Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.
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The Importance of Meteorology: Its Relations to Man	xi

PART I.—NON-INSTRUMENTAL OBSERVATIONS.
Chapter I.—Observations of Temperature, Wind Direction and Velocity, State of Sky, and Rainfall	1

PART II.—INSTRUMENTAL OBSERVATIONS.
Chapter II.—Elementary Instrumental Observations	11
Chapter III.—Advanced Instrumental Observations	26

PART III.—EXERCISES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WEATHER MAPS.
Chapter IV.—The Daily Weather Map	47
Chapter V.—Temperature	51
Chapter VI.—Winds	70
Chapter VII.—Pressure	76
Chapter VIII.—Weather	85

PART IV.—THE CORRELATIONS OF THE WEATHER ELEMENTS AND WEATHER FORECASTING.
Chapter IX.—Correlation of the Direction of the Wind and the Pressure	91
Chapter X.—Correlation of the Velocity of the Wind and the Pressure	93
Chapter XI.—Form and Dimensions of Cyclones and Anticyclones	96
Chapter XII.—Correlation of Cyclones and Anticyclones and their Wind Circulation	98
Chapter XIII.—Correlation of the Direction of the Wind and the Temperature	101
Chapter XIV.—Correlation of Cyclones and Anticyclones and their Temperatures	104
Chapter XV.—Correlation of the Direction of the Wind and the Weather	106
Chapter XVI.—Correlation of Cyclones and Anticyclones and the Weather	109
Chapter XVII.—Progression of Cyclones and Anticyclones	111
Chapter XVIII.—Sequence of Local Weather Changes	113
Chapter XIX.—Weather Forecasting	114

PART V.—PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATIONAL METEOROLOGY.
Chapter XX.—Temperature	125
Chapter XXI.—Winds	130
Chapter XXII.—Humidity, Dew, and Frost	132
Chapter XXIII.—Clouds and Upper Air Currents	136
Chapter XXIV.—Precipitation	138
Chapter XXV.—Pressure	139
Chapter XXVI.—Meteorological Tables	142

APPENDIX A.
Suggestions to Teachers	171

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