Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and Weather Forecasting, for the Student and General Reader

Macmillan, 1912 - 549 Seiten

INTRODUCTION THE ATMOSPHERE	1

FIGURE	23

THE HEATING AND COOLING OF THE ATMOSPHERE	28

III	40

PAGE	48

THE OBSERVATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE	60

THE PRESSURE AND CIRCULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE	112

The Application of Ferrels Law to the Air coming towards a Tropical	117

300	303

302	304

The Van Cleef System of Storm Tracks across the United States 128 The Van Cleef System of Tracks for Highs across the United States 129 Diagram ...	306

at Any Point near a Passing Low	317

The Changes in the Meteorological Elements during a Hot Summer Day with a Typical Thundershower in the Afternoon	323

The Crosssection of a Typical Thundershower 132 The Typical Form of a Thundershower 133 The Typical Path of a Thundershower 323	324

The Path of a Large Thundershower across Germany	329

Two Views of the Same Tornado at Goddard Kansas	336

tion on a Rotating Earth	162

The Subequatorial and Subtropical Wind Belts	170

Pressure and Wind Direction in Spain and Portugal during January	176

THE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE	189

The Hair Hygrometer	198

The U S Weather Bureau Sunshine Recorder	212

facing	241

The Annual Variation in the Amount of Precipitation at Twelve Stations	248

THE SECONDARY CIRCULATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE	264

The Distribution of the Meteorological Elements about a Tropical Cyclone	268

The Five Regions of Occurrence of Tropical Cyclones	274

Cyclone	284

Distribution of the Meteorological Elements about a Low with a Typical Wind Shift Line	287

The Distribution of the Meteorological Elements about a Typical Anticyclone or High	294

The Motion of the Cirrus Clouds about an Area of High Pressure	297

The Tracks of a Number of Lows in the Northern Hemisphere	300

Storm Tracks for Europe	301

The Bigelow System of Storm Tracks across the United States 126 The Russell System of Tracks across the United States	302

A Tornado at Oklahoma City May 12 1896	336

Wreckage of Anchor Hall St Louis May 27 1896	337

The Formation of the Rainbow 156 Cloud Shadows the Sun drawing Water 157 Selective Scattering by a Turbid Medium 139 The Distribution of Al...	338

02 P M	346

WEATHER BUREAUS AND THEIR WORK	353

The Climatological Districts and Forecast Sections of the Weather Bureau	357

WEATHER PREDICTIONS	365

The U S Weather Bureau Station at Washington D C	374

facing 343	403

402	419

CLIMATE	426

FLOODS AND RIVER STAGES	442

XI	454

facing	473

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS	483

facing	490

XIII	496

264	545

Titel	Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and Weather Forecasting, for the Student and General Reader
Autor/in	Willis Isbister Milham
Verlag	Macmillan, 1912
Original von	University of California
Digitalisiert	10. Febr. 2009
Länge	549 Seiten

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