New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-25

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therce We Cen 80 1iusfrate some Of he highest ana
new, bat s So relatiors ANIMALS sustain to the
,ost important
~, Of our globe .-..-.o,, n the Ma.
Lev. n,ser,a.ory al Washington. presented 'he re-
tio'A' 80 -, observations on the Clouds and Lqua-
su''s c-oud.rings ofihe EARN
iof1i N,. - r,e,ty full abstract Of this paper
'eno I'M THE EQUATORIAL CLOUD
CLOUDS RINGS OF The EAR III.
nYLrEUr. II. y. HArRY-
..,,or a, sea observe phenomena, ana witness
I,.cns IN the tenesrl1. tc '.D.-i /, ,' 80,
thSi ID tne-v OF the atmosphere. me cl)ul nave
grsno neo,,ant Offices TO perform oesile those d
othsr 1g showers. Of producing iAe ms ana OF
cispes~ y sntes Of no" loi t"e lV.ot'.on " 80.
Rsanbs xI,.o,er A. important as IS ths once ihe
feds " ~ mariner IS reminded that the CLOUDS
piaicsoy =. Gamma ailments T. illali, "llch thOugh
have o . are not therefore iAe .ts. prhi2hth' "
teS -, sodhy OF note lie "eIio.-' ,,'e- a. - "a
TIE ess No. the extremes Of aea, and cold ana IN
N mOcei ,1,o.,es Al one time they spfeaf thcm-
fnfge~.ss ,hsy cover the earn A. Win q ihantei,
sei'eso e,t radiation from US crust anu Keep !.
they pe''n,,aer time they l1tcrpose between Il
warn, AZ s"nd screen = from ris sco~hlng rays,
and inc so -. tender plants nom as neat, lhc aii1
y ply. drortb Having pfrioih,'A 'i.s V'.t ioI
from ,e ,bev are elapOf tea ana si'eh ~ 10 the
o.. lam and the win4 aga vi ~ -. N need 81
supDean IN o,her places wA-eh SIAM III heeo oi
he on is, m clouds and sunshine. me storm ana
an, ann and All tie phenomcha Ta'n 'he llgnIhhls
"a hal meseat, tic ns' 80, "a
cmHei" emuty thing ne peFcelFes tidl II per
.esa'' o.,v ,mporant Oihcci, anu reSdI's IL ~ d
iolns no@eraior OF heat and cOid. Doun1 IN MS
st' hence u the southern ntls M ic Sn,Ji ~,
snip mr. nj The " l.. trades, and inIs me SKY
tbt 10 49, oo,tlei with cOu-s Du' iOr me most pdN
eer,i,llpp his course toward me Inc he hdS
ee., mo,eter 10 rise higher and hlsher rs nc APP
b fNtfrx rfart a
osches tie equator, uAll e"eeiihs t"e ies.o' -,
pfos..,,.i Gains and rams nc feels the weather 10
equd.a s,nou'agy oppressive he discovers mere
ICON" ,S elasticity OF feeling "hch re DTeathed rom
W.. VA ,,sde WIND air has forsaSen nm
VIZ rs1a,ng from thls gloomy ie4loh, ana entering
~ = ty,des his spirits revive, and he turns TO ms
we - ~ IN see what changes are reoorded there.
iy5 % s,nr,sed TO find that Notwithstanding the op-
,'sssiye weather OF the RAINY laihudcs, Doth ms
fe,mometer and barometer stood, VINE IN 'ncHn,
,a, han ~ the clear weather on either si1e OF
In. that just before cnicrine. and Just before
LEAVING the rauy parallels. The mercury o. the ther
o.aster and barometer invariably stood higher IMAM
:, docs when within them even though thcy lhcluue
The equator ne haS P"'''" '''e -
crcles the earih. III
- bv screening these parallels from the sun
avs not only promotes The precipitation "hch
,s2es Mace within II at certain periods but no" fso
,he ,sins ave made 10 change IN" places upon whch
Nov are 10 fall and how, by travelling wth the
rslmben Of tie equator up and Gown me earth thls
SHIFTS inc surface IlU VIII IA Aiit i' 'hb
sofihe sun are excluded and now. by thus oper-
lion. tone rs given to the almosphcrcai circulation
ofthe world. -, . H.,
IN clear day, at The equator, TINS cioudfln nav
me slipped To tie north or south. WIN me cahDcH
ne ays of The sn pour down upon me crust OF me
9Th and raise It's temperature 20 a Scorchng heat
The Atmosphere dances above u, ahd the Ar !, seen
trembling ending and doscenlihg coluihas'
with busy cagefress, 10 conduct the neat on aho ue
liver II 10 the regions aloft where II IS required to
GIVE momentum 10 the air IN It's general Chtnnc!s OF
circulation Tire dry season continues me sun Is
vertical and finally the earth becomes parched ana
div the heat Accommodates faster IMAM INC an can
carr Il away the plants begin 10 wuher ana
the ANIMALS 10 perish Then comes the mltlgat-
ire cloud ling The burning rays of the sun are IN
.ercepied by IT. The place for the aosorptloh ana re-
fection and the delivery 10 the atmosphere OF .lle
solar heat is changed II is transferred from the up
per surface of the earth To the upper surface OF the
clouds ,,,
belt - thus interrupted, aud the excess Oh hed' IN
the earth IS delivered 10 the ar, ana by absorption
carried up to the clouds. and there delivered 10
thelr vapors, to prevent excess OF precipitation.
In the mean time, the trade winds norm ana
south are pourlng INTO tins cloud covered receiver
as the calm and rain belt OF Tie equator may De
called (resh supplies Ia the shape Of ceaselCss vol
umeS of heated an loaded 20 Saiurldon win Vapor'
which has to above and Get clear OF the clouds
before Il can commence the process of cooling by
radiation. In the meantime, The yapor which the
tIade winds bring from the norm ana me sOulh, ex-
panding and growing cooler as they ascend, are
being condensed the lower SIDE o. the cloud sra-
inm and their latent heat Is set Zee 10 check pre-
cipitation aud prevent food.
While tins process and these operations are gong
on on the neither SIDE Of The cOudrlng one nol less
important Is going on on inc upper sue ih'lc
from sunrise To sunset the ray OF the sun are pour
ing down without intcrmisslou. Every day ana al
day tong they operate with ccaSolesS ACTIVITY upon
the upper surface Ot the cloud stratum Nheh lhe\
become too powerful, and convey more neat 10 lh'
An ROLL
give of L. the an above them, then with beautiful
elasticity OF character the clouds absorb The surplus
heat They melt away, become invisible, ana retal
the he Il thus impaired III latent and harmless STATE
until Il Is wanted AZ some oihcr ace ana on Soh'
other occasion
We thus have am insight into The operations
which are gong on an the equatorial belt OF precIpr
alCn, and tins insight IS sufficient ~ enable Us 10 per
CcNe that exquisite indeed are ne arrangements
Nhlchua,urc provided for supplying tins Cilnbe
with heat and oi pushing The snogs line hgh up above
the clouds IN order that the atmosphere may nave
room to expand. 10 uSC up overflow, ana course
back into the channels of iis circulation As the
vspOr Is condensed and formed INTO drops OF ram,
iwo-iold object Is accomplished coming from the
cooler regions OF the clouds the ram drops cooler
than the Ar and earth below They descend and
BY absorption take Up the heat Which mas oeeh accu
nulaling IN the earh's crust during The dry season
and which cannot now escape ov RADIATION mus
this cloud -rine moohcs the climate at all places be-
meath II. ovCrShadow lng al dldeIcut seasons al
parallels from y ). 10 10 ~
In the process of condensation these ram drops on
the OthtT hand have set free aNa>t quantity OF latent
heat Which has been gathered up Win the VapOr from
the sea by the trade winds ana brought hither The
caloric thus liberated II taken hy the AR ana carried
up alolt S, mrthcrto keep, a. the proper distanc,
nom the cath, the line % perpetual congelatlon
Were At possible 10 trace thermal curve IN the up
per regions OF the air 20 represent this line We should
NO doubt find It mounting sometimes AT The equator
soneilmeS on tins side. and sometimes on that of 1t
hu, so as always TO oveTleap thus cioUd-ring TINS
thermal line would not ascend always over the >amt
parallels "a would ascend over those between which
thus uag happen To- be- and toe distance of tins
mig nom the equator 5 regulated according TO .hs
seasons
Ii We iaagine the a,mospheucM equator to b,
always where the Calm-bets i Which separates the y
L. nom the : T. trade Winds, then tac loop III The
thermal curve Which s.oUd rcp!e>cntt the line OF per
petuai coneelaion IN The ar woali hc always toun'
10 stride thS equator, and umaN be supposed that
thermometer Kept sliding Og TIE surface Of the cat
81 as always 10 he Ia tiC middle % tal> ram belt
would shNN v1lN AeaTiy The same temperature al
the year round and 50 too Nou.l barometer th'
same pressure
Returning and taxing up thC TIA otcoutemplatiol
as 10 The Office which iaS belt "a clouds a> 10 encTce
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