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234 THE ATMOSPHERE AND METEOROLOGY.
ter-current of the trade-winds which has risen into the heights of the atmosphere. Under the influence of the same causes, the two oceans of air
and water move in the same direction, and their movements are subject
to the same oscillations to the north or south during each alternating period of the seasons. In summer, when the Gulf Stream is prolonged far
into the northern sea, the double system of the north trade-winds and
counter-winds advance several degrees into the temperate zone, while
during the winter it flows back again toward the Tropic of Cancer, followed by the Gulf Stream, which bends gradually toward the south.
The resemblance would be complete if the water were an elastic and compressible fluid like air, and were not inclosed in a basin whose borders it
could not pass. The difference of the means explains the difference of the
currents which the heat of the sun and the terrestrial rotation produce in
the ocean and in the atmosphere.
| Title | The ocean, atmosphere, and life |
| Creator | Reclus, Elisée |
| Publisher | Harper |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1873 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000259 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 234 THE ATMOSPHERE AND METEOROLOGY. ter-current of the trade-winds which has risen into the heights of the atmosphere. Under the influence of the same causes, the two oceans of air and water move in the same direction, and their movements are subject to the same oscillations to the north or south during each alternating period of the seasons. In summer, when the Gulf Stream is prolonged far into the northern sea, the double system of the north trade-winds and counter-winds advance several degrees into the temperate zone, while during the winter it flows back again toward the Tropic of Cancer, followed by the Gulf Stream, which bends gradually toward the south. The resemblance would be complete if the water were an elastic and compressible fluid like air, and were not inclosed in a basin whose borders it could not pass. The difference of the means explains the difference of the currents which the heat of the sun and the terrestrial rotation produce in the ocean and in the atmosphere. |
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