APRIL, 1910. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. 661
RIVERS AND FLOODS.
By Prof. H. C. FRANKENFIELD. in charge River and Flood Divlsion.
The rivers were unusually quiet for the month of April.
although the precipitation was sufficient to have caused floods
in many of the rivers under ordinary circumstances. As it
happened, the early disappearance of the winter SIIOWS froin the
watersheds of the northern rivers, the general ahsence of rain
during the month of March following, and the freedom from
severe cold conibined to render the soil dry and soft, so that a
niuch larger percentage than usual of the copious April rains
was directly absorbed, and the rivers, as a rule, eshibitetl a
falling tendency.
There were, however, several sharp rises during the early
portion of the second week of the month in the rivers of Tesas
and southwestern Arkansas, including that portion of the Ret1
in the latter vicinity. These rises were clue to heavy local
rains and, although advisory warnings of their coining were
issued, they were not of sufficient magnitude to cause trouhle
beyoiicl that incident to the temporary removal of cattle and
portable property.
The prolonged rain period that prevailed over the Atlantic
States during the latter half of the month was responsible for
some decided rises in the rivers of the Atlantic States, but no
tlaniage of conseqiience resulted, except along some of the
streanis of the State of North Carolina, where the losses were
about $50,000, chiefly along the Tar R.iver and its tributaries.
Rurnings mere issued in ainple t.iiiie and propert,y to the value of
$40,000 was rttport.ec1 as saved. In t,htt North Atlantic States
no t lainage was done except lorally along some of t.he smaller
st.reams of mest.ern New York.
The rivers of the Pacific syst.em were unusually low owing to
t,hc early disappearance of the snows and the absence of heavy
rains. The annual rise of the Colunihia River began about the
niiildle of t,he month.
Hyclrographs for typical points on several principal rivers
are shown on Chart 1. The stations select.etl for charting are
Iieokuk, dt.. Louis, Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans, on
the Mississippi; Cincii1nat.i and Cairo, on the Ohio: Nashville,
on t,he Cumherland : Johnsonville, on t.he Tennessee ; Kansas
City. on the Missouri; Lit.t.le Rock, on the Arkansm: and
Nireveport,, on the Red.
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SPECIAL PAPERS ON GENERAL METEOROLOGY.
RECENT PAPERS BEARING ON METEOROLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY.
C. FIT~EUIX~ TALMAN. Llbrarian.
The subjoined titles have been selected from the contents of
the periodicals and serials recently received in the Library of
the Weather Bureau. The titles selected are of papers or other
communications bearing on meteorology or cognate branches
of science. This is not a complete index of the meteorological
contents of all the journals from which it has been compiled;
it shows only the articles that appear to the compiler likely to
be of particular interest in connection with the work of the Weather Bureau. Unsigned articles are indicated by a -.
Aertmautics. New I-ark. $7. 6. Jttne, 1910.
humidity affccts the altitudc attainable in artifirial flight.!
..I iiiericaji gpngraphicnl soeiefy. Biilletiii. New I-ork. 1 3 . 42. April, 1910.
in the distribution of atmoapheric preseure in North Anierira.
270-282.
Willard, Charles F. Flying and humidity. p. 195. [Author thinks
Arctowski, Henryk. Studies on climate and crops. 1. V:rriations in
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Eirgiiieeri,tg iteii-8. .Vew 1-ork. I-. 63. 1910.
- Flood losws in hlisrouri. 11. 531. (hl:ty 5.) Roberts, Thomas P. Comments on Prof. Swtins :trtic.lc on Hucit1.s ;ind forests. p. 595-596. (hfay 19.)
hralure. Loiidon. r . 83. 1910.
Cook, J. Centrc of gravity of annunl rciinfnll. p. 248-249. r.4pril 2s.)
[With reply by A. Watt.] - H:tlleys comet and meteorology. Proposed observations during progrew through the tail of Hallcys conict. (hlup 12.)
Chree, C[harles]. Magnetic storms. p. 354-358. t XIay 19.) [Froiii
a t discourse delivered at the Itoval institution on Friday, hlarch 4, tiy
Dr. C!. Chree, F.R.S., Rupehntentlcnt 01,wrvatory depiirtmint, National physical obwvatory.] Imidoitr Edinbitrgh a d Uiiblin philos~~~hical niitgasirte. Lodon. 6 seerim.
p.
p. 330-322.
17. 19. May, 1910. Eve, A. S. The effert of dust and smokc on the ionization of air.
Simpson, George C. Earth-air elcctrir currents. p 715-725.
Brigham, Alfred Perry. Scenery, soil and the atmcwphert*. p. 570-5SO.
Sewall, C. J. T. The extinction of *ounrl in a viscous atmoaphr+v by
Howard, A. G. The rainfall of South Africa. p. 383-390.
Sutton J. R. p. 117-427.
Bastin, Edson S. Evidences of paleobotany w to geolofical cliniatc. p. 760. [Abstract.]
Boyer, Jacques. The new Eiffel photographic heliograph. p. 393. (May 14.) [Form of photographic sunshine recorder. Illustrated.]
G57-673.
Popiilnr wietice niottfhly. New York. P. 76. Jicrat., 19111.
Noynl soriety. Proceedings. London. ser. A. I-. 83. 1910.
Royal society of South Africa. Tramactions. P a p T U I ~W . t. 1. 1910.
Evaporation in a rurrrnt of air.
.+ieiire. d e w 1-oi-k. ti. 01. ~i n y 18,1910.
Sskittific American. New rod. v. 109. 1910.
small obstacles of rylintlrical and spheriral form. p. 5-15-548.
Boyer, Jacques. Eiffels rrcent espcrimivits on tlir rwisttinre of tht. a i r .
Michaud, Gustave. Thv Citrtago rsrtliqiictkr. p. 440-441. fhl:ly
Hauet, Gaston. Lw tsrliw tlu solril ct laur influenrcs w r Ir globt- trr- rwtre. p. 156-185.
btcciree. -4tvid1?riii~ des xrieiires. Cui)iplrw rrriclris. Pariw. 7oiiie 160. 1910.
Bounhiol, J. P. Sur I(> regime thermiqur tlc 1 ;~ hI&litvrran& litoralv alg6ric.nnc-. p. 1197-1 199. (9 mui.) Strphl, J. Lx pciitk rdatif du roPur et Icffet des grandes altitude.;.
Rtiide rompsrstiw sur t h i s wpt\rw ilt. Lagopklp habitant, lunv
drs H:iutw-Alps, Isutrr. lw plainm tlc I:L 1.aponie. p. 1357-1%0. (17 m i )
11. 435-43s. (hlay 2% I
2%) [Illustrated.]
(i t 4 P( hw. Urrc.rellm. 21 nititce. -4iv-il 1910.
~V (i !t t r t ~. Pnria. .J8 n n i i k . ,dl nini 1910.
Necrologic: Bernard Brunhrx. Supplement. p. 193. .Iiriinlcn der Hyiirogrnphie i o t d iiiuriliiirrii Jleleordugie. Berlin. 38. Jahr-
Koppen, W[ladimir]. Aufstiege yon Pilottxtllons auf cleutschen Handels-
p. 201-217.
Grossmann, L. Die Stiirnie unil die Sturniwarnungen an der deutschen
p. 3-17.
Trabert, Wilhe!m. Ehiipc Ergehniw tles ai+onautinrhen Olwrvri-
.\~rfPimJlOg;Whe zritsrhr$f. h i iinxchireig. Band 27. d p r d , 1910.
Rykachev, M., jun. Bcobachtungeii in den verschiedenm Scliichten der Atniosplitiirc. angwtellt aut der Seefahrt von 8t. Petrrsburg narh ()druw mi 13ord dw ruwischen Dampiers Ncptun. Ham, J[ulius]. Wilhelni hleinardus: Die meteorologischen Ergebnim
i Icr d e u h hen Siitl polar-Espt lition (\Vi nterstation des  (:aurr.  I )
1901 his 1903. p. 155-161. Defant, A. Zur Throric der Berg- und Talwindi-. p NI-IM. Wagner, A. Zur Genauigkeit dcr Hahenangaben whr holier Ballonson- deaufstirgc. p. 170-172.
Schreiber, Paul. Dm Wolkenprohlcni. p. 173-175. Strub, W. ttber Mangel dm Campbell-Stokesuchen Sonnensrhein- :iutographcn. p. 175-17s. Hann, J[ulius]. P. Wilski iiber dlts Iilima der Insel Thera. p. 178-182.
-- Sv. Arrht-nius <ilia. die physikaliwhen Chndlagrn der Iiohlen- siiuretheorir der I<liniaBndrrungen. p. 183-183. Tetens, Otto S: Assmann, [Richard A.]. Lindenberg. Verwndung scinrs tiglichrn B ~~o b ~h t n n ~~m a t e r i a l ~ durch Trctbert. J). 183-
1% [Ibstracts of three papers by Trabert.]
Peppler, W. Guilbert, Gabriel: Nouvelle m4thocle dc pi+vi*ion tlu
g f t r t g . Mai. 1910.
schiffrn in tlrn Jshren 1908 his 190s. :I f i x t l m i Archiis der deiilsrhert Seriiwrfe.
I<ii.rte in d i n Jatiren IS98 his 1905.
Hnnibttrg. 39. Jahrgang. 1909.
H i i i i i i i d :tiid Erdr. l#erliii. Jithrgaiig 9.2. llffli 1910.
toriums i n LindcdJrrg. p. 37-3-13.
p. 145-154.
teinps. p. ld9-191. Pelerniniiirs Mittciliirtgeir. C:nfkn. AS. Barid. Febritar 1910.
Marek. Richard. Beitrike zur I<limat oaraDhie der obenw Waldmenze I .
in d6n Ostalpen. p. 6g-69.
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