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THE material of this book is divided into three parts under the headings general meteorology, synoptic meteorology and the upper air, the first part dealing with wind, temperature, humidity and ordinary weather phenomena, the second with the modern synoptic weather chart and the systems of forecasting based upon it, and the third with the physical structure of the atmosphere from the ground up to the highest levels to which recording instruments have been taken by sounding balloons.
A Short Course in Elementary Meteorology.
By W. H. Pick. (M.O. 247.) Fourth edition, completely revised. Pp. 143. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1933.) 2s. 6d. net.
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N., E. A Short Course in Elementary Meteorology . Nature 133, 706 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/133706a0
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