▁inst itute ▁w art ime ▁training ▁for ▁hundreds ▁of ▁meteor olog ists , ▁rec ru ited ▁hundreds ▁of ▁women ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁men ▁who ▁had ▁entered ▁the ▁armed ▁services , ▁and ▁served ▁on ▁the ▁J oint ▁Meteor ological ▁Committee ▁composed ▁of ▁himself ▁and ▁the ▁heads ▁of ▁the ▁Army ▁and ▁Navy ▁weather ▁services . ▁National ▁leaders ▁now ▁viewed ▁weather ▁forec ast ing , ▁possibly ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time , ▁as ▁a ▁world wide ▁strateg ic ▁imper ative ▁affect ing ▁the ▁movements ▁of ▁vast ▁numbers ▁of ▁men ▁and ▁amounts ▁of ▁material . ▁ ▁Reich el der fer ▁quickly ▁grasp ed ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁techn ological ▁adv ances ▁and ▁soon ▁purs ued ▁rad ar ▁as ▁a ▁weather ▁observation ▁and ▁forec ast ▁tool . ▁He ▁advanced ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁clim at ology ▁by ▁over see ing ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁a ▁forty - year ▁series ▁of ▁carefully ▁analyz ed ▁surface ▁maps ▁that ▁showed ▁weather ▁patterns ▁d ating ▁back ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 9 . ▁These ▁a ided ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁forec asts ▁and ▁also ▁served ▁as ▁research ▁gu ides . ▁During ▁the ▁war ▁years ▁he ▁also ▁established ▁an ▁Air ▁Mass ▁and ▁Front al ▁Analysis ▁Center , ▁which ▁served ▁as ▁a ▁model ▁for ▁other ▁nations ' ▁weather ▁services ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁following ▁the ▁war . ▁After ▁the ▁war , ▁“ Re ich ” ▁continued ▁pressing ▁forward , ▁always ▁on ▁the ▁look out ▁for ▁new ▁methods ▁and ▁new ▁ideas . ▁He ▁was ▁eager ▁to ▁adopt ▁rad ar ▁meteor ology . ▁ ▁Ear lier ▁propos als ▁by ▁L . ▁F