Climate: A Treatise on the Principles of Weather and Climate |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Imported Temperature | 34 |
The Diurnal Curve of Temperature | 43 |
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air temperature altitude Antarctic Circle Antarctica anticyclone Arctic circle ascent Atlantic atmosphere Barometer becomes British Isles calm cause CHAPTER climate climatology cloudless coast cold air colder convection cool cumulus clouds currents cyclone damp difference diurnal earth east effect Equator especially evaporation fall feet föhn wind freezing-point gradient ground heat hemisphere high pressures higher humidity inches insolation intense interior isobars July land masses less low-pressure maximum mean annual Mean daily mean temperature Mediterranean miles millibars monsoon month mountain night north-east northern hemisphere ocean owing plateau Polar Polar circles radiation rain rainfall rainy range of temperature rapidly rays records region rise Sahara sea-level season Siberia skies slopes snow south-east south-west strata summer sunshine surface air temperate latitudes temperature inversion thermometer thunderstorms trade-wind deserts tropics type of rainfall valleys vapour Wadi Halfa warm warmer weather westerlies winter