Cover Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
All Time Past Year Past 30 Days
Abstract Views 0 0 0
Full Text Views 1048 514 15
PDF Downloads 890 304 6
Article Type:
Research Article

H.-B. de Saussure: The First Mountain Meteorologist

R. G. BarryInstitute of Arctic and Alpine Research and Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. 80309

Search for other papers by R. G. Barry in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMedClose
Online Publication:
01 Jun 1978
Print Publication:
01 Jun 1978
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1978)059<0702:HBDSTF>2.0.CO;2
Page(s):
702–705
Full access

The investigations of de Saussure on altitudinal effects on meteorological elements in the Alps during the 1780s are discussed. His ideas on the cause of cold in mountains and his attempts to determine evaporation and atmospheric transparency are especially notable and little known in comparison with the recognition of his contributions to developments in hygrometry.

The investigations of de Saussure on altitudinal effects on meteorological elements in the Alps during the 1780s are discussed. His ideas on the cause of cold in mountains and his attempts to determine evaporation and atmospheric transparency are especially notable and little known in comparison with the recognition of his contributions to developments in hygrometry.

Save