The Solar Daily Atmospheric Oscillations as Revealed by Meteorological Data

Abstract

The main material for study of the actual atmospheric oscillations consists of series of readings of records of meteorological data — particularly of pressure, but also of wind and temperature — made at ground level at numerous observatories widely distributed over the globe. The readings are commonly taken at hourly intervals, generally at the hours of local mean time, true or standard (that is, of a meridian, at a distance of some degrees of longitude, used for the standard time of the country or region). There is a vast body of such readings; the series for some stations goes back for more than a century. Much of this material is still unused for the purpose here considered.