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Temperature changes over short distances as shown by records in the Edinburgh district
Author(s) -
Spence M. T.
Publication year - 1936
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.94706226305
Subject(s) - lapse rate , adiabatic process , temperature gradient , maximum temperature , climatology , geology , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , geography , meteorology , physics , thermodynamics
Temperature records for six meteorological stations in and around Edinburgh are examined and some of the differences in the records are discussed in relation to topographical and other features of the locality. It is found that, in summer, a t the time of maximum temperature, the vertical gradient of temperature in a valley might average some four times the dry adiabatic “lapse‐rate.” Rather big temperature differences are also found between the coast and a valley some four miles inland. The bearing of trees and hedges on the results is considered.