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C'liniatdogia de la Rephblica Mexicana. p.109- Totito $1. Eaero a juihio, 1922. 144. South Ajrirtin irription de I t . magmine. Pretoria. 11.1. October, 1921. Stewart, C . Rainfall and river nlltes frum a Iiarron farmer's dixy; ('111 mies Plaats: 1583-1902. p. 15-18. Van Warmelo, W. HGdrographic statistics. 1911-1919. Mean rainfall. Run uff. elation between rainfall and run off. p. 32-34. SOLAR OBSERVATIONS. SOLAR AND SKY.RADIATION MEASUREMENTS DURING JUNE, 1922. By HERBERT 1 ~. a M B A L L , in Charge, solw Radiation In\:estigfi,tiuns. For a description of instrunleiits :~nd esposures, and :in account, of the method of obtaining and reducing the measurements, the reader is referred to this REVIEW for From TabIe 1 it is seen t,hat, direct solar radiation April, 1930, 48 : 235. intensities averaged slightly below the normal for June at all three stations. Tnhle 3 shows that the total solar and sky radiation received on ;I, 1iorizonta.l surface averaged below the June normal at! Washington. At Madison it averaged above t.lie normal cluring t,he first half of the month and below during t,lie second half. Skyli~lit,-polariz~~tion measurenients made on two days st Wnskngt.on giye tt mean of 44 per cent with it masi- niwn of 51 per cent on the lMi. These are sli htly below the respectfive averages for June. At Ma f ison, measurements made on nine days give a mean of 53 per cent with a maximum of 71 per cent on the 3d. The JUNE, 1922. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. 317 -__ tioii obtained at Montezuma, near Calama, Chile, in April and May, 1922. !The values of p /p sc are iven at air mass 3, or if not the air mass is stated. Tfe reader is referred for further statements regarding the arran ement and nieaniiig of the table to the REVIEW for Be % ruary, August, and September, 1919. cm. 0 .s 7 10..547 0.SO ............. I ' I ........... .............I...... ........................ .ss I .l;711 mean is below and the maximum above the respective average of these data for June. TABLE 1 .S o l a r radil.intioiL iiitcnsifirs r l t o i q Jiriic, I:!?.'. [Gram-calories per minute rer sqiiare centimeter of norma! suriace.] Washlngton, D. C. __ - -. . Ron's zenith dtstauce. ....... __ ....... - .. - .. - . l."r;.bq 70.7' 1Nl.n' I KOo I 60.0' I 70.7' I 75.7' I 73.7' /Nonu. Prr emt. 21 ..... .... .- ... - I ! .W? .576 ...... .S70 .575 ___.__I .s72 .870 ,S% ..w .W ........................ ........................ ........................ .A i 1 .26 12 ........................ ......................... ......................... .......................... 2.871 13 I .................. ........................ ........................ '.A16 .a 25 4.%0 .41 25 ........................ .................. ........................ ......................... ......................... .474 .m 20 ......................... ......................... ......................... 6 .3 ,s .41 21 8.695 .?o 7 7.702 .n 10 B.M5 .13 5 ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... I 181 1 35 i:ml 1:ai 0 .s ...... o x 1.118 1.23 1.13 1.33 0.91 1.23 1.09 1.35 O.-S 1.03 ......I...... i ......I...... I ...... ......I ......I ...... I::::::!:::::: ............ i ...... I ...... I ...... ............. I ............ ......I ......!......I ...... 0.91 .................... ................... i ...... ......................... I ...... 1.28(0.91) ............. ! ...... -0. OS -0.02 -0.15 1 ............. , /.....I I .s75 .%7 ...... ..% ..W ......................... ......................... ......................... .7 %, .18 1.5 ......................... ......................... ......................... ......................... .690 .17 10 ......................... ......................... _._._._,._____ ...... 11.721 .15 11 ............. 1 ............ ......................... .6?3 .E P ......................... ......................... ......................... Week b+ g m n g - ~ .... - i- May ?S. .. June 4. .. 11. .. 18 ... 25. .. cal. 469 4G9 470 510 433 Solar stant con- Remarks. graph. some cirri low in east. P. \I. :s i x . h I.'.QI 1 .w 1.927 l.!ll7 I.!!.;> ........ ........ ...... ........ ...... ........ Neans ................ ...... ...... Departures ........... >.in:'. i 3lnudlers. Madison, Wis. A . M. Apr. ! 1.9:ik 1.9.!3 I. !)?J 1. 937 1. s;; 1. $33 1.935 1.93 1.9:9: 1.945 1.9% 1. S?l 1. s.q 1.907 1. SM 1. w5 1.8'5 1.994 1.935 1.9?4 1. 9 x 1. $35 1.916 1.921 1.91s 1.911 1.91.5 1. '303 1.912 1.911~ 1. 5.7 1. Slii 1. *IS I. SWj I. $1 .3 1. $12 1.93 1.UX9 1.936 1.315 1.917 L'M3 I. w? I. 93.4 1.931 1.932 L. 9.x L. s.9:; I. 912 1.91s .- __ ... ... June 1 ........ 881 ...... ...... 3 ........ 8.81 5 ........ 11.3s 7 ........ 1224 12 ........ 12.24 14 ........ ?3 ........ 21 ........ 12% 29 ........ 12.68 0.75 Yeaus 0.94 Departures.. 7.04 R s1 1u. 50 10.59 9.14 11.35 1.;. 11 11. Sl l?. fiS Do. DO. ...... P. M. Ap'r. 12 l r r i prevented mru- mvstlons. 3rd p m t e d far- ther observations. Xrri in north and east. Xrriineast andnorth. F&ull over nigh P d . Lincoln, Nebr. June 2 ........ ...... ...... ...... ...... 3 ........ ...... ...... ...... 6 ........ 13 ........ ...... ...... 7 ........ 14.10 11.3s 9.47 10.3i 11.31 13. lil ..... ..... 15.. ...... 17.. ...... 3.. ...... ?? ........ ?3 ........ 3btant cirri in west, north, and east. !mall patches of cir- rus scattered about w. Xrri low in e8st. 26 ........ Means.. ......... Departures.. .... MI.,? ! s. Ml.73 I.. ..... w. BI. I ....... I * Extrapolated. TABLE 2.-Solnr niid sky radiution rereiretl on n lmkmital sioifart.. ......I ....... .... ...... P. Y. hlav S Nab 9 Xrri low in west. :loudlass. hl..:; I s. M2.54 ~ V.G. Mdt.01 ! ....... hIl.;o I ....... w. r ~ ....... A. >I. May 1u DO. r. M. :*lay 11 CUl. 25 -5 -3s -27 I I cal. 1. ....... ........ , ........ ......... ........ DO. 1 ........ 11331 I ........ -2:.I&i I.. ...... -2.m l ........ 2,107 ........ -2' .Ius 514 ........ -43 495 ........ -11 513 I ........ j -30 A. N. Vag l? &r,.#, j s. Ml.50 :. ...... \V.M.I____.__ Do. ._. . P. 31. May 19 b12.ar i s. ~ ~1 .s i ....... I M1.o I m. hl. ....... Da MEASUREMENTS OF THE SOLAR CONSTANT OF RADIA- TION AT CALAMA, CHILE. By C. (2. ABBOT, -4ssiatant Secretary. [Smithsonian Instilutiou. Washington. Augwt 3, 19??.] In continuation of preceding ublications, the following table contains the resulk9 for t % e solar constant of radia-