Mapping the Climate.

For suitable graphical presentation of the climate, it is requisite that the mesoscale climate of a region, as small as 2 or 3 sq km or as large as 10,000 sq km, be described in sufficient detail to distinguish notable differences within the area. To this end, the construction of azimuthal equal-are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gringorten,Irving I
Other Authors: AIR FORCE GEOPHYSICS LAB HANSCOM AFB MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1981
Subjects:
Meteorology
*MESOSPHERE
*CLIMATE
*MAPPING
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
POLAR REGIONS
POSITION(LOCATION)
ACCURACY
SURFACES
GRIDS(COORDINATES)
POSITION FINDING
DATA ACQUISITION
EARTH(PLANET)
AZIMUTH
POINTS(MATHEMATICS)
*Polar coordinates
WUAFGL66700908
PE62101F
North Pole
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA102904
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA102904
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Summary:For suitable graphical presentation of the climate, it is requisite that the mesoscale climate of a region, as small as 2 or 3 sq km or as large as 10,000 sq km, be described in sufficient detail to distinguish notable differences within the area. To this end, the construction of azimuthal equal-area maps is developed to achieve a high of degree of conformality, as well as accuracy in the relative sizes of terrestrial areas. Polar equal-area world-wide maps have been developed also with the north pole at the center of the maps. In one map the earth's surface is completely represented in a square. In another map the shape permits the optimum use of normal textbook or notebook pages. (Author)

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