Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1913 — DIAGNOSING AIR CURRENTS [ARTICLE]

DIAGNOSING AIR CURRENTS

Air currents at a height of - 60 miles abovq the earth are discussed by J. Edmund Clark in the Quarter Journal of the Royal Meteorological society, on the basis of observations made at many places In southern England and northern Prance of the drift of a particularly bright and persistent meteor train seen on the night of February 22, 1009. Mr. Clark himself saw the train for 104 minutea

The most remarkable conclusions drawn by the writer relate to the velocity of the upper winds at various levels, as indicated by the movement of the train. Between the altitudes of 49% find 61 fWles the streak lay in a west wind of over 170 miles an hour, while at 61% miles the current was almost from the east, with a velocity approaching 200 miles an hour. These conclusions hardly agree with

the prevailing conception of the stratosphere as a region of gentle winds.