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THIS publication deals with the weather results for the whole globe, and similar results are now available for the eight years 1910-1917. The means are compared with normals and the differences are given for each element for each station. The statistics for each additional year add much of real scientific value in the direction of preparing for long-period forecasts. It is now possible to see how excess or defect from the normal in one part of the world influences weather experienced in another part. It is a fairly simple study to ascertain whether the pressure of the air at the earth's surface' is practically uniform at different times over the whole globe. All the information refers to land stations, no data over the sea being as yet obtainable. The number of stations utilised is 458, which is an increase of 18 since the previous issue for the year 1916.
Air Ministry: Meteorological Office. British Meteorological and Magnetic Year Book, 1917.
Part 5: Réseau Mondial, 1917. Monthly and Annual Summaries of Pressure, Temperature, and Precipitation at Land Stations, generally Two for each Ten-degree Square of Latitude and Longitude (M.O., No. 229 g, Tables). Pp. xiv + 116. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1925.) 22s. 6d. net.
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Air Ministry: Meteorological Office. British Meteorological and Magnetic Year Book, 1917 . Nature 116, 353 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116353b0
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