The Law of Storms Considered in Connection with the Ordinary Movements of the AtmosphereLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1862 - 324 páginas |
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... SUMMER 50 • 2. THE WEST MONSOONS OF THE LINE 65 3. THE LATERAL DEFLECTIONS OF THE TRADE - WIND GENERAL VIEW OF THE WINDS OF THE TORRID ZONE 67 73 III . THE CHANGEABLE WINDS . GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 77 1. THE TWO CURRENTS , EQUATORIAL ...
... SUMMER 50 • 2. THE WEST MONSOONS OF THE LINE 65 3. THE LATERAL DEFLECTIONS OF THE TRADE - WIND GENERAL VIEW OF THE WINDS OF THE TORRID ZONE 67 73 III . THE CHANGEABLE WINDS . GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 77 1. THE TWO CURRENTS , EQUATORIAL ...
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... summer's day . During the night the land loses its acquired temperature more rapidly than the sea , so that the surface of the latter becomes at last warmer than that of the land , and a counter current from the land to the sea sets in ...
... summer's day . During the night the land loses its acquired temperature more rapidly than the sea , so that the surface of the latter becomes at last warmer than that of the land , and a counter current from the land to the sea sets in ...
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... summer , and the NE . Trade- wind enters the southern hemisphere as the NW . Mon- soon during our winter . The conversion of an equatorial into a polar current can only take place in consequence of the equatorial cur- rent passing over ...
... summer , and the NE . Trade- wind enters the southern hemisphere as the NW . Mon- soon during our winter . The conversion of an equatorial into a polar current can only take place in consequence of the equatorial cur- rent passing over ...
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... Summer Autumn Winter TORRID ZONE . Northern Southern NE . SE . SW . SE . NE . SE . NE . NW . In the preceding investigation we have omitted to take notice of the fact that the magnitude of the masses of air , which are separated by the ...
... Summer Autumn Winter TORRID ZONE . Northern Southern NE . SE . SW . SE . NE . SE . NE . NW . In the preceding investigation we have omitted to take notice of the fact that the magnitude of the masses of air , which are separated by the ...
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... Summer 79.02 80.82 81.50 78.80 Autumn 79.25 80-15 78.57 72.05 Year 79.69 79.92 77.45 69.80 If we compare with this table the latitudes of the inte- rior boundary of the Trade - winds given from observations in the Atlantic and Pacific ...
... Summer 79.02 80.82 81.50 78.80 Autumn 79.25 80-15 78.57 72.05 Year 79.69 79.92 77.45 69.80 If we compare with this table the latitudes of the inte- rior boundary of the Trade - winds given from observations in the Atlantic and Pacific ...
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