Open AccessWaves and tides in the atmosphere
Publication year - 1930
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1930.0039
Subject(s) - table (database) , atmosphere (unit) , stratosphere , argument (complex analysis) , mathematics , value (mathematics) , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , statistics , geology , physics , computer science , chemistry , biochemistry , data mining
I am indebted to Mr. F. J. W. Whipple for pointing out an error in the arithmetic used in deriving the figures given in Table I from the equations (7) and (17). The correct value forγ 10 (see p. 175) is 4·84 instead of 4·68. The effect of the stratosphere is, therefore, to increase V in the ratio 4·96/4·84 = 1·025. The corrected version of Table I (p. 176) is given below. On comparing the speed predicted from the observed temperature distribution in tropical regions with that of the Krakatau wave, it will be seen that the prediction is now only 1·5 per cent, too low, so that this correction rather strengthens the argument of the paper.