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THE phenomena of atmospheric motion may be con-sidered and discussed from three main points of view. They may be (1) regarded in their relation to the general system of winds prevailing over a rotating earth unequally heated, and having an annual period of temperature variation; (2) considered in their dynamic relation to the synchronous distribution of the various other meteorological elements, more particularly the pressure and temperature, in their vicinity; (3) arranged in order to facilitate comparison with one another at different times and seasons, and to exhibit the connection between wind and climatic conditions in such a way as to enable account to be taken of this connection in a general survey of meteorological conditions and in relation to forecasts. In the memoir before us, the main feature is the development and discussion, from the third standpoint, of the results of anemographic records at Allahabad and Lucknow during the years 1890-1904 and 1878-1892 respectively. Sir John Eliot prefixes the discussion by a short account of the synchronous distribution of pressure and temperature at Lahore and Allahabad, which is very suggestive of the method to be adopted and the results to be used in a discussion from the second standpoint. The modifying influences of the orographic distribution are too considerable to admit of close connection between the results recorded and the general atmospheric circulation, and no attempt has been made to develop such connection.
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G., E. The Winds of Northern India . Nature 77, 353–355 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/077353b0
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