Practical Exercises in Elementary MeteorologyWard, Robert DeCourcy
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Practical Exercises in Elementary Meteorology
Ward, Robert DeCourcy
Meteorology
The lower division of the table and the last two columns on the right are
to be used for a general summary of the whole investigation. By adding
together all the totals of _clear_, _fair_, and _cloudy_ weather observed
with all the eight wind directions you obtain the whole number of
observations you have made. Enter this in the space marked A, at the right
of the table. From this grand total and the total number of observations
in each column you may find (in percentages) the relative frequencies of
the different wind directions. These should be entered under the totals at
the bottom of each column, in the spaces marked _Percentages_ (spaces B,
C, etc.). The total number of observations of _clear_, _fair_, _cloud_,
and _rain_ or _snow_, noted with all the wind directions, are to be
entered in spaces D, F, G, and H, at the right of the table. From these
totals, and from the grand total in space A, we can determine the relative
frequency (in percentages) of each kind of weather during the month. These
results should be entered in spaces J, K, L, and M.
Study these results carefully. Formulate them in a brief written
statement. Express graphically the following:——
_A._ The percentages of frequency of the different wind directions during
the month.
_B._ The percentages of the different kinds of weather noted during the
whole month for all wind directions.
[Illustration: FIG. 51.]
A wind rose, indicating the percentages of frequency of different winds
during a month, or a year, or several years, may be constructed as shown
in Fig. 51.
A certain convenient scale is adopted as representing a frequency of 10%,
and a circle is drawn with this unit as a radius. A second circle, with a
radius twice as long, represents a frequency of 20%, and a third circle,
with a radius three times as long, represents a frequency of 30%.
Additional circles may be added if necessary. Distances corresponding to
the different percentages of frequency of the eight wind directions are
then laid off along the eight radii of the circles, and the points thus
fixed are joined by a line.
The results asked for under question _B_ may be plotted as a weather rose
on a diagram similar to that above figured. In this case the percentages
of frequency of the different varieties of weather (_clear_, _fair_,
_cloudy_, _stormy_) may be indicated on the same figure by using different
kinds of lines. Thus, a _solid_ line may be employed to represent _clear_
weather; a _broken_ line for _fair_; a _broken and dotted_ line for
_cloudy_; and a _dotted_ line for _stormy_ weather.
CHAPTER XVI.
CORRELATION OF CYCLONES AND ANTICYCLONES AND THE
WEATHER.
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