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The vertical temperature gradients on the West Coast of Scotland and at Oxshott, Surrey

1906; Royal Society; Volume: 77; Issue: 519 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1098/rspa.1906.0039

2053-9150

W. H. Dines,

Geophysics and Gravity Measurements

In a paper by Dr. Shaw and the author read before the Royal Society on May 14, 1903, an account of an investigation into the conditions of the upper air over the sea in the neighbourhood of Crinan, on the West Coast of Scotland, was given. Since that time two fresh series of observations in the same locality have been obtained, the results of which are now submitted. In each case observations of temperature and humidity were made by self-recording instruments sent up by means of one or more kites, which were flown from the deck of a steam vessel. Expenses. The expense has been met by a grant of £200 made by the Government Grant Committee, a grant of £50 made by the British Association at the Southport Meeting, and of £40 at the Cambridge Meeting; and also by an anonymous contribution of £25 by a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. These grants have not been used entirely for the observations at Crinan, but have afforded the means of carrying on experimental work at Oxshott; by them, too, apparatus for a separate investigation carried out by Mr. G. Simpson on the North Sea has been provided. For the observations at Crinan in 1903 a tug was hired, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, at the request of the Royal Society, kindly provided a very convenient vessel, H. M. S. “Seahorse,” for six weeks, commencing on June 19, 1904. The Meteorological Council lent the necessary instruments, and bore the expense of maintaining a base station during both summers. They also greatly assisted the work by sending a daily telegram with a forecast of the weather, and a statement of the magnitude of the barometric gradient.