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An Investigation Of The Surface Temperature Distribution In The Detroit Region, Allen R. Smith
An Investigation Of The Surface Temperature Distribution In The Detroit Region, Allen R. Smith
Masters Theses
Chapter I
Introduction
Climate and the City
Studies made of temperature in and around cities have shown the climate of the city to be anomalous in relation to its regional climate. The extent of this anomalous condition and the reasons for its occurrence vary from city to city and from season to season. So many variable factors are present in the generation or regeneration of heat within the city that no study has yet satisfactorily explained the total factors involved, or has indicated the percentage for which any one factor might be responsible. This being the case, the only objective …
A Synoptic Air Mass Climatology Of The Eastern United States, Robert I. Wittick
A Synoptic Air Mass Climatology Of The Eastern United States, Robert I. Wittick
Masters Theses
Chapter I
Introduction
Orientation and Objective
The concept of the air mass was developed by a group of Norwegian meteorologists during World War I. An air mass, they said, was a body of air which was horizontally homogeneous with respect to temperature and humidity. These bodies of air were classified according to their place of origin since the basic character of an air mass is similar to that of its source region.
Since 1932 when the first air mass climatology was written by Dinies1, the meteorological and geographical journals have published many studies of air mass movements and …