Himalayan Journals — Volume 2 / Or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, etc.

by Joseph Dalton Hooker

NOCTURNAL RADIATION

SUNRISE
Exposed Th. On Earth On Grass
Temperature 53.2 54.0 51.5
Mean Diff. from Air 4.5 3.7 6.2
Max. Diff. from Air 8.5 9.0 7.5
Number of Observations 9 9 8

NINE P.M.
Exposed Th. On Earth On Grass
Temperature 59.9 60.7 56.4
Mean Diff. from Air 4.6 3.8 8.1
Max. Diff. from Air 11.5 10.5 13.5
Number of Observations 10 10 10