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During these years he went on eclipse expeditions with the Naval Observatory; one of these expeditions took him to Sumatra.
In 1905 Dr. Humphreys became associated with the U. S. Weather Bureau, as director of the research observatory newly established at Mt. Weather, Virginia, on the crest of the Blue Ridge five miles from Bluemont.
At that time meteorologists throughout the world, despairing of further success in solving the problems of weather forecasting from observations at the bottom of the atmosphere, were turning their attention to a study of the upper air, by kite and balloon, by observations from mountain stations, and by a more intensive study of clouds.
In this work, Dr. Humphreys took a leading part. Already a frequent contributor of scientific articles in the field of physics, he soon became a prolific writer on meteorological subjects.
The first notable contribution .of Dr. Humphreys in meteorology was his explanation of the isothermal condition of the stratosphere which had been one of the puzzling phenomena of the upper air. There followed numerous contributions to the physics of the air; he gave special attention to optical phenomena-lightning, halo, rainbow, etc.-and made an intensive study of the physics and classification of clouds. Although a meticulous writer on scientific subjects, he had an unusual ability to interest the layman and often his talks became first-page copy for the newspapers.
Dr. Humphreys was the author of a number of books and co-author of several others.
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