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DR. A. DEFANT contributes a long paper to the Sitzungsberichte der K. Akad. der Wiss. in Wien, March, 1912, in which he discusses the variations in the meteorological elements in temperate latitudes in both hemispheres. In an introductory section he outlines the theoretical conclusions on which he bases his method of investigation. Briefly stated, they are as follows. If a region is a region of rising pressure, a “Steig-gebiet” in the nomenclature of Ekholm, the mean temperature of the atmosphere is below normal, and vice-versa if it is a region of falling pressure; but the precipitation is a maximum if the temperature of the atmosphere is above the normal over the region, and a minimum if the temperature is below the normal. Consequently oscillations in the precipitation correspond with oscillations in the variation of pressure, and if the first are periodic, the second will have the same periods.
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GOLD, E. Variations in Atmospheric Circulation in Temperate Latitudes . Nature 91, 174 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091174a0
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