Weather: A Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to DayD. Appleton, 1887 - 472 pagini |
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Pagina 29
... occur very often in these pages , for when we come to talk about the general sequence of weather from day to day , we shall find that there is no difference between the cyclones which cause storms and those which cause ordinary weather ...
... occur very often in these pages , for when we come to talk about the general sequence of weather from day to day , we shall find that there is no difference between the cyclones which cause storms and those which cause ordinary weather ...
Pagina 45
... occur now ; perhaps only one - hundredth of an inch . This gusty rain only lasts a few minutes , when the wind falls , and the rain pours straight down , not quite as heavily as at first . This stage sometimes lasts four or five hours ...
... occur now ; perhaps only one - hundredth of an inch . This gusty rain only lasts a few minutes , when the wind falls , and the rain pours straight down , not quite as heavily as at first . This stage sometimes lasts four or five hours ...
Pagina 51
... occur in an anti- cyclone . An anticyclone means settled fine weather , not only because the weather at any moment in it is fine , but because it is usually stationary , and so there is nothing to change the existing conditions . All ...
... occur in an anti- cyclone . An anticyclone means settled fine weather , not only because the weather at any moment in it is fine , but because it is usually stationary , and so there is nothing to change the existing conditions . All ...
Pagina 87
... occur in which the whole sky is covered with a cloud reticulated like a chess - board , and it is then difficult to say which is the primary filature of the cloud . We will first consider how to determine the direction of the stripes ...
... occur in which the whole sky is covered with a cloud reticulated like a chess - board , and it is then difficult to say which is the primary filature of the cloud . We will first consider how to determine the direction of the stripes ...
Pagina 113
... occur , further tend to ' tap ' the electricity of the cloud - i.e . to lower the potential of the cloud - mass - and the shower - making process continues till all , or nearly all , of the lower portion of the cloud has disappeared ...
... occur , further tend to ' tap ' the electricity of the cloud - i.e . to lower the potential of the cloud - mass - and the shower - making process continues till all , or nearly all , of the lower portion of the cloud has disappeared ...
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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 |
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appearance ascensional associated Atlantic atmosphere atmospheric circulation bad weather barogram barographic blow blue sky Britain called calm centre changes chapter circulation cirro-cumulus cirro-stratus cirrus cirrus-stripes cold cumulo-nimbus cumulus curve cyclones and anticyclones depression develop diagram direction diurnal variation east eddies England Europe explain Fahr fall festooned forecasting front gale give gradients gusts halo heat inch influence instance intensity isotherms latitude low pressure marked mercury meteogram meteorology millimetres monsoon motion moving nature nearly north-east north-west northern hemisphere observer pampero portion prognostics radiation rear reason rotation round secondary sequence of weather shapes of isobars showers sometimes south-east south-west squall station storm straight isobars strato-cumulus stratus striæ stripe suppose surface synoptic charts synoptic meteorology temperature thermal slope thermogram thunderstorms tion trace tropical cyclone tropics trough type of weather upper currents usually V-depression vapour veer velocity wedge Weilbach whole wind
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