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METEOKOLOGY. 



Monthly Weather Review (Mo. Weather Rev., J,2 (IDlJf), Nos. 9, pp. 519- 

 559, plH. S, figs. S; 10, pp. 561-608, pis. 2Jh figs. 6).— In addition to notes on 

 weather forecasts for September and October, 1914, river and flood observations, 

 lists of additions to the Weather Bureau library and of recent papers on meteor- 

 ology, notes from the Weather Bureau library, the weather of these months, a 

 condensed climatological summary, and climatological tables and charts, these 

 numbers contain the following articles: 



-^0. 9. — Solar Radiation Intensities at Mount Weather, Va., During July, 

 August, and September, 1914, by H. H. Kimball ; Notes on Observing the Zodi- 

 acal Light, by M. Hall; Shooting Stars Reveal a Higher Atmosphere; Influence 

 of Terrestrial Rotation on the Condition of the Atmosphere and Ocean (illns.), 

 by J. W. Saudstrom; Daily March of the Meteorological Elements in the 

 Panama Canal Zone, by J. von Hann; The Function of the Atmosi)here in [Wire- 

 less] Transmission (illus.), by J. Erskine-Murray ; Rainfall after Battle, by 

 H. M. Chittenden; The Hourly Frequency of Precipitation at New Orleans, La. 

 (illus.), by E. D. Coberly; Forecast Distribution (illus.), by G. W. Smith; and 

 Heavy Rainstorm at Kansas City, Mo., by P. Connor. 



No. 10. — Frost Protection (illus.), by W. J. Humphreys; Utilization of Frost 

 Warnings in the Citrus Region near Los Angeles, Cal. (illus.), by F. A.. Carpen- 

 ter; Frost and Frost Prevention, by J. W. Garthwaite; Air Drainage in the 

 Vicinity of the Corona District, Cal. (illus.), by F. A. Caiiienter and J. W. 

 Garthwaite; Frost Warnings and Orchard Heating in Ohio (illus.), by J. W. 

 Smith; Air Drainage Explained, by C. F. Marvin; Protection Against Frost 

 in Georgia, by C. F. von Herrmann; Protection from Frost in Utah, by A. H. 

 Thiessen; Notes on Frost Protection in the Vicinity of Knoxville, Tenn., by 

 J. F. A^oorhees; Frost Forecasts and Protection in Oregon. Washington, and 

 Idaho, by E. A. Beals; Frost and Frost Protection in Florida, by A. J. ilitchell; 

 Frost Protection in Arizona, by R. B. Briggs; Frosts and Frost Protection in 

 Texas, by M. Sprague; and Frost Protection by Irrigation in Southern Texas, 

 by J. L. Cliuo. 



Climatological data for the United States by sections ( U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Weather Bur. Climat. Data, 1 {191Ji), Nos. 11, pp. 224, pis. 2, figs. 8; 12, pp. 

 236, pis. 2, figs. 7). — These numbers contain binef summaries and detailed tabu- 

 lar statements of climatological data for each State for November and Decem- 

 ber, 1914. respectively. 



Meteorological observations at the Massachusetts Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, J. E. Ostrandeb and R. E. McLain {Massachusetts Sta. Met. 

 Buls. 313, Sl.'f (1915), pp. 4 each). — Summaries of observations at Amherst, 

 Mass., on pressure, temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, sunshine, cloudi- 

 ness, and casual phenomena during January and February, 1915, are lu-esented. 

 The data are briefly discussed in general notes on the weather of each month. 



[Meteorological observations], D. A. Seeley (Ann. Rpt. Sec. Bd. Agr. Mich., 

 53 (1914), pp. 185-198). — Daily and monthly summaries of temperature (maxi- 

 mum, minimum, and mean), precipitation, cloudiness, and sunshine, and 

 monthly summaries of pressure (maximum, minimum, and mean), wind move- 

 ment, and miscellaneous phenomena (frost, hail, thunderstorms, fog, auroras, 

 and halos) are given for the year ended June 30, 1914. 



Meteorological records for 1913 (Xcw York State Sta. Rpt. 1913, pp. 789- 

 801). — Tables are given showing tridaily readings at Geneva, N. T., of standard 

 air thermometers for each month of the year ; daily readings of maximum and 

 minimum thermometers at 5 p. m. for each month of the year; a monthly sum- 



