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I SHOULD like to express my agreement with Mr. W. H. Dines's view (NATURE, November 18, p. 375) regarding the origin of the initial difference of pressure which leads to the development, under the influence of the earth's rotation, of cyclonic circulation, and to state that I have often suggested that this initial disturbance may have a mechanical origin (see Quart. Journ. Roy. Meteor. Soc., vol. xliii., 1917, p. 27). At the same time it seems that one cannot, on many grounds, ignore the effect of temperature contrasts as a contributing factor in the further development and maintenance of storm energy.
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BONACINA, L. The Energy of Cyclones. Nature 106, 437–438 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/106437b0
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