Centenary Proceedings, 1950 |
Contents
FOREWORD President | 1 |
PHYSICS OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION | 34 |
THE STRUCTURE OF WEATHER SYSTEMS | 66 |
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absolute vorticity absorption advection air mass angular momentum anticyclones Arctic air atmosphere barotropic belt centre charts climatic clouds cold air cold dome cold front component cooling curves cyclogenesis discussion distribution disturbances droplets dynamic earth's surface effect equator Figure flow flux forecasts frequency frictional frontal contours growth heat height ice crystals important increase indicate isentropic isentropic surfaces isobaric jet stream London lower stratosphere maritime Polar maritime Polar air maximum mean temperature measurements meridional circulations Meteorological Office middle latitudes motion nitrous oxide North northern hemisphere observed occur ozone pattern period poleward precipitation problem radiation radiative equilibrium regions result ROBERT WATSON-WATT Royal Meteorological Society stations stratosphere summer supercooled synoptic temperature changes theory thermal transfer of angular trend tropical tropopause troposphere turbulence upper cold front variation velocity vorticity warm air water vapour wave weather systems wind winter zonal zone