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A RECENTLY completed investigation on cyclones has led, amongst other results, to one which throws an interesting light on a long-standing problem. One of the deductions of W. H. Dines from soundings of the upper air was that the air in the troposphere in depressions, particularly between 4 km. and 9 km., is on the average cold for its level, though this air is, on the whole, ascending. The paradox is to explain by what agency the ascent of relatively cold air is maintained. Dines's results related to depressions crossing the British Isles or Western Europe, that is, to depressions which as a rule were in the later stages of their existence.
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GOLDIE, A. Ascent of Air in Cyclones. Nature 138, 166–167 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138166b0
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