As a result of the unprecedented progress achie in space technology, the science of climatology has made rapial strides during the last few decades. Recent explorations of our atmosphere by means of improved types of balloons, aircrafts, meterorological rockets and most sophisticated weather satellites have added new dimensions to our existing knowledge of the vast ocean of air surrounding the planet Earth. This book describes and analyses various weather elements such as insolation, temperature, pressure, winds, humidity, cloudiness, precipitation and atmospheric visibility in a very lucid style and simple language.

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