British Polar Year Expedition, Fort Rae, N.W. Canada, 1932-33 volume I. discussion of results: meteorology, terrestrial magnetism and aurora, atmospheric electricity.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION FIGURES North Arm of Great Slave Lake, showing positions of present and former Fort Rae sites Site plan of station METEOROLOGY INTRODUCTION PART I.- TEMPERATURE . 1. INSTRUMENTS, EXPOSURES, AND METHODS 2. ANNUAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE 3. DIURNAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE 4. THE...
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The University of Edinburgh
1936
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1842/34066 |
| Summary: | GENERAL INTRODUCTION FIGURES North Arm of Great Slave Lake, showing positions of present and former Fort Rae sites Site plan of station METEOROLOGY INTRODUCTION PART I.- TEMPERATURE . 1. INSTRUMENTS, EXPOSURES, AND METHODS 2. ANNUAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE 3. DIURNAL VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE 4. THE EFFECT OF CLOUD AND WIND UPON TEMPERATURE 5. TEMPERATURE AND WIND DIRECTION 6. NON -PERIODIC TEMPERATURE CHANGES PART II.- PRESSURE 1. INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS . 2. ANNUAL VARIATION OF PRESSURE 3. DIURNAL VARIATION OF PRESSURE 4. NON -PERIODIC PRESSURE CHANGES 5. PRESSURE WAVES 6. PRESSURE SURGES PART III. - SURFACE WIND 1. INSTRUMENTS, EXPOSURES, AND METHODS 2. ANNUAL VARIATION OF WIND VELOCITY 3: DIURNAL VARIATION OF WIND VELOCITY 4: FREQUENCY OF WINDS OF DIFFERENT VELOCITIES 5: FREQUENCY OF WINDS OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND OF CALMS 6. SE. AND NW. WIND AT FORT RAE 7. VELOCITY OF WINDS FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS 8. DISTRIBUTION OF WIND VELOCITIES FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS 9. HIGHEST INSTANTANEOUS WIND SPEEDS AND EXTREME HOURLY WINDS 1O. THE EFFECT OF THE NW. AND SE. WIND UPON THE METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS 11: THE RESULTANT WINDS 12. DIURNAL INEQUALITIES OF N. AND E. COMPONENTS OF RESULTANT WINDS PART IV. -UPPER WINDS 1. GENERAL REMARKS 2. MONTHLY AND SEASONAL MEAN WIND VELOCITIES AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS 3. FREQUENCY OF WIND FROM VARIOUS DIRECTIONS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE 4. DISTRIBUTION OF WIND AT DIFFERENT LEVELS IRRESPECTIVE OF DIRECTION 5. MEAN WIND VELOCITIES FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS 6. RESULTANT WINDS IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE 7. THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WHEN THE WIND AT THE SURFACE IS FROM STATED DIRECTIONS PART V. - UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE PART VI. - CLOUD 1. GENERAL 2. PERCENTAGE FREQUENCY OF DIFFERENT CLOUD FORMS 99 3. CLOUD AMOUNT: PERCENTAGE FREQUENCY OF EACH CLOUD AMOUNT 4. ANNUAL VARIATION OF CLOUD 5. DIURNAL VARIATION OF CLOUD PART VII. - PRECIPITATION 1. INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS 2. ANNUAL VARIATION OF PRECIPITATION 3. SNOW CRYSTALS PART VIII. - RELATIVE ... |
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