SUBJECT AND AUTHOR INDEX OF THE MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, 1908. CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX FOLLOWS. The following rules have been observed in preparing this index: The meteorological elements most important in determin- ing climate, such as temperature and precipitation, are en- tered under both the element and the locality, but the follow- ing are entered only under their respective headings, and not under the locality: atmospheric electricity, droughts, earth- quakes, evaporation, floods, fog, frost, lightning, meteors, op- tical phenomena, excessive precipitation, radiation, storms of all kinds, temperature of snow, soil and water. I f tables of observations contain but two subjects, e. g., pressure and temperature, each is indexed separately under its proper heading. Tables containing more than two sub- jects are entered but once (in addition to the entry under lo- cation), under the general heading ‘‘ Observations,” except that the following are indexed separately wherever they oc- cur: auroras, drought, evaporation, fog, frost, halos, number of days with precipitation, ozone, radiation, snow, sunshine, temperature of soil and water, thunderstorms, and (under clouds) number of clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy days. The letters a, b, c, d, refer to the lst, 2d, 3d, and 4th quar- ters of the page, respectively, and indicate a brief note or reference. Abbe, C. Atmospheric influences causing movements of the soil, 436. Can we protect against tornadoes? 101. Damage by frost at Middlebranch, Ohio, 173. Deficient humidity indoors, 406 b. Duty of the Government to protect the people from swindlers, 259. Formation of dew at tree tops, 410. Graduate school of meteorology, 162. Hurricanes affected by mountain ranges. Hythers and the comparison of climates, 281. International exchange service, 213. Is the earth drying up? 411. Meteorological education, 103 b. National conservation commission, 179. Observatory on Mount Etna, 259 b. Popof and Erman on the use of kites in meteorology, 98. Rain-making in New Zealand, 208. Reflecting power of clouds, 285. School boys’ weather observations, 213 c. Study of English, 178. Summer camp of meteorology, 112 c. Tasmania and the total solar eclipse, 412 b. The teacher and the student, 453 d. Tornadoes in Minnesota on May 24, 1908, 135 d. Training School at Tokyo, Japan, for meteorological observers, 410 6. Velocity of falling raindrops, 407 a. Where and how can our observers pursue the study of modern sci- Baltimore meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 421 a. Damages by flood at Kansas City, Mo., 296 a. Evaporation observations by, 442, 443, 444. Meteorology at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 293 d. Tornadoes in Arkansas during November, 1908, 422. Abbot, Henry L. Progressive climatic variations on the Isthmus of Pan- ama, 163. Aerial observations. Upper-air observations and weather forecasts. 465-6. Aerodynamics. RBsum6 of experiments in, 277. Aerological expedition (Prussian) to East Africa, 422 a. Africa. A meteorological service in French West, 22 c. Agrinslry. The relation between rainfall and the fluctuations in level of the Embaoh, 298 a. Air. Almanac. Meteorological, by Albert Bracke of Belgium, 23 b. Alsaoe-Lorraine. Rainfall of, 111 c Alciatore, H. F. Report on floods, Arkansas River, 397. Remarks on, 411. ence, 179 d . Abbe, jr., C. Aerial observations in tropical, 175 c. Composition of, at high altitudes, 293 6. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Baltimore meet- American history. Some climatic influences in, 169. Anderson, John A. The work of Prof. Carl Stbrmer on Birkeland’s Angot, M. Annual report of the Chief of the Weather Bureau, fiscal year ending Antarctic expedition. Argentina. Arkansas. Asia. Association of American Geographers. Atmosphere of the earth. Aurora. Austral. Australian weather, 215. Australian Meteorological Service. Balloon voyage, the scientiflc aspects of a, 296. Ballooning, scientific, and weather forecasts, 283. Baltimore, climate and weather of, 111. Bomler, Dr. K. Barnes, Dr. H. J. quoted, 283 a. Bates, D. C. at Oamaru, New Zealand, 208. Batum, climate of, 61. Bauer, J. W. Beak, E. A. Beaufort, N. C., waterspout at, 214. Becker, Bertrand. Apparatus for protection from frost and hail, 111. Belden, W. S. Bell, Louis. Berry, James. Bigelow, Frank H. jng, 420. Meteorology at (Hanover meeting), 293 d. theory of the aurora borealis, 129. June 30, 1908, 454. Wireless weather reports, 112 b. British national, 421 d. Climatic changes in, 448 b. Tornadoes in, November, 1908, 422. Notes on the climate of eastern, 364. Station of Argentine meteorological service on Wandel Island, 22 e. Baltimore meeting, 1909, 421 a. Studies on tho vortices of the. See Vortices. St8rmer’s work on the physics of the aurora, 112, 129. The wreck of the, 22. Bulletins of, 263 a. Scientific ballooning and weather forecasts, 283. Table of relative humidities in Boston buildings Report upon the dry period and rain-making experiments Winds of (abstract), 61. Report of floods, Santee River watershed, 234. Report on flood, Columbia River, 236. Portland forecast district, 2, 18, 87, 162, 198, 232, 277, 327, 358, 396. Annual rise of Columbia River in 1908, 235. Report of flood, Mississippi River and Yazoo River, 200. Note on some meteorological uses of the polariscope, 144. Climatological summary [monthly], 7, 42, 77, 117, 162. Studies on the phenomena of the evaporationof water over lakes and reservoirs. 11. The observations on evap- oration made at the reservoir in Reno, Nev., August 1 to Sep- tember 15, 1907, 24. 111.-Discussion of the observations made at Reno, Nev., August 1 t o September 15, 1907, 30. 1V.-The progress of the research in 1908, and the proposed cam- paign for 1909 and 1910, 437. Studies on the vortices of the atmosphere of the earth: 111.-The truncated dumb-bell vortex illustrated by the St. Louis, Mo., tornado of May 27, 1896, 245. 1V.-The DeWitte typhoon, August 1-3, 1901, 328. V.-The imperfect truncated dumb-bell-shaped vortex and the composition of vortices illustrated by the ocean-cyclone of October 11, 1905, 398. Cited on climatic cycles, 449. Blair, William R. The Baltimore meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 420 a. Bolivia. Climatic changes in, 448449. A new meteorological bulletin from, 22 a. Bonney, T. G. Cited on the temperature of the glacial period, 450 b. Borneo. Meteorology in British North, 218 c. Boston, Mass. Weather influences preceding the evacuation of, 128. Bourne, E. D. Ice columns in gravelly soil, 98 a. Bowie, E. H. Bowman, Isaiah. Quoted on changes in level of Lake Huasco, 449 a. Bracke, Albert. Meteorological Almanac, 23 b. Bragg, W. H. Brandenburg, F. H. Brazil. Tornado of January 31, 1908, 74. Tornadoes in Mississippi, April 24, 1908, 132. Rivers and floods [monthly summary], 233. Theory of, and X-rays, 66. Denver forecast district, 2, 18, 62, 86, 126, 162, Notes on weather and climates made during a summer trip to, 1908, 198, 327, 358. Climatic contrasts in, 333 a. 222 Government meteorological work in, 254, 290. Climate of, by E. L. Voss, 23 c. Meteorological service of Sbo Paulo, 23 c. The climate of the, 337 a. Brazilian campos. V vi MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. VOL. SSSVI British National Antarctic Expedition of 190144, 481 d . Assooiation for the aclvancenient of science. Address t o the mathematical and physical section (W. N. Bhaw). Dublin, Sep- tember, 1908. 412. Association. Meteoivloyical breakfast at Dublin, 1908, 369 d. Second+rder stations, 111 d. Meteorological omce. Scientific meetings at the, 369 e. Meteorologists. Meeting of, In Canada, 175 a. Cited on the temperature of the glacial epoch, 450 b. Report of floods, Mississippi River, 207. Briickner, E. Buchanan, J. E. Early meteorological data for Saline, Mich., 105. Bureau of Plant Industry. Burrows, 0. C. Cited on cllmatic cycles, 446 a, 449 e. Cooperation of, 448 e. Cablegrams, meteorological, from Iceland, P2 d. California, recent progress in, 372. Calvert, Philip P. A collection of mean annual temperatures for Mexico and Central America, 93. Canada, climatic charts of, 110 c. Campo, Cal., cloudburst at, August 18, 1891, 259 b. Campos, the fertillty of the, 337 e. Campos of Si70 Paul0 and Paranb, 336. Cave. The isothermal layer of the atmosphere (remarks), 295 b. Central America, a collection of mean annual temperatures for. 93. ChafEee, Frank P. Tornadoes in Alabama, April 24 and 30, 1908, 133. Changes in the force of the Bureau during 1907-8, 464. Chelsea, Mass. Clouds over the Are, 118. Chile, climatic changes in, 448. Chilton, W. W. Severe wind-storms in New Mexico and Oklahoma, 409. Chinook winds in eastern Colorado during December. 1907, 87. Chipchinskil, W. Comparison of the intensity of the solar radiation at St. Petersburg and at Paviovsk, 62. Cienfuegos, Cuba, new observatory at, 175 a. Cirrus clouds, the arrangenient of, 298 d. Class under instruction at Washington, 410. Clayton, H. H. The scientific aspect of a balloon voyage. 396. Climate. Climate of the historic pwt. Part I, The Old World, 359. Part 11, The New World, 446. In relation to man, 111. Of Kansas, 68-92. Local changes of, 97. Supposed in Brazil, 338. Climates. The comparison of, 281. Climatic changes, causes of (E. Huntington), 449. 450. Climatic history of the New World and the Old World compared, 449. Climatological data. Excessive precipitation, 11, 45, 80, 120, 155, 103, Honolulu daily record, 15, 49, 84, 124, 159. 196,230,373,324,356,393. Heights of rivers, 13,47,82. 122.157,194,228.271.322. 354.391. Canadian data, 13,47,88,132.157.194,228.271,3?3.354.391. U. S. Weather Bureau stations, 9, 43, 78, 118, 153, 190, 224,267,317, Rainfall In Jamaica, 84, 184, 159, 196, 230, 273, 324, 431. 226, 269, 319, 351. 388. 349, 386. Climatological division. Climatological summary, 7, $2, 77, 117, 152, 189, 284, 266, 318, 343, 385, 426; [Annual Summary], 466. Cline, I. Y. New Orleans forecast district, 2, 3, 52, 8C, 186, 162. 198, 233, 276, 386, 357, 395. Tornadoes In Louisiana, April 24th, 1908, 131. Report of work by, 458. Cloud atlas, a new, 293 a. Cloud classification, as to a detailed, 340 d . Clouds, the reflecting power of, 285. Cloudburst, a Californin, 299. Cold waves during the years 1901-1904, 298 e. Collins, Thomas obituary notice of, 23. Columbia River, annual rise in, 1904, 235. Fioodsof, 1907 (E. A. Beds), 836. Conger, Norman B. Storms and ice on the Great Lakes, 236. Connor, P. Report of floods, Missouri River. Kansas River, 804. Coronas and halos, further observations of, 251;. Corrigenda, 146, 186, 381. Cox, H. J. Chicagoforecastdistrict. 2, 18. 68. 86, 186, 162,277, 326, 358. Cronk, J. ’CY. Cruls, Doctor, death of, 175 d. Curie, Mme., atomic weight of radium, 66 a. Ice conditionson the Great Lakos, winter of 19(17-8, 137. Report of Hood, Red River, 80’2. Daingerfleld, L. H. Chinook winds in eastern Colorado during Decem- ber, 1907, 87. Darwin, Charles. Quoted on climatic changes In Chile, 448. David. Cited on the temperature of tile glacial period, 450. Davis, T. F. Severe local storm In Florida, 135. Day, F. H. Deflcient humidity indoors, 404. . Day, P. C. Cliniatcblogical suniniary [monthly], 189, 423, 266, 316, 348, Description of tables and charts, 8,42, 77,117,156, 189,923,266,316, Weather of the month [monthly summary], 5, 39, 74, 115, 150, 187, An elenientary method of derivlng the, due to the An elementary method of deriving, due to the earth’s rotation, for Description of tables aud charts, 8, 42, 77, 117, 156, 189, 223, 256, 316, Detishchev. Cold waves tluring the years 1301-1904, 298 e. Devereaus, W. C. Dew. Dines, W. H. The isothermal layer of the atmosphere (remarks), 895 b. Doldrums, 335 a. Dorpat. The relation between barometrlc gradient and wind velocity 385, 4!2G; [Annual Summary], 466. 348, 385, 426. 220, 263, 313, 345, 381. 483. earth’s rotation, 147, 327, 369. west-east motion, 369. Deflecting force. ’ 348, 385, 426. Local changes of climate, 97. Forination of. at tree tops, 410. near, 298 b. The diurnal and annual perlods of humidity at, 898 b. The meteorological work of the university of, 297. Douglas, J. S. A California cloudburst, 299. Dove’s theory of storms (reviewed), 403 e. Dresden Photographic ExposiLion. Meteorology at the, 175 b. Dumb-bell-shaped vortex. The imperfect truncated, 398. Earth. Is the earth drying up? ill. East Africa, Prussian aerologlcal expedition to, 422. Ekholm. Elbrux, a meteorological station on the, 14G. Eliot, Sir John. memorial notes on, 23, 71. Eliery, Lieut. Ckd. R. L. ,J., niemorial note on, 23. Embach, the relation between rainfall and the fluctiiat,ions in the level Emery, 8. C. English, the study of, 178. Eredia, Filippo, on the rainfall of Italy, 421. Eshleman, 0. H. Etna, the observatory on Mount. 259. Europe, climates of the heights of western (abstractj, 62. Europe, high pressure over, in .January. 1907, 111. European cyclone tracks for 180&1893, 298 b. Evans, E. A. Report of flood, dames River, 234. Evaporation. An annotated bibliography of, 181-186, 301. 375. Cited on temperature of the glacial period, 451,. of the, 298 a. Report of flood, Mississippi River, 199. ReLUarl