The Law of Storms Considered in Connection with the Ordinary Movements of the AtmosphereLongman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1862 - 324 páginas |
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... currents , after polar currents have predominated for a time in the northern hemisphere the incipient equatorial current , as a south wind , will displace the polar current , which has become more or less easterly , in the direction E ...
... currents , after polar currents have predominated for a time in the northern hemisphere the incipient equatorial current , as a south wind , will displace the polar current , which has become more or less easterly , in the direction E ...
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... polar and equa- torial currents succeed each other , the wind veers in general in the direction S. , E. , N. , W ... current which is felt at the surface of the ground is the polar current ; and consequently a complete shift of the wind ...
... polar and equa- torial currents succeed each other , the wind veers in general in the direction S. , E. , N. , W ... current which is felt at the surface of the ground is the polar current ; and consequently a complete shift of the wind ...
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... polar current is converted into an equatorial current . The wind , which had previously assumed a more easterly direction , shifts through SE . to S. , and may finally become south - westerly . The configuration of the land about the ...
... polar current is converted into an equatorial current . The wind , which had previously assumed a more easterly direction , shifts through SE . to S. , and may finally become south - westerly . The configuration of the land about the ...
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... current moves in a channel which is gradually con- tracting , the polar in one which is gradually widening ; secondly , that the air , when it returns from the poles to the equator , occupies less space than it did previously , owing to ...
... current moves in a channel which is gradually con- tracting , the polar in one which is gradually widening ; secondly , that the air , when it returns from the poles to the equator , occupies less space than it did previously , owing to ...
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... currents themselves may be distinguished from each other at any station by the properties explained below . The equatorial current flows from a warm to a cold , the polar from a cold to a warm region . The characteristic differences of ...
... currents themselves may be distinguished from each other at any station by the properties explained below . The equatorial current flows from a warm to a cold , the polar from a cold to a warm region . The characteristic differences of ...
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