Abstract
CLEMENT LEY, in “The Laws of the Winds prevailing in Western Europe,” expresses his opinion, based on observations made near Hereford on the movements of the cirrus cloud, that in general the upper currents of the atmosphere flow away from the regions of low atmospheric pressure, and converge upon regions of high pressure. This being a point of the utmost importance with reference to the general circulation of the atmosphere, M. Hildebrandsson, in December 1873, organised a systematic observation of the cirrus cloud in Sweden. Twenty of the Swedish meteorological observers engaged in the work of observation, the network of stations extending over nearly 11° of latitude, from Tomarp in the south to Qvickjock in the north. The above essay discusses these observations with great ability.
Essai sur les Courants supérieurs de l'Atmosphère, dans leur Relation aux Lignes Isobarométriques.
Par H. Hildebrand Hildebrandsson. (Upsal, 1875.)
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Essai sur les Courants supérieurs de l'Atmosphère, dans leur Relation aux Lignes Isobarométriques . Nature 12, 123–124 (1875). https://doi.org/10.1038/012123a0
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