the Hong Kong Observatory.

No.	Title	Author	Year
1	An assessment of the present situation of experiments on artificial rain-making	L. Starbuck	1950
2	Story of the weather map	L. Starbuck	1950
3	Meteorology as a career	L. Starbuck	1950
4	Hong Kong temperatures in spring	L. Starbuck	1951
5	The birth of a weather forecast	L. Starbuck	1951
6	Local storm and strong monsoon signal codes	C.S. Ramage	1956
7	Storm and monsoon warning service (The non-local and local storm and strong monsoon signal codes)	---	1956
8	Rain-making	G.J. Bell	1963
9	Mean vector winds for southeast Asia (1949 - 1963)	T.Y. Chen	1964
10	Preliminary report on rainfall of Hong Kong	G.J. Bell	1964
11	A short note on the forecasting of typhoon movement in Hong Kong	---	1964
12	A preliminary report on probable maximum rainfall over Lantau Island	P.C. Chin	1965
13a	Notes on the A.P.T. equipment used by the Royal Observatory Hong Kong	P.C. Chin	1965
13b	Notes on the A.P.T. equipment used by the Royal Observatory Hong Kong (Second edition)	G.J. Bell	1966
14	The Plessey type 43S radar sited at the Royal Observatory station at Tate's Cairn	---	1966
15	Notes on the use of Celsius in Hong Kong	G.J. Bell	1966
16	Notes on the weather of Hong Kong	---	1966
17	An explanation of meteorological terms, first edition (in Chinese only)	P.C. Chin	1958
18	A note on weather satellites prepared for World Meteorological Day 23 March 1967	P. Peterson	1967
19	Atmospheric pollution committee (Report of sub-committee on air pollution and visibility)	G.J. Bell & P.C. Chin	1967
20	Meteorology for scouts, first edition	S.W. To	1970
21	A preliminary study of anomalous radar propagation	P.C. Chin	1970
22	Operational procedure for streamline analysis	P.C. Chin	1970
23	Prediction of 5-day rainfall at the Royal Observatory Hong Kong in July	P.C. Chin	1971
24	Typical tropical cyclone tracks associated with different types of mean flow pattern	P.C. Chin	1971
25	The Royal Observatory	G.J. Bell	1972
26	Hong Kong typhoons	P.C. Chin	1972
27	The Royal Observatory	G.J. Bell	1973
28	Quasi-biennial variations in the tropical troposphere (recyclostyled in 1974)	G.J. Bell	1968
29	The Royal Observatory tropical cyclone prediction programme (1974 - 1975)	P.C. Chin	1975
30	The Royal Observatory	G.J. Bell	1978
31	Notes on the meteorological aspects of air pollution in Hong Kong	---	1968
32	A proposed scheme for a joint study of tropical cyclone movement prediction by objective techniques	P.C. Chin	1975
33	The rainstorms of May 1889 and July 1926	C.W. Chan	1976
34	History and general organization of the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong	D. J. Malone	---
35	Hong Kong Royal Observatory standard practices in publications	H.K. Lam	1976
36	The Typhoon of 18 September 1906	W.Y. Li	1976
37	The Royal Observatory tropical cyclone prediction programme (1977 - 1978)	P.C. Chin	1977
38	An investigation of possible air pollution of a proposed housing estate on Ap Lei Chau	P. Peterson	1977
39	Tropical cyclone strike probability values for ten target locations in southeast Asia	P.C. Chin	1977
40	A preliminary study of drought in Hong Kong	V.L.P. Wong & A.F.V. Lam	1978
41	Low-level wind shear detection equipments for Hong Kong International Airport	H.K. Lam	1981
42	Meteorological conditions at Chek Lap Kok	C.Y. Lam	1981
43	Reduction of visibilities in Hong Kong	E. Law	1977
44	Meteorological conditions at Chek Lap Kok (Second report)	C.Y. Lam	1981
45	Preliminary report on the Chek Lap Kok Basin storm surge numerical modelling investigation	S.C. Wong	1981
46	Modelling of airflow near Chek Lap Kok using a stratified water tank	S.W. Fong	1981
47	A preliminary report on the meteorological conditions in the Deep Bay Area	C.Y. Lam	1981
48	Preliminary report on the wind tunnel experiment to study turbulence and wind shear in the vicinity of Chek Lap Kok	C.Y. Lam	1981
49	An investigation of turbulence and wind shear in the vicinity of Chek Lap Kok using a light aircraft, Dec. 1979 - Nov. 1981	C.Y. Lam	1981
50	Wind tunnel experiment to study the occurrence of wind shear in the vicinity of Chek Lap Kok, Vol. I, II & Supplement	C.Y. Lam	1982
51	Second report on the Chek Lap Kok Basin storm surge numerical modelling investigation	S.C. Wong	1982
52	Analysis of Doppler acoustic radar data (Oct. 1981 - May 1982) for the replacement airport studies	C.Y. Lam	1982
53	Result of operating an acoustic radar system in Junk Bay from June to July 1982	E. Koo & C.M. Tam	1982
54	Chek Lap Kok meteorological and oceanographic investigations 1979 - 1982	C.Y. Lam & K.H. Yeung	1982
55	The typhoon of 18 August 1923	W.C. Poon	1980
56	Conditional probabilities of rainfall over 4-hourly periods based on wind data recorded at the Royal Observatory	B.Y. Lee	1983
57	Report on joint study of tropical cyclone movement prediction by objective techniques	P. Sham	1979
58	Terminology used in classification of tropical cyclones	P. Sham	1983
59	An interview with P. Sham on tropical cyclones by H. Taba, Editor of the World Meteorological Organization Bulletin	P. Sham	1984
60	A meteorological assessment of atmospheric transport conditions in the Deep Bay air shed	E. Koo, B.Y. Lee & C.M. Tam	1984
61	Final report of meteorological studies of the Junk Bay air shed	E. Koo, B.Y. Lee & C.M. Tam	1984
62	A preliminary analysis of visibility trends in Hong Kong, 1968-1982	W.L. Chang	1985
63	Manual for the Geotechnical Control Office automatic raingauge system	K.H. Yeung, K.K. Ng & F.T. Yuen	1989
64	A solar-powered automatic weather station Vol. 1 & 2	K.H. Yeung, K.K. Ng & L.K. Yau	1986
65	Ninth Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macau Seminar on Hazardous Weather	---	1994
66	12th Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macau Seminar on Hazardous Weather	---	1998
67	15th Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macau Seminar on Meteorological Science and Technology	---	2001