| INTRODUCTION. | |
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| The Importance of Meteorology: Its Relations to Man | [xi] |
| PART I.—NON-INSTRUMENTAL OBSERVATIONS. | |
| Chapter I.—Observations of Temperature, Wind Direction and Velocity, State of Sky, and Rainfall | [1] |
| PART II.—INSTRUMENTAL OBSERVATIONS. | |
| Chapter II.—Elementary Instrumental Observations | [11] |
| Chapter III.—Advanced Instrumental Observations | [26] |
| PART III.—EXERCISES IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WEATHER MAPS. | |
| Chapter IV.—The Daily Weather Map | [47] |
| Chapter V.—Temperature | [51] |
| Chapter VI.—Winds | [70] |
| Chapter VII.—Pressure | [76] |
| Chapter VIII.—Weather | [85] |
| PART IV.—THE CORRELATIONS OF THE WEATHER ELEMENTS AND WEATHER FORECASTING. | |
| Chapter IX.—Correlation of the Direction of the Wind and the Pressure | [91] |
| Chapter X.—Correlation of the Velocity of the Wind and the Pressure | [93] |
| Chapter XI.—Form and Dimensions of Cyclones and Anticyclones | [96] |
| Chapter XII.—Correlation of Cyclones and Anticyclones and their Wind Circulation | [98] |
| Chapter XIII.—Correlation of the Direction of the Wind and the Temperature | [101] |
| Chapter XIV.—Correlation of Cyclones and Anticyclones and their Temperatures | [104] |
| Chapter XV.—Correlation of the Direction of the Wind and the Weather | [106] |
| Chapter XVI.—Correlation of Cyclones and Anticyclones and the Weather | [109] |
| Chapter XVII.—Progression of Cyclones and Anticyclones | [111] |
| Chapter XVIII.—Sequence of Local Weather Changes | [113] |
| Chapter XIX.—Weather Forecasting | [114] |
| PART V.—PROBLEMS IN OBSERVATIONAL METEOROLOGY. | |
| Chapter XX.—Temperature | [125] |
| Chapter XXI.—Winds | [130] |
| Chapter XXII.—Humidity, Dew, and Frost | [132] |
| Chapter XXIII.—Clouds and Upper Air Currents | [136] |
| Chapter XXIV.—Precipitation | [138] |
| Chapter XXV.—Pressure | [139] |
| Chapter XXVI.—Meteorological Tables | [142] |
| APPENDIX A. | |
| Suggestions to Teachers | [171] |
| APPENDIX B. | |
| The Equipment of a Meteorological Laboratory | [186] |
| INDEX | [197] |
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF FIGURES.
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2, 4. Instrument Shelter and Rain Gauge. Instructions for Voluntary Observers. United States Weather Bureau.
5. Mercurial Barometer. L. E. Knott Apparatus Co., 14 Ashburton Place, Boston, Mass.
12, 15, 53. Thermograph and Barograph Curves, and Cyclonic Composite. Davis, Elementary Meteorology.
17. Nephoscope. Annals Harvard College Observatory, Vol. XX, Part I.
48. North Atlantic Cyclone. Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean. United States Hydrographic Office.
51. Wind Rose. Quarterly Journal Royal Meteorological Society, Vol. XXIV, No. 108.