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Note on the diurnal and semi‐diurnal pressure variation in Rhodesia
Author(s) -
Sellick N. P.
Publication year - 1948
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.49707431913
Subject(s) - diurnal temperature variation , amplitude , variation (astronomy) , atmospheric pressure , diurnal cycle , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , climatology , atmospheric tide , meteorology , geology , geography , physics , optics , geophysics , astrophysics , ionosphere , thermosphere
The mean annual amplitude and phase of the diurnal and semi‐diurnal waves of barometric pressure at stations in Rhodesia and Nyasaland are given and it is shown that the amplitude of the semi‐diurnal wave, corrected according to Simpson's formula, exhibits a striking uniformity.