A First Book of Meteorology |
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accurate air-mass aircraft amount of water aneroid anticyclone atmospheric conditions balloons breeze British Isles causes changes CHAPTER Cirrostratus Cirrus Cloud Atlas cloud base cloud forms cold air cold front condensation cooling Cumulonimbus depression dew point drops of water earth earth's surface fall freezing-point frequently frontal system give given ground-level groups heat height humidity ice crystals inches instrument isobars land LARGE CUMULUS mass of air meteoro Meteorological Office meteorological stations millibars movement number of days observation Photo G. A. Clarke Photo H.M.S.O. Pilots and Navigators plotted polar air pressure systems radiation Rain-gauge readings records reports rise saturated Stevenson Screen STRATOCUMULUS Stratus clouds sunshine Sunshine recorder SYNOPTIC CHART take place temperature thermometer thunderstorms tion usually varies visibility Warm air warm front warm sector water vapour weather charts weather conditions weather forecasting weather maps weather station wind direction wind speed yards