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Page 42
... surface . In anticyclones a slow gyratory descending motion of the air is assumed . Ferrel considers the cyclone and anticyclone one sys- tem , and believes that air flowing into the cyclone from a " high at the ground passes out into ...
... surface . In anticyclones a slow gyratory descending motion of the air is assumed . Ferrel considers the cyclone and anticyclone one sys- tem , and believes that air flowing into the cyclone from a " high at the ground passes out into ...
Page 43
... surface of the earth cooler than previously and the upper air warmer . When the upward diminution of temperature is less than the adiabatic rate , in the forced circulation of air crossing a mountain ridge , there occurs the dynamic ...
... surface of the earth cooler than previously and the upper air warmer . When the upward diminution of temperature is less than the adiabatic rate , in the forced circulation of air crossing a mountain ridge , there occurs the dynamic ...
Page 45
... surface of the earth by insolation , through unsymmetrical cooling of the higher layers by radiation , and through the heaping up of air masses caused by obstructions . 3. The disturbances are adjusted by ascending currents , wherein ...
... surface of the earth by insolation , through unsymmetrical cooling of the higher layers by radiation , and through the heaping up of air masses caused by obstructions . 3. The disturbances are adjusted by ascending currents , wherein ...
Page 48
... surface winds of the greater part of the United States come from the western quadrants - that is , between southwest and northwest - and so are in substantial harmony with the general atmospheric circulation as shown by the upper - wind ...
... surface winds of the greater part of the United States come from the western quadrants - that is , between southwest and northwest - and so are in substantial harmony with the general atmospheric circulation as shown by the upper - wind ...
Page 71
... surface of broken pinnacles of ice , each crowned by a patch of dirt , stand- ing close to one another like a forest of prisms , these decreasing in height from the summit of the plateau gradually in a sort of semicircular sweep toward ...
... surface of broken pinnacles of ice , each crowned by a patch of dirt , stand- ing close to one another like a forest of prisms , these decreasing in height from the summit of the plateau gradually in a sort of semicircular sweep toward ...
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