Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to DayD. Appleton, 1887 - 472 pagini |
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... developed the science of statistics . By this method the average readings of meteorological instruments , such as the height of the barometer or thermometer , or the mean direction and force of the wind , at any number of places were ...
... developed the science of statistics . By this method the average readings of meteorological instruments , such as the height of the barometer or thermometer , or the mean direction and force of the wind , at any number of places were ...
Pagina xxiii
... developed by Dové and Kaemtz . When the attempt was made to apply statistics to weather - changes from day to day , it was found that average results were useless . The mean temperature for any particular day of the year might be 50 ...
... developed by Dové and Kaemtz . When the attempt was made to apply statistics to weather - changes from day to day , it was found that average results were useless . The mean temperature for any particular day of the year might be 50 ...
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... develops all that was known before . On the one hand , the new method not only explains why certain prognostics are usually signs of good or bad weather , and the reason why the indications sometimes fail ; but also the reason why rain ...
... develops all that was known before . On the one hand , the new method not only explains why certain prognostics are usually signs of good or bad weather , and the reason why the indications sometimes fail ; but also the reason why rain ...
Pagina 13
... develop- ment which has recently been made in the interpretation of their indications . So far , we shall confine our atten- tion to weather of the northern temperate zone only . This will take up about one - third of the work , and ...
... develop- ment which has recently been made in the interpretation of their indications . So far , we shall confine our atten- tion to weather of the northern temperate zone only . This will take up about one - third of the work , and ...
Pagina 31
... developed till we come to our chapter on wind and calms . The weather in a cyclone is somewhat complicated . Some characteristic features depend on the position of the trough , and have nothing to do with the centre . For instance , the ...
... developed till we come to our chapter on wind and calms . The weather in a cyclone is somewhat complicated . Some characteristic features depend on the position of the trough , and have nothing to do with the centre . For instance , the ...
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Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day Ralph Abercromby Vizualizare completă - 1887 |
Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day Ralph Abercromby Vizualizare completă - 1887 |
Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day Ralph Abercromby Vizualizare completă - 1887 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
appearance ascensional Atlantic anticyclone atmosphere atmospheric circulation barogram barographic blue sky Britain calm centre changes chapter circulation cirro-cumulus cirro-stratus cirrus cirrus-stripes cold cumulo-nimbus cumulus curve cyclones and anticyclones depression develop diagram direction distribution of pressure diurnal variation east eddies England Europe explain fall festooned forecasting front gale give gradients halo heat hour inch influence instance intensity isotherms low pressure marked mercury meteogram meteorology miles monsoon motion moving nature nearly non-isobaric north-east north-west northern hemisphere observer pampero portion prognostics radiation rain rainfall rear reason rising barometer round Scandinavia secondary sequence of weather shapes of isobars showers slope sometimes south-east south-west squall station storm straight isobars strato-cumulus stratus striæ stripe suppose surface synoptic charts synoptic meteorology temperature thunderstorms tion trace tropical cyclones tropics trough type of weather upper currents usually vapour velocity weather-changes wedge Weilbach whole wind
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