Handy Book of MeteorologyWilliam Blackwood, 1868 - 371 páginas |
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Página 40
... monsoons at this season ; while in January the barometer is high , owing to the northerly monsoon , by which the dry cold dense air of Central Asia is conveyed southward over India . 78. At places where the amount of vapour in the air ...
... monsoons at this season ; while in January the barometer is high , owing to the northerly monsoon , by which the dry cold dense air of Central Asia is conveyed southward over India . 78. At places where the amount of vapour in the air ...
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... monsoon brings to these regions , and which is there precipitated in a copious rainfall . The low pressures which prevail during all seasons in the Antarctic Ocean are no doubt due to the saturated state of the atmo- sphere resulting ...
... monsoon brings to these regions , and which is there precipitated in a copious rainfall . The low pressures which prevail during all seasons in the Antarctic Ocean are no doubt due to the saturated state of the atmo- sphere resulting ...
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... monsoon . 115. The whole of the above depressions may be regarded as due to the presence of an excessive amount of moisture in the atmosphere . The influence of high temperatures in low- ering the mean annual pressure over any portion ...
... monsoon . 115. The whole of the above depressions may be regarded as due to the presence of an excessive amount of moisture in the atmosphere . The influence of high temperatures in low- ering the mean annual pressure over any portion ...
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... monsoons , give rise to winds which blow from the opposite point of the compass . These winds determine the rainfall of India , and but for them the eastern districts of Hindostan would be constantly deluged with rain , and the western ...
... monsoons , give rise to winds which blow from the opposite point of the compass . These winds determine the rainfall of India , and but for them the eastern districts of Hindostan would be constantly deluged with rain , and the western ...
Página 193
... monsoons . This astonishing quantity is due to the ab- ruptness of these hills facing the Bay of Bengal , from which they ... monsoon , the rainfall is swelled to 200 inches . In the following annual amounts the effect of the hills is ...
... monsoons . This astonishing quantity is due to the ab- ruptness of these hills facing the Bay of Bengal , from which they ... monsoon , the rainfall is swelled to 200 inches . In the following annual amounts the effect of the hills is ...
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