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IN this little book, which forms part xiii. of Prof. Kiar's “Die Erdkunde, ” the author attempts to outline the general principles of meteorology and their application to the study of climate in a single work. The meteorological elements, and the making and reducing of observations are first dealt with; next comes a section on atmospheric physics, the distribution of temperature and its variations, the circulation of the atmosphere, evaporation and condensation; and, finally, a section on weather and climate, which includes chapters on weather forecasting, the chief types of climate, and the climatic characteristics of the main land divisions of the globe.
Meteorologie und Klimatologie.
By Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Trabert. Pp. 127; with 37 figures in the text. (Leipzig: Deuticke, 1905.) Price 5 marks.
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Meteorologie und Klimatologie . Nature 73, 149 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/073149a0
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