Cloud and Weather Atlas (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Duncan Grant, Hugh

9781332113828: Cloud and Weather Atlas (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 1332113826 ISBN 13: 9781332113828

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This book is the result of several years of research, in which time I have accumulated a long list of obligations for helpful suggestions too many to enumerate here. I must, however, mention the following: Dr. George A. Clarke, of the Observatory, King's College, Aberdeen, Scot land; Colonel Ernest Gold, of London; Lieutenant Col onel Harold E. Hartney Charles Fitzhugh Talman, late learned librarian of the United States Weather Bureau; Dr. Charles F. Brooks, of Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, and Colonel Henry L. Brittain.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The meteorologist must ever be on the alert to observe the signs of the skies and ready to take advantage of the knowledge derived from his observations. Local observations, when assembled, provide a bird's-eye view of the weather existing at the time they were taken over the regions mapped on the synoptic weather chart. The state of weather at time of observation (present weather), weather during the interval between the current and the preceding observations (past weather), clouds, visibility, and, in the case of the mariner, state of sea and swell are all obtained by eye observation.

The result of condensation of water vapor above the surface of the ground into particles of water or ice so small that they remain suspended in the air - clouds - are indicators of coming weather changes. So often, therefore, does the rhyme apply that

When clouds appear like hills and towers,
The earth's refreshed by frequent showers.

Combined with the main characteristics of cyclones and anticyclones, the observer of nature - the agriculturist, the navigator, and the modern traveler, whether by land, sea, or air - should know not only the direction, velocity, changes in and frequency of winds at various altitudes; but also should he know the significance of transitions in cloud formation, the average height of the different categories of clouds, the size and general behaviorisms of thunderstorms, the phenomena connected with wind, heat, rain and electricity, the height, color, weight, and chemical components of the atmosphere, the optical appearances which objects present as seen through different atmospheric strata: in short, the many details of the air and its ways - the science which, since the days of Aristotle, has been designated Meteorology.

While there are in existence many excellent treatises on general meteorology, this Atlas has been prepared with a view of aiding observers in the identification of the several cloud forms according to the International System of Classification. It is presented with the twofold purpose of stimulating interest in cloud study and of providing a compact volume of popular and practical interest.

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