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... sunspot period - Brückner's 35 - year cycle - Climatic cycles of longer period- Geological changes in climate - Conclusion . INDEX PAGE 322 338 373 FIG . 1 ILLUSTRATIONS . DISTRIBUTION OF INSOLATION OVER THE xii CONTENTS.
... sunspot period - Brückner's 35 - year cycle - Climatic cycles of longer period- Geological changes in climate - Conclusion . INDEX PAGE 322 338 373 FIG . 1 ILLUSTRATIONS . DISTRIBUTION OF INSOLATION OVER THE xii CONTENTS.
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... INSOLATION OVER THE EARTH 2 ANNUAL VARIATION OF INSOLATION AT DIFFERENT · LATITUDES ON JUNE 21 . • • 3 INSOLATION RECEIVED at DifferENT LATITUDES • 4 THE ZONES IN THE TIME OF PARMENIDES 5 SUPAN'S TEMPERATURE Zones 6 TEMPERATURE ZONES ...
... INSOLATION OVER THE EARTH 2 ANNUAL VARIATION OF INSOLATION AT DIFFERENT · LATITUDES ON JUNE 21 . • • 3 INSOLATION RECEIVED at DifferENT LATITUDES • 4 THE ZONES IN THE TIME OF PARMENIDES 5 SUPAN'S TEMPERATURE Zones 6 TEMPERATURE ZONES ...
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... insolation over the earth's surface is essential to a proper understanding of cli- mates . Climate , in so far as it is controlled solely by the amount of solar radiation which any place receives by reason of its latitude , is called ...
... insolation over the earth's surface is essential to a proper understanding of cli- mates . Climate , in so far as it is controlled solely by the amount of solar radiation which any place receives by reason of its latitude , is called ...
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... INSOLATION OVER THE Earth without the effect of absorption by the atmosphere . The accompanying diagram ( see Fig . I ) shows very clearly the distribution of insolation in both hemi- spheres at different latitudes and at different ...
... INSOLATION OVER THE Earth without the effect of absorption by the atmosphere . The accompanying diagram ( see Fig . I ) shows very clearly the distribution of insolation in both hemi- spheres at different latitudes and at different ...
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... insolation are shown by the vertical distance above the plane of the two margins . At the equator , where the day is always twelve hours long , there are two maxima of insolation at the equinoxes , when the sun is vertical at noon , and ...
... insolation are shown by the vertical distance above the plane of the two margins . At the equator , where the day is always twelve hours long , there are two maxima of insolation at the equinoxes , when the sun is vertical at noon , and ...
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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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