#hydrographic survey in India

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In this remarkably rich account of land and profit-making in colonial Calcutta (now Kolkata), Debjani Bhattacharyya traces the transformation of marshes, bogs, and muddy riverbanks into parcels of fixed, bounded, and alienable property under British colonial rule. Framed evocatively as a “history of forgetting” (6), Bhattacharyya details the everyday enactments and contestations of imperial power undertaken by colonial officials and merchants, hydrographers, Indian property owners, urban planners, surveyors, and speculators between the 1760s and 1920. Over this period, the fluid and culturally multivalent spaces of the delta were translated and transformed into “dried urban landscapes of economic value” (12). [...] [T]he economization of space was so encompassing that earlier ways of understanding and inhabiting the delta’s shifting lands and waters were [obscured] [...].

The British thus had to produce landed property both conceptually and materially in a process that proceeded through two entangled registers of power. The first was the legal register, which translated shifting and indeterminate aqueous spaces into apparently solid landed property through modes of legal classification and arbitration. The second register of power concerned hydraulic technologies of drying and draining the landscape (10), which materialized these legal categorizations in the production of urban space. 

By the early twentieth century, these “technologies of property” (5) had produced new lines between land and water in the city and rendered its fluid ecologies, such as marshes and bogs, as valuable “land-in-waiting” (172) for property development and financial speculation. [...] 

[T]he delta’s fluid ecology emerges at times as a limit on the property-making activities of the East India Company and the British Crown [...]. Bhattacharyya’s account highlights the mobility of the delta’s fluid landscape, with water, silt, and mud taking on agentic roles and shaping historical trajectories. [...] [Bhattacharyya] provides a fascinating account of the meanings of rivers and other watery spaces in Bengali cultural life, drawing on folk songs, poetic genres such as the maṅgalkāvya, storytelling, and forms of artistic representation such as painted narrative scrolls. [...] Bhattacharyya recovers forms of relationality and claim-making in the fluid deltaic environment that exceed the representations of colonial cadastral surveys and revenue records. [...] 

[H]owever, Calcutta became increasingly disconnected from its watery past. [...] [There was an] increasing entanglement of the urban land market with infrastructural projects to dry land and control water. These included the excavation of an extensive network of canals; the construction of docks in Khidderpore and the draining of the Maidan [...]. A collective amnesia about Calcutta’s fluid ecologies set the stage for the emergence of a speculative real estate market by the beginning of the twentieth century [...]. This period saw Calcutta’s remaining wetlands and marshes rendered as “land-in-waiting for property development” (169) in a process that continues to the present day.

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All text above by: Calynn Dowler. “Debjani Bhattacharyya, Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta.” Asian Ethnology Volume 80 Issue 1. 2021. [Bold emphasis and some paragraph breaks/contractions added by me.]

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Bee at the Beach (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Billy Elliot (Film; 2000)

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Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke, by Daidōji Yūzan (History Book; 1943)

Crimes and Misdemeanors (Film; 1989)

Fat Bottomed Girls/Bicycle Race, by Queen (Songs; 1978)

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Week: 2nd Full Week of October

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Holidays 10.13

Holidays

Agricultural Workers’ Day (Russia)

Artist’s Day (Ukraine)

Astronomy Day

Azerbaijani Railway Day

Blame Someone Else Day

Bonn Phchum Ben (Ancestors’ Day; Cambodia)

Chuuk (Teachers’ Appreciation Day; Micronesia)

Clean the Crumbs Out of the Broiler Oven Day

Cold Turkey Day

Cultural Workers’ Day (Belarus)

Dashain Festival (Nepal)

Dia del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural (Argentina)

Durga Puja (a.k.a. Dasain (Sikkim, India)

Dussehra (a.k.a. Durga Ashtami; Parts of India)

English Language Day (UK)

Festival of Unmediated Play

Fox Mulder Day (X-Files)

Geologic Map Day

Ghatasthapana (Nepal)

Global Fertilizer Day

Good Samaritan Day

The Great Memorial Day (Thailand)

International Cassette Store Day

International Civility for the Girl Child Day

International Day for Failure (a.k.a. National Failure Day)

International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction (UN)

international Day of Education in Prison

International EarthCache Day

International Plain Language Day

International Skeptics Day

International Suit Up Day

John Peel Day

Karva Chat (Himachal Pradesh, India) [Women’s Festival Only]

King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great Memorial Day (Thailand)

Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day

Military Hydrographer Day (Russia)

Modern Mythology Day

National Chess Day

National Erection Day

National Guinea Pig Day (Peru)

National Headband Day

National Herpes Awareness Day (Australia)

National No Excuse Day

National ‘That’s What She Said’ Day

National Transfer Money to Your Son Day

Navy Establishment Day

No Bra Day

Oilfield Prayer Day (Oklahoma)

Paramedics’ Day (Poland)

Peach Day (French Republic)

Prince Louis Rwagasore Day (Burundi)

Railway Employees Day (Azerbaijan)

Rwagasore Day (Burundi)

Silly Sayings Day

Swiftie Day

Tacksägelsdagen (Thanksgiving; Sweden)

Templars Day

Train Your Brain Day

Treat Yo’ Self Day

Vietnamese Entrepreneur’s Day (Vietnam)

Wan Tamruat (a.k.a. National Police Day; Thailand)

White House Day

Witches’ Festival (Elder Scrolls)

World Bank Action Day

World Cage Free Day

World Thrombosis Day

World Zombie Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National M&M Day

National Peanut Day

National Pumpkin Day

Yorkshire Pudding Day

Independence & Related Days

None Known

2nd Sunday in October

Bokbierdag (National Bock Beer Day; The Netherlands) [ website ] [2nd Sunday]

Clergy Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Pastor Appreciation Day or Ministry Appreciation Day) [2nd Sunday]

Drink Local Wine Week begins [2nd Sunday]

Father-Daughter Day [2nd Sunday]

Good Thief Sunday [2nd Sunday]

Grandmother's Day (Florida; Germany) [2nd Sunday]

Grandparents’ Day (Hong Kong) [2nd Sunday]

Pastor Appreciation Day (a.k.a. Ministry Appreciation Day) [2nd Sunday]

Sandwich Sunday [2nd Sunday of Each Month]

Seven For Sunday [Every Sunday]

Shojo Festival (Narumi Hachimangu, Nagoya, Japan) [2nd Sunday]

Sleepy Sunday [2nd Sunday of Each Month]

Sundae Sunday [Every Sunday]

Sunday Funday [Every Sunday]

Survey Sunday [2nd Sunday of Each Month]

White Sunday (American & Western Samoa) [2nd Sunday]

World Day of Aunts & Uncles [2nd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning October 13 (2nd Full Week of October)

Anti Poverty Week [Australia]

Drink Local Wine Week (thru 10.19) [2nd Full Week]

Earth Science Week (thru 10.19) [2nd Full Week]

Healthcare Security and Safety Week (thru 10.19) [2nd Full Week]

Improve Your Home Office Week (thru 10.19) [2nd Full Week]

Infection Control Week (thru 10.19) [3rd Week]

International Credit Union Week (thru 10.19) [Week of Int’l Credit Union Day]

International Infection Prevention (or Protection) Week (thru 10.19)

Meditation Week (thru 10.19) [3rd Week]

National Case Management Week (thru 10.19) [2nd Full Week]

National Chestnut Week (thru 10.19) [2nd Full Week]

National Food Bank Week (thru 10.19) [Week including 10.16]

National Lone Wolf Week (thru 10.19) [3rd Week]

National School Lunch Week (thru 10.19) [2nd Full Week]

National Veterinary Technician Week (thru 10.19) [3rd Week]

Nuclear Science Week (thru 10.19) [3rd Week]

Pet Peeve Week (thru 10.19) [2nd Full Week]

Teen Read Week (thru 10.19) [Week of Columbus Day]

YMCA With our Violence Week (thru 10.19) [3rd Week]

Festivals Beginning October 13, 2024

The Chocolate Expo (Manchester, New Hampshire)

Doi Taikomatsuri (Japan) [thru 10.15]

Dunellen HarvestFest (Dunellen, New Jersey)

Troy Chowderfest (Troy, New York)

Feast Days

Aequinoctium Autumnale VI (Pagan)

Alan Turing Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Alexandrina of Balasar (Christian; Blessed)

Allan Ramsay (Artology)

Arna Bontemps (Writerism)

Arrabiata Sauce Day (Pastafarian)

Campanella (Positivist; Saint)

Colman (Christian; Saint)

Conrad Richter (Writerism)

Daniel and companions, of Ceuta (Christian; Saints)

Edward the Confessor (Translation of the Relics Day)

Fautus, Januarius, and Martialis (Christian; Martyrs)

Fontanalia (a.k.a. Fontus; Old Roman God of Wells & Springs)

Gerald of Aurillac (Christian; Saint)

Herblock (Artology)

Maddalena Panattieri (Dominican Order of Preachers; Christian; Blessed)

Mariotto Albertinelli (Artology)

Miracle of the Sun

Moley the Mole (Muppetism)

Our Lady of Fatima (Roman Catholic)

Seven Friar Minors (Christian; Martyrs in Morocco)

Terry Frost (Artology)

Theophilus of Antioch (Christian; Saint)

Very Saucey Day (Pastafarian)

Walasse Ting (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

All About Eve (Film; 1950)

The Babysitter (Film; 2017)

Badlands (Film; 1973)

Batman: Death in the Family (WB Animated Film; 2020)

A Bear Called Paddington, by Michael Bond (Children’s Book; 1958)

Bee at the Beach (Disney Cartoon; 1950)

Billy Elliot (Film; 2000)

The Bon Bon Parade (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1935)

Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke, by Daidōji Yūzan (History Book; 1943)

Crimes and Misdemeanors (Film; 1989)

Fat Bottomed Girls/Bicycle Race, by Queen (Songs; 1978)

Fly with von Drake (Disney Animated TV Special; 1963)

The Foreigner (Film; 2017)

The Fowl Ball (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1930)

Goodbye Christopher Robin (Film; 2017)

Harvey (Film; 1950)

Hell House, by Richard Matheson (Novel; 1971)

The House of Mirth (Film; 2000)

Jane the Virgin (TV Series; 2014)

The Last Witch Hunter (Film; 2015)

Linda McCartney’s Sixties: Portrait of an Era, by Linda McCartney (Book; 1992)

Look Who’s Talking (Film; 1989)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animated Film; 1993)

…Nothing Like the Sun, by Sting (Album; 1987)

Riley’s First Date? (Pixar Cartoon; 2015)

The Rum Diary (Film; 2011)

The Scarlet Letter (Film; 1995)

The Seventh Seal (Film; 1958)

Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It), by Beyoncé (Song; 2008)

The Sultan’s Birthday (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1944)

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Concert Film; 2023)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, by Edward Albee (Play; 1962)

Wide Sargasso Sea, by Jean Rhys (Novel; 1966)

Yankee Dood It (WB MM Cartoon; 1956)

, by Prince (Album; 1992)

Today’s Name Days

Eduard, Gerald (Austria)

Bogoljub, Eduard, Romul, Teofil (Croatia)

Renáta (Czech Republic)

Angelus (Denmark)

Ebba, Ebe, Epp (Estonia)

Taija, Taina, Tanja (Finland)

Géraud (France)

Andre, Eduard, Koloman (Germany)

Agathoniki, Chrysi, Florentia, Florentios, Karpos (Greece)

Ede, Kálmán (Hungary)

Benedetto, Edoardo (Italy)

Irma, Mirga (Latvia)

Eduardas, Edvardas, Mintaras, Nortautė, Venancijus (Lithuania)

Tarjei, Terje, Torgeir (Norway)

Daniel, Edward, Gerald, Geraldyna, Maurycy, Mikołaj, Siemisław, Teofil (Poland)

Agatodor, Agatonica, Andrei, Carp, Papil (Romania)

Koloman (Slovakia)

Eduardo, Fausto (Spain)

Berit, Birgit (Sweden)

Eddie, Eddy, Eduardo, Edward, Edwardine, Ned (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 287 of 2024; 79 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 41 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Gort (Ivy) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 9 (Jia-Xu), Day 11 (Geng-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 11 Tishri 5785

Islamic: 9 Rabi II 1446

J Cal: 17 Orange; Threesday [17 of 30]

Julian: 30 September 2024

Moon: 80%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 7 Descartes (11th Month) [St. Thomas Aquinas]

Runic Half Month: Gyfu (Gift) [Day 7 of 15]

Season: Autumn or Fall (Day 22 of 90)

Week: 2nd Full Week of October

Zodiac: Libra (Day 21 of 30)

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Muizzu also gave an ultimatum to India to withdraw about 80 troops based in the country. Delhi said they were stationed there to maintain and operate two rescue and reconnaissance helicopters and a Dornier aircraft it had donated years ago.

In the end, both countries reached a compromise by agreeing to replace soldiers with Indian civilian technical staff to operate the aircraft.

Indian troops to exit the Maldives as China gains foothold

Chinese ship's port call in Maldives fans India tensions

Muizzu’s administration also announced that it would not renew a hydrographic survey agreement with India that was signed by the previous government to map the seabed in Maldivian territorial waters.

But the Maldivian president defended his decision.

“The decisions taken are based on our evolving domestic interests and strategic priorities. The will of the people, that elected me 10 months ago,” Muizzu said.

“I believe both the Maldives and India have a better understanding of each others’ priorities and concerns,” he added.

Some of Muizzu's decisions were seen as a way to reduce Delhi’s influence and forge closer ties with India’s rival China.

In February, Muizzu’s administration allowed the port call of a Chinese research ship, Xiang Yang Hong 3, in the Maldives, much to Delhi’s displeasure. Some saw it as a mission to collect data which could - at a later date - be used by the Chinese military for submarine operations.

But Muizzu rejects the pro-China tag.

“I have made clear our foreign policy the day I took office - that it is a ‘Maldives First’ policy. Our relationships with other nations are guided by the principles of mutual respect and trust, non-interference and the pursuit of peace and prosperity,” he insists.

“We believe that through open communication and collaboration, we can address any concerns, contributing to a peaceful and prosperous Indian Ocean region,” he says.

Despite Muizzu's attempts to move Male closer to Beijing, analysts say financial assistance from China hasn’t been forthcoming,

As a result, the president's extraordinary turnaround towards India now is based on harsh realities.

Muizzu’s Delhi visit "is a realisation of how dependent the Maldives is on India, a dependency that no other country will find easy to fill", says Azim Zahir, a Maldivian analyst.

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Indian Naval Ship INS Sandhayak Commissioned in Visakhapatnam with State-of-the-Art Sonar Systems

In a significant stride for India's maritime strength, the Indian Navy has proudly commissioned the advanced survey vessel INS Sandhayak in a grand ceremony in Visakhapatnam. Three more will follow. The vessel is equipped with sophisticated sonar systems from Teledyne Marine and represents the pinnacle of modern naval engineering. The Defense Minister, Rajnath Singh, officiated at the commissioning ceremony on Saturday, February 3, 2024. The INS Sandhayak, a 110-meter-long ship with a displacement of 3,400 tons, is powered by two diesel engines and can exceed speeds of 18 knots. Built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), the vessel is the first to join the Indian Navy's fleet as part of this program. The commissioning event was graced by VIP guests from the Navy and the Indian Naval Hydrographic Office (NHO), including top-ranked Navy officers from the regional command. The current Chief Hydrographer of India, Vice Admiral Lochan Singh Pathania, and his predecessors were also in attendance to witness this milestone in Indian naval history. Teledyne Marine, a global leader in underwater technology, has been instrumental in providing a suite of advanced sonar systems. These include 4 HydroSweep DS Deep Water Multibeam Echosounders​ (MBES), 8 SeaBat T-Series Shallow Water Multibeam Echosounders (MBES), and 36 DESO 5 Single Beam Echosounders (SBES).

In a significant stride for India’s maritime strength, the Indian Navy has proudly commissioned the advanced survey vessel INS Sandhayak in a grand ceremony in Visakhapatnam. Three more will follow. The vessel is equipped with sophisticated sonar systems from Teledyne Marine and represents the pinnacle of modern naval engineering. The Defense Minister, Rajnath Singh, officiated at the…

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Global Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Market Report, Industry Size, Share, Statistics, Companies, Growth Analysis - 2028

The global Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) market has witnessed significant growth in recent years, fueled by technological advancements, increased exploration, and survey activities, and rising demand across various industries.

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Industry Overview:

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, commonly known as AUVs, are unmanned underwater vehicles capable of operating without human intervention. These sophisticated machines have become integral in various sectors, including defense, oil and gas, environmental monitoring, and scientific research.

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Market Size and Share:

According to the MarketsandMarkets latest market research report the global autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) market size was valued at USD 1.6 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 4.9 billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 22.4% from 2023 to 2028. The market size is influenced by factors such as increasing offshore oil and gas exploration, growing demand for efficient underwater survey solutions, and rising environmental concerns.

The global autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) market share is distributed among prominent players, each contributing to the industry's development through innovation and strategic partnerships. Key regions driving the market include North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the RoW

The autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) market in the Asia Pacific is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period; this region is likely to hold a largest share of the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) market by 2028.

The rising demand for energy, along with the high GDP growth rate of emerging economies such as China and India, is creating significant growth opportunities for the oil & gas industry and hence, for AUV manufacturers in Asia Pacific. For instance, India has adopted Adamya AUV with a depth rating of 1,500 m. It can be launched from submarine torpedo tubes and surface ships. Adamya AUV can be used for hydrographic surveys, underwater mine detection and countermeasure operations, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.

Companies Shaping the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Industry:

Several companies play pivotal roles in the global AUV market, contributing to its growth and competitiveness. Major industry players include Kongsberg Group ASA (Norway), Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (US), General Dynamics Corporation (US), Saab AB (Sweden), Exail Technologies SA (France), Lockheed Martin Corporation (US), Fugro N.V. (Netherlands), ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH (Germany), Boston Engineering Corporation (US), L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (US), Graal Tech S.r.l. (Italy), International Submarine Engineering Limited (Canada), and Boeing (US)

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Market Growth Analysis:

Since the first underwater optical fiber cable came out in 1985, underwater cable systems have played a key role in the field of cross-continental communications. These systems offer several advantages, such as large capacity, high reliability, and excellent communication quality. However, underwater telecommunication cables are prone to suffer from potentially hazardous or environmental damage caused by natural causes, such as earthquakes and turbulent currents, or human activities (anchoring and fishing gear). AUVs are used extensively to resolve these issues. Also, AUVs are used in the maintenance and damage recovery for underwater connectors (also known as marine connectors or subsea connectors). The AUV market's growth trajectory is expected to continue, driven by technological innovations, increasing demand for underwater surveys, and rising applications in defense and research. The industry is likely to witness developments in swarm robotics, enabling coordinated efforts of multiple AUVs for complex tasks.

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Unpathed Waters: Account of the Life and Times of Joseph Huddart, FRS at One Time a Captain in the Service of the Honourable East India Company and Later an Elder Brother of the Corporation of Trinity House :: William Huddart

Unpathed Waters: Account of the Life and Times of Joseph Huddart, FRS at One Time a Captain in the Service of the Honourable East India Company and Later an Elder Brother of the Corporation of Trinity House :: William Huddart

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The Beaufort scale

The Beaufort scale is a very important scale and still valid today, it defines the wind and classifies the wind speeds in 13 units. This scale was developed by Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort. Whereby he cannot be regarded as the inventor of a wind scale, because before him Tycho Brage (1546- 1601), a Danish nobleman and astronomer, already tried to categorize the wind, and the engineer John Smeaton created a scale on the basis of windmill wings in 1759. This scale contained 9 wind forces - without calm - and referred to the wind forces on land. The then hydrograph of the "East India Company" and from 1795 First Hydrograph of the Admiralty, Alexander Dalrymple, made Smeaton's scale famous in seafaring. Dalrymple's version contained twelve wind forces (again without calm), ranging from 1 "weak draft" to 12 "storm". Dalrymple published his own scale, expressly intended for use in logbooks, in a brochure in 1779 and in the book Practical Navigation in 1790.

Sir Francis Beaufort, by Stephen Pearce, 1850

Francis Beaufort probably got to know Dalrymples Skala already through his brochure of 1779. From the age of 14 he himself served the East India Company and later the Royal Navy and kept an extensive diary throughout his life, in which he recorded, among other things, the weather. On 12 or 13 January 1806 he entered the words here: "From now on I will estimate the strength of the wind according to the following scale, for nothing conveys a more unclear idea of wind and weather than the old expressions moderate and cloudy, etc. etc.". A scale from 1 to 13 follows, ranging from "calm" to "storm". On September 14, 1807, he created a new diary in which he - as usual - noted on the endpaper the wind scale he intended to use. Shortly thereafter he improved the scale by adding how the wind force could be seen on the sails of a fully rigged frigate. Wind force 5, for example, prevails when the mainsail, brakesail, royal, aviator and staysail can remain hoisted, while at wind force 7 the three uppermost sails must be reefed.

After Beaufort had become hydrograph of the Admiralty in 1829, he passed on his improved scale to all who were interested. It was published in 1832 in the Nautical Magazine of the Admiralty. By 1837 the scale was already in use throughout the surveying service, and at the end of 1838 the Admiralty issued an instruction making it mandatory. However, this scale had no name and was only called the "attached scheme". Also in the detailed obituaries on the occasion of Beaufort's death no wind scale is mentioned at all. This name was given only 1906 by the British weather service and the version of the scale had 13 steps (incl. 0). Here, wind force 0, i.e. calm, is characterized by smoke rising vertically. At wind force 2, a "light breeze", the wind becomes noticeable on the face and leaves rustle. The respective wind speed is given for this purpose. In this version, the Beaufort scale has been included in numerous dictionaries and encyclopaedias.

Beaufort-Scale-by-Pat-Royce

In 1927 the German captain Peter Petersen reformulated the original Beaufort scale for seafaring purposes, because sails no longer played a major role in shipping. The Petersen Sea Scale describes the effect of wind on the sea. Thus, at wind force 6, "strong wind", large waves of 2.5 to 4 meters height form, everywhere are extensive, white foam combs to be seen; there is some spray. In 1935, the Beaufort scale was accepted as generally valid at the First International Meteorological Conference in Brussels and in 1946, by decision of the International Meteorological Organization, was extended by a further 5 to a total of 18 levels (incl. 0). In 1970 it was reduced again to 12, the 18 scale is only valid in Taiwan and the Chinese mainland.

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