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The Mean Pressure of the Atmosphere, and the Prevailing Winds for the Months and for the Year. Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Alexander Buchan
Affiliation:
Secretary of the Meteorological Society.
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Extract

In Part I., read 16th March 1868, in which was discussed the Mean Pressure of the Atmosphere over the Globe for July, January, and the year, the method by which the Isobaric Charts were constructed was detailed at length. Since March 1868, valuable additional information has been obtained from Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Africa, South America, the west coast of North America, Iceland, and from a few isolated stations in Europe and Asia. The period for the British Islands has been extended so as to include the eleven years from 1857 to 1867.

Type
Proceedings 1868-69
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1869

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