The climate and weather of Australia / by H.A. Hunt, Griffith Taylor and E.T. Quayle

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Hunt, H. A. (Henry Ambrose)
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CLIMATE AND WEATHER OF AUSTRALIA 1
PREFATORY NOTE. 3
LIST OF MAPS AND CHARTS. 4
CLIMATE AND WEATHER OF AUSTRALIA. 5
CLIMATE AND WEATHER OF AUSTRALIA. 7
II.—THE SEASONS AND THE MARCH OF THE TEMPERATURE. 8
III.—GENERAL VARIATION IN PRESSURE. 16
LOCAL VARIATION IN PRESSURE. 25
PATHS OF THE HIGHS AND LOWS. 26
IV.—DOMINANT WINDS. 31
SPEED OF THE DISTURBANCES. 31
SOUTH-EAST TRADE WINDS. 33
LAND AND SEA BREEZES. 34
V.—RAINFALL. DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL. 37
VARIATION IN MAXIMUM RAINFALL. 45
VI.—HUMIDITY AND WET BULB TEMPERATURES. 46
OCEAN CURRENTS. 51
VII.—SPECIAL FACTORS CONTROLLING CLIMATE. 51
TOPOGRAPHY AND ITS EFFECT ON CLIMATE. 52
VIII.—CHIEF CLIMATIC REGIONS. 55
MONSOON REGION. 56
DRY REGION. 61
INTERMEDIATE REGION OF UNIFORM RAINS. 65
WINTER RAIN REGION. 69
COMPARISON OF CLIMATIC REGIONS. 72
IX.—CHARACTERISTICS OF DROUGHT YEARS IN AUSTRALIA. 72
VARIATIONS IN RAINFALL WITH STORM TYPES. 82
X(A).—RAINFALL IN THE WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLD-FIELDS. 88
DIRECTION OF RAIN WINDS. 89
PRESSURE SYSTEMS AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION. 89
X.(B).—FLOOD RAINS IN AUSTRALIA. 91
(1) THE CYCLONIC STORM OF 16TH-21ST AUGUST, 1909 (SOUTH-EAST AUSTRALIA).* 92
(2) THE FLOODS IN THE DARLING TRIBUTARIES, JANUARY, 1910.* 98
(3) HEAVY RAINS OF QUEENSLAND. 101
(4) FLOOD RAINS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 102
XI.(A).—WEST AUSTRALIAN HURRICANES. 105
FIJI HURRICANE, MARCH, 1910. (Figs. 93-96.) 110
Xl.(B).—HURRICANES IN THE SOUTH-WESTERN PACIFIC. 110
NORFOLK ISLAND. 113
PORT DOUGLAS, MARCH, 1911. 114
XT.(C).—SOUTHERLY BURSTERS. 116
ORIGIN. 117
XII.(A).—FORECASTING. 118
XII.(B).—TYPES OF WEATHER. 123
INDEX. 150

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