Meteorological Observations on the Alabama Expedition. 
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It is considered gale, when the force of the wind registers 9 
or above, according to the scale 0—12. 
The amount of cloud observed on the sea voyage to Shannon 
Island and on Shannon Island from Sep. Ist 1909—July 31st 1910, 
as well as on Lieutenant Laus’s sledge expedition on the inland ice 
from April 10th to May 10th 1910, are tabeled according to a scale running 
from 0 = cloudless to 4 = overcast. All other cloud-observations are 
tabeled according to the customary international scale from 0—10. 
The cloud-forms are tabeled according to the international 
classification. The following abbreviations are used in the tables: 
Ci. = Cirrus 
Ci.—St. = Cirro—Stratus 
Ci.—Cu. = Cirro—Cumulus 
A.—St. = Alto—Stratus 
A—Cu. = Alto—Cumulus 
St.—Cu. = Strato—Cumulus 
Cu — Cumulus 
Sir — Sinan 
Nb. = Nimbus. 
The weather is entered in the tables for amount of cloud with 
the international symbols where 
stands for Rain 
— - Snow 
— - Sleet 
— - Fog 
— - Haze 
— - Aurora borealis 
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The following tables contain: 
Table I. Ship observations taken on the sea voyage from Reykjavik 
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to Angmagsalik in the interval from July 22nd to July 27th 1909. 
Furthermore the observations taken on the sea voyage from Ang- 
magsalik to Iceland (Patricksfjord), from July 30th to August 
4th 1909, and on the sea voyage from Iceland to Shannon Is- 
land from August 7th to August 24th 1909. 
The observations were made by Lieutenant Laus, and the 
hours of observation were: 4a, 8a, 12a, 4p, 8p, 12p. As barometer 
was used the ship’s barometer (Aneroid). The temperature of 
the air was taken with a metal-cased thermometer, which in 
accordance with the instructions given by the Danish Meteorolo- 
gical Institute for ship’s observations, was hung in a shaded spot 
with free access of air, not subjected to local heating or cooling. 
The temperature of the surface water is also found accor- 
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