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The climate and bioclimatic zones Reading and listening
Anna Mani Anna Mani dedicated her life to the study of Physics and Meteorology. She was born in Travancore, India, in 1918. She got a degree in Physics and spent some years studying the properties of gems like rubies or diamonds. Later, she moved to London, where she was awarded a scholarship in the Imperial College. Her research focused on the manufacturing and use of the different weather measuring instruments, such as the anemometer, which measures the speed of the wind, the pluviometer or rain gauge, which measures the amount of rainfall, or the barometer, which measures atmospheric pressure, among others. When she returned to her country, she was appointed deputy general manager of the India Meteorological Department and started to work on the design and standardising of weather instruments. Although she resigned from her position in the Meteorological Department in 1976, she continued collaborating with the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, where a unit was created to research solar and wind power. She studied the behaviour of gases such as ozone. For a better understanding of climates and bio climates on Earth, you will learn about:
• The atmosphere and its changes. • The elements of climate and the factors that affect it. • Climates and climate zones. Vegetation and biosphere. • The Earth’s bioclimates. 1 Define the word meteorology. 2 Answer the questions. a) What did Anna Mani study at university? b) What are the names of the three institutions where Anna developed her career? c) Apart from ozone, do you know the name of any other gases that are present in the atmosphere?
