XX.—On a See-Saw of Barometric Pressure, Temperature, and Wind Velocity between the Weddell Sea and the Ross Sea

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Main Author: Mossman, R. C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1915
• Subjects: General Engineering; Southern Ocean; Weddell Sea; Ross Sea; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s037016460001782x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S037016460001782X

In the course of a large inquiry on the inter-relations between the meteorological conditions in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, on the one hand, and those prevailing in the southern continents, more especially South America, on the other, there has come to light an interesting see-saw between the barometric pressure, air temperature, and wind velocity in the Weddell and the Boss Seas. The above inquiry, which I hope to lay before this Society shortly, refers to the eight-year period 1902–09; and since the present paper deals with the years 1902, 1903, 1911, and 1912, I have thought it better to make it the subject of a separate communication. The positions of these stations and others where observations have been made are shown on the accompanying map, for which I am indebted to Dr H. R. Mill. The figures within the rings give the number of years covered by the records at the various places.