Meteorology, Weather, and Methods of Forecasting, Description of Meteorological Instruments, and River Flood Predictions in the United States Results of Rain, River, and Evaporation Observations, made in New South Wales during 1893

Abstract

THE first of these two books has for its aim the instruction of those who are interested in the weather, and wish to make forecasts on scientific lines, or to understand the principles which underlie the predictions issued by responsible authorities. The expression “scientific lines” is, perhaps, not justified. Experience plays, probably, as large a part as science. The knowledge of the character of the weather that has followed certain definite atmospheric conditions in former cases, is to some extent a guide as to what will happen when those conditions again present themselves, and possibly as true a guide as any result based on the wider knowledge of the general circulation of the atmosphere. Especially has the particular study of the direction and rate of motion of cyclonic areas, with their attendant phenomena of rain, and change of temperature permitted a greater amount of security in weather predictions for short intervals of time. But this great certainty is based upon experience and observation, rather than upon purely thermo-dynamic principles.

Meteorology, Weather, and Methods of Forecasting, Description of Meteorological Instruments, and River Flood Predictions in the United States.

By Thomas Russell, U.S. Assistant-Engineer. (New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895.)

Results of Rain, River, and Evaporation Observations, made in New South Wales during 1893.

By H. C. Russell (Sydney: C. Potter, 1894.)