High Himalayan meteorology: Weather at the South Col of Mount Everest

Environmental conditions at the South Co

Environmental conditions at the South Col of Mount Everest and their impact on hypoxia and hypothermia experienced by mountaineers

✍ Moore, Kent; Semple, ; Cristofanelli, Paolo; Bonasoni, Paolo; Stocchi, Paolo 📂 Article 📅 2012 🏛 Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.) 🌐 English ⚖ 522 KB

Section of aërial navigation and aëronau

Section of aërial navigation and aëronautics: A meeting of the section was held on thursday evening, January 23, 1913, at 8 o'clock, in the Hall of the Institute. The meeting was called to order by Dr. Stradling, who, with a few preliminary remarks, introduced Dr. W. J. Humphreys, Director of the Mount Weather Observatory, U. S. Weather Bureau, and Professor of Meteorological Physics at the George Washington University

✍ W.E. Bullock 📂 Article 📅 1913 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 57 KB

Dr. Humphreys delivered an illustrated lecture on " Physics of the Atmosphere and Aviation." He spoke of the means of exploring the atmosphere from mountains by means of kites and sounding balloons containing instruments, and, higher, by taking observations of shooting stars, auroral arcs, etc. He