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American Meteorological Journal, February.—The rainfall of the Malay Archipelago, by Dr. A. Woeikof. This article is chiefly based upon the observations which have been for fifteen years published in considerable detail by the Observatory of Batavia. It is generally considered that near the equator the rains are everywhere heavy and of nearly daily occurrence. Dr. Woeikof shows that in many localities, e.g. on the open sea, this is not the case. In the region in question, some of the wettest and some of the dryest stations lie within 1½°N. and 1°S. of the equator. The most rain falls on the west coast of Sumatra; the more level Eastern Sumatra and Western Borneo have less rain, and less contrasts also. On the north-east of the peninsula of Celebes the rains are comparatively light, and there is a well-marked dry season. In Java, the rainfall is lightest in the east, and the dry season is longer and more sharply defined, so that vegetation has a time of arrest corresponding to our winter.—Psychrometer studies, by Prof. H. A. Hazen. This is a continuation of a discussion between Prof. Hazen and Dr. Ekholm, of Stockholm, on the behaviour of the psychrometer with respect to water vapour and ice vapour.
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Scientific Serials. Nature 53, 497–498 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053497a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/053497a0