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Note: Table of Contents: GENERAL INTRODUCTION. - Figures. - Map of Spitzbergen. - Site plan of Sveagruvan. - TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM. - 1. Magnetograph chamber. - 2. Temperature Variations in the magnetograph chamber. - 3. Variometers. - 4. Instruments for absolute measurements. - 5. Absolute observations of the magnetic elements. - 6. Measurements of curves, scale values. Temperature correction. Base values. - 7. Results of curve measurements. Monthly mean values. - 8. Yearly variation and secular change. - 9. Monthly and seasonal mean values of N, E, T, I, and A. - 10. Comparative measurements at the old 1882-83 Polar Year station at Cape Thordsen. - 11. Determination of horizontal force at Cape Thordsen. - 12. Determination of inclination at old station Cape Thordsen. - 13. Determination of declination at Cape Thordsen. - 14. Secular variation at Cape Thordsen. - 15. Relation between all, quiet, and disturbed day values of H, D, and Z at Sveagruvan. - 16. Current system necessary to produce H and Z departures from mean values. - 17. Current system on disturbed days. - 18. Daily variations. - 19. Mean annual vector diagrams. - 20. The total field vector R and its positional co-ordinates. - 21. Diurnal variation of R and ϱ in disturbance. - 22. Some diurnally varying characteristics of the current system producing disturbances. - 23. Harmonic analysis of regular diurnal variations. - . - 24. Absolute daily range. - PLATE 1. - a) Former small storehouse adapted for use as magnetograph hut. - b) Absolute hut in winter. - c) Arrangements inside magnetograph hut. Quick-run magnetograph in the foreground. Standard magnetograph in the background. - d) Arrangement of instruments in the absolute hut. Magnetic theodolite on the central pillar to the left. Dover inclinatorium on the pillar to the right. The oscillation observations were made on the lower pillar. - e) The 1882-83 station at Cape Thordsen. In the foreground the site of the old magnetic variation house. In the background the old observatory building. - f) The magnetic theodolite mounted on the reconstructed pillar used for absolute observations in 1882- 83.

Note: Table of Contents: COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE. - The Composition of Atmospheric Air / by E. Glueckauf. - RADIATION. - Solar Radiant Energy and Its Modification by the Earth and Its Atmosphere / by Sigmund Fritz. - Long-Wave Radiation / by Fritz Möller. - Actinometric Measurements / by Anders Ångström. - METEOROLOGICAL OPTICS - General Meteorological Optics / by Hans Neuberger. - Polarization of Skylight / by Zdeněk Sekera. - Visibility in Meteorology / by W. E. Knowles Middleton. - ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY. - Universal Aspects of Atmospheric Electricity / by O. H. Gish. - Ions in the Atmosphere / by G. R. Wait and W. D. Parkinson. - Precipitation Electricity / by Ross Gunn. - The Lightning Discharge / by J. H. Hagenguth. - Instruments and Methods for the Measurement of Atmospheric Electricity / by H. Israël. - Radioactivity of the Atmosphere / by H. Israël. - CLOUD PHYSICS. - On the Physics of Clouds and Precipitation / by Henry G. Houghton. - Nuclei of Atmospheric Condensation / by Christian Junge. - The Physics of Ice Clouds and Mixed Clouds / by F. H. Ludlam. - Thermodynamics of Clouds / by Fritz Möller. - The Formation of Ice Crystals / by Ukichiro Nakaya. - Snow and Its Relationship to Experimental Meteorology / by Vincent J. Schaefer. - Relation of Artificial Cloud-Modification to the Production of Precipitation / by Richard D. Coons and Ross Gunn. - THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. - General Aspects of Upper Atmospheric Physics / by S. K. Mitra. - Photochemical Processes in the Upper Atmosphere and Resultant Composition / by Sidney Chapman. - Ozone in the Atmosphere by F. W. Paul Götz. - Radiative Temperature Changes in the Ozone Layer / by Richard A. Craig. - Temperatures and Pressures in the Upper Atmosphere / by Homer E. Newell, Jr. - Water Vapour in the Upper Air / by G. M. B. Dobson and A. W. Brewer. - Diffusion in the Upper Atmosphere / by Heinz Lettau. - The Ionosphere / by S. L. Seaton. - Night-Sky Radiations from the Upper Atmosphere / by E. O. Hulburt. - Aurorae and Magnetic Storms / by L. Harang. - Meteors as Probes of the Upper Atmosphere / by Fred L. Whipple. - Sound Propagation in the Atmosphere / by B. Gutenberg. - COSMICAL METEOROLOGY. - Solar Energy Variations As a Possible Cause of Anomalous Weather Changes / by Richard A. Craig and H. C. Willett. - The Atmospheres of the Other Planets / by S. L. Hess and H. A. Panofsky. - DYNAMICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. - The Perturbation Equations in Meteorology / by B. Haurwitz. - The Solution of Nonlinear Meteorological Problems by the Method of Characteristics / by John C. Freeman. - Hydrodynamic Instability / by Jacques M. Van Mieghem. - Stability Properties of Large-Scale Atmospheric Disturbances / by R. Fjørtoft. - The Quantitative Theory of Cyclone Development / by E. T. Eady. - Dynamic Forecasting by Numerical Process / by J. G. Charney. - Energy Equations / by James E. Miller. - Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion / by O. G. Sutton. - Atmospheric Tides and Oscillations / by Sydney Chapman. - Application of the Thermodynamics of Open Systems to Meteorology / by Jacques M. Van Mieghem. - THE GENERAL CIRCULATION. - The Physical Basis for the General Circulation / by Victor P. Starr. - Observational Studies of General Circulation Patterns / by Jerome Namias and Philip F. Clapp. - Applications of Energy Principles to the General Circulation / by Victor P. Starr. - MECHANICS OF PRESSURE SYSTEMS. - Extratropical Cyclones / by J. Bjerknes. - The Aerology of Extratropical Disturbances / by E. Palmén. - Anticyclones / by H. Wexler. - Mechanism of Pressure Change / by James M. Austin. - Large-Scale Vertical Velocity and Divergence / by H. A. Panofsky. - The Instability Line / by J. R. Fulks. - LOCAL CIRCULATIONS. - Local Winds / by Friedrich Defant. - Tornadoes and Related Phenomena / by Edward M. Brooks. - Thunderstorms / by Horace R. Byers. - Cumulus Convection and Entrainment / by James M. Austin. - OBSERVATIONS AND ANALYSIS. - World Weather Network / by Athelstan F. Spilhaus. - Models and Techniques of Synoptic Representation / by John C. Bellamy. - Meteorological Analysis in the Middle Latitudes / by V. J. Oliver and M. B. Oliver. - WEATHER FORECASTING. - The Forecast Problem / by H. C. Willett. - Short-Range Weather Forecasting / by Gordon E. Dunn. - A Procedure of Short-Range Weather Forecasting / by Robert C. Bundgaard. - Objective Weather Forecasting / by R. A. Allen and E. M. Vernon. - General Aspects of Extended-Range Forecasting / by Jerome Namias. - Extended-Range Weather Forecasting / by Franz Baur. - Extended-Range Forecasting by Weather Types / by Robert D. Elliott. - Verification of Weather Forecasts / by Glenn W. Brier and Roger A. Allen. - Application of Statistical Methods to Weather Forecasting / by George P. Wadsworth. - TROPICAL METEOROLOGY. - Tropical Meteorology / by C. E. Palmer. - Equatorial Meteorology / by A. Grimes. - Tropical Cyclones / by Gordon E. Dunn. - Aerology of Tropical Storms / by Herbert Riehl. - POLAR METEOROLOGY. - Antarctic Atmospheric Circulation / by Arnold Court. - Arctic Meteorology / by Herbert G. Dorsey, Jr. - Some Climatological Problems of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic / by F. Kenneth Hare. - CLIMATOLOGY. - Climate - The Synthesis of Weather / by C. S. Durst. - Applied Climatology / by Helmut E. Landsberg and Woodrow C. Jacobs. - Microclimatology / by Rudolf Geiger. - Geological and Historical Aspects of Climatic Change / by C. E. P. Brooks. - Climatic Implications of Glacier Research / by Richard Foster Flint. - Tree-Ring Indices of Rainfall, Temperature, and River Flow / by Edmund Schulman. - HYDROMETEOROLOGY. - Hydrometeorology in the United States / by Robert D. Fletcher. - The Hydrologic Cycle and Its Relation to Meteorology - River Forecasting / by Ray K. Linsley. - MARINE METEOROLOGY. - Large-Scale Aspects of Energy Transformation over the Oceans / by Woodrow C. Jacobs. - Evaporation from the Oceans / by H. U. Sverdrup. - Forecasting Ocean Waves / by W. H. Munk and R. S. Arthur. - Ocean Waves as a Meteorological Tool / by W. H. Munk. - BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL METEOROLOGY. - Aerobiology / by Woodrow C. Jacobs. - Physical Aspects of Human Bioclimatology / by Konrad J. K. Buettner. - Some Problems of Atmospheric Chemistry / by H. Cauer. - ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION. - Atmospheric Pollution / by E. Wendell Hewson. - CLOUDS, FOG, AND AIRCRAFT ICING. - The Classification of Cloud Forms / by Wallace E. Howell. - The Use of Clouds in Forecasting / by Charles F. Brooks. - Fog / by Joseph J. George. - Physical and Operational Aspects of Aircraft Icing / by Lewis A. Rodert. - Meteorological Aspects of Aircraft Icing / by William Lewis. - METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS. - Instruments and Techniques for Meteorological Measurements / by Michael Ference, Jr. - Aircraft Meteorological Instruments / by Alan C. Bemis. - LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS. - Experimental Analogies to Atmospheric Motions / by Dave Fultz. - Model Techniques in Meteorological Research / by Hunter Rouse. - Experimental Cloud Formation / by Sir David Brunt. - RADIOMETEOROLOGY. - Radar Storm Observation / by Myron G. H. Ligda. - Theory and Observation of Radar Storm Detection / by Raymond Wexler. - Meteorological Aspects of Propagation Problems / by H. G. Booker. - Sferics / by R. C. Wanta. - MICROSEISMS. - Observations and Theory of Microseisms / by B. Gutenberg. - Practical Application of Microseisms to Forecasting / by James B. Macelwane, S. J. CORRIGENDA. - INDEX.

Note: Inhalt: Vorwort. - Fridtjof Nansen. - Vom Stammbaum. - Jugendjahre. - Vater und Mutter. - Die ersten Skier und das erste Skispringen. - Auf Jagd und Fischfang in Nordmarka. - In der Schule des Sports. - Im Eismeer. - In Bergen 1882-1887. - In Nepal. - Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten in Bergen. - Die Grönlandfahrt. - Vor der Fahrt. - Die Kameraden. - Die Ausrüstung. - Quer durch Grönland. - Nansen als Ethnograph. - Der Schneeschuh im Dienste der Wissenschaft. - Zwischen den Schlachten. - In Nacht und Eis. - Mit dem Strom. - Vorbereitungen. - Die Abreise. - Treibend im Eis. - Eine Abrechnung. - Auf Skiern dem Nordpol entgegen. - Im Winterlager. - Aufbruch. - Eine Begegnung. - Heimwärts. - Wieder daheim. - Was zieht uns zum Pol?. - Neue Polpläne. - Im Dienste der Wissenschaft. - Meeresforschung. - Die Sibirienfahrt. - Nansens Tagebücher. - Der Politiker. - Die Auflösung der Union. - Nansen in London. - Nansen rettet Norwegen vor dem Hungertod. - Auf den Spuren des Weltkrieges. - Nansen hilft den Kriegsgefangenen. - Der Nansenpaß. - Die griechischen und türkischen Flüchtlinge. - Die Hungersnot in Rußland und der Ukraine. - Die armenische Tragödie. - Die Kinder auf dem Puckenhof. - Nansen erhält den Nobelpreis. - Nansen in Genf. - Ein lebendes Denkmal. - Der Fridtjof Nansen-Gedächtnisfond. - Nansen an die Jugend. - Der Künstler. - Zu Hause. - Letzte Tage und Tod. , Aus dem Norweg. übers.