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Discussion of memoirs
Author(s) -
Brooks C. E. P.,
Hunt Theresa M.
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49705824708
Subject(s) - maxima , latitude , climatology , series (stratigraphy) , maxima and minima , environmental science , geography , physical geography , geology , mathematics , geodesy , history , paleontology , mathematical analysis , performance art , art history
The mean annual rainfall in each five‐degree zone was calculated separately for the land and sea areas by a planimetric method, using the best available rainfall charts for each country or ocean. The results show maxima over the land in latitude 0‐5°S., and 50°‐60°S., a minimum in latitude 30°S.; over the sea, maxima in 50°N., 0‐10°N. and 40°‐45°S., minima in 40°‐50°N., 20°‐30°N. and 20°S. The figures are compared with those obtained by previous investigators. The average zonal rainfalls in each month are then computed from the annual figures by means of the annual variation at a representative series of stations, island stations being employed for the oceans. An appendix gives the average rainfall of a number of separate countries.