Practical Exercises in Elementary MeteorologyWard, Robert DeCourcy
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Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology
Ward, Robert DeCourcy
Meteorology
For interior (or coast) stations, with onshore (or offshore) winds, in the
United States during the month (or months) of
+--------------------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+------+
|Rates of Pressure | | | | | | | |
|Change per Latitude | ∞-20 | 20-10 | 10-5 | 5- | 3-1/2- | 2-1/2 | etc. |
|Degree | | | | 3-1/2 | 2-1/2 | -2 | |
+--------------------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+------+
|Distances between | | | | | | | |
|Isobars in Latitude | 0-1/2 | 1/2-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | etc. |
|Degrees | | | | | | | |
+--------------------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+------+
+--------------------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+------+
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
|Wind Velocities | | | | | | | |
| (miles per hour) | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
+--------------------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+------+
| Sums | | | | | | | |
+--------------------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+------+
| Cases | | | | | | | |
+--------------------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+------+
| Means | | | | | | | |
+--------------------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+---------+------+
The wind velocity for each station is to be entered in the column at whose
top is the rate of pressure change found for that station. Thus, if for
any station the rate of pressure change is 3-1/2 (_i.e._, .03 inch in one
latitude degree), and the wind velocity at that station is 17 miles an
hour, enter the 17 in the fourth and fifth columns of the table. When you
find that the rate of pressure change for any station falls into two
columns of the table, as, _e.g._, 10, or 5, or 3-1/3, then enter the
corresponding wind velocity in both those columns.
In the space marked _Sums_ write the sum-total of all the wind velocities
in each column. The _Cases_ are the number of separate observations you
have in each column. The _Means_ denote the average or mean wind
velocities found in each column, and are obtained by dividing the sums by
the cases.
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