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Page iii
... meteorological text - books , but to handle the broad questions of climate . " It so happened that it was then already in my mind to prepare a book dealing with certain large relations of climate , which might serve as supple- mentary ...
... meteorological text - books , but to handle the broad questions of climate . " It so happened that it was then already in my mind to prepare a book dealing with certain large relations of climate , which might serve as supple- mentary ...
Page v
... meteorology , and , very fully , in the Atlas of Meteorology . In Chapter VII the attempt is made to give a survey of some of the re- lations between weather and climate and a few of the more important diseases . Little information on ...
... meteorology , and , very fully , in the Atlas of Meteorology . In Chapter VII the attempt is made to give a survey of some of the re- lations between weather and climate and a few of the more important diseases . Little information on ...
Page vi
... Meteorology ( Boston , 1902 ) ; A. J. and F. D. Herbertson : Man and His Work ( London , 1899 ) ; W. Köppen : Klimakunde . I. Allgemeine Klimalehre ( 2d ed . , Leipzig , 1906 ) ; A. Supan : Grundzüge der physischen Erdkunde ( 3d ed ...
... Meteorology ( Boston , 1902 ) ; A. J. and F. D. Herbertson : Man and His Work ( London , 1899 ) ; W. Köppen : Klimakunde . I. Allgemeine Klimalehre ( 2d ed . , Leipzig , 1906 ) ; A. Supan : Grundzüge der physischen Erdkunde ( 3d ed ...
Page ix
... meteorology and climatology - Literature of climatol- ogy - The climatic elements and their treatment- Solar climate - Physical climate . CHAPTER I. THE CLIMATIC ZONES AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS Classification by latitude circles : the five ...
... meteorology and climatology - Literature of climatol- ogy - The climatic elements and their treatment- Solar climate - Physical climate . CHAPTER I. THE CLIMATIC ZONES AND THEIR SUBDIVISIONS Classification by latitude circles : the five ...
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... Meteorology . 66 2 , 3 , 7 , 8 , 9. A. Angot : Traité élémentaire de Météorologie . " 4. H. Berger : Geschichte der wissenschaftlichen Erdkunde der 66 Griechen . 5 , 10 , 24. A. Supan : Grundzüge der physischen Erdkunde . 3d edition ...
... Meteorology . 66 2 , 3 , 7 , 8 , 9. A. Angot : Traité élémentaire de Météorologie . " 4. H. Berger : Geschichte der wissenschaftlichen Erdkunde der 66 Griechen . 5 , 10 , 24. A. Supan : Grundzüge der physischen Erdkunde . 3d edition ...
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Africa altitude ANNUAL MARCH Antarctic anticyclonic Arctic Arctic circle Asia chiefly civilisation climatology cloudiness cold colder continental climate continents cool crops curve cyclonic damp decrease deserts disease distribution districts diurnal drier dry season earth's surface east eastern coasts effect equator equatorial Europe favourable forests Greenland heat higher latitudes humidity important increasing India insolation irrigation islands isotherm land latitude circle less lowlands malaria margins maxima maximum mean annual mean temperature Meteorology migration monsoon months mountain climates natives natural North America north polar northern oceans perature period plateaus polar climate polar zones pole population pressure prevailing Province rainfall rainy season regions result savannas sea-level Siberia snow southern hemisphere steppes storms sub-tropical sub-tropical belts summer sunspot temperature tion trade wind trees tropics tude tundra usually vegetation warm warmer weather west coast westerlies western yellow fever
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