本卷收錄竺可楨的外文論著59篇，其發表時間跨越58年（1916—1973）。大部分為學術著作，包括部分中文論文的英文摘要。其中，英文56篇，俄文3篇，英文論文大多為作者自撰，少數乃譯自中文論文；俄文論文則由他人據作者撰寫的中文稿翻譯而成。英文論文中，作者1918年在哈佛大學的博士論文A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THE TYPHOONS OF THE FAR EAST為**全文發表。除個別早期的英文論文未有中譯文外，其餘大多皆已譯成中文正式發表，入編於本書1—4卷。應當指出，凡從中文著述譯成外文者，作者都針對出版刊物的特點和讀者對像及原文發表以後的研究進展，對文章作了較大的補充和修改，因此不宜簡單地看作是對原論文的翻譯。有些文章，如關於二十八宿起源的論述，因應某些出版社或學術會議的要求，中、英文本都曾多次發表，而每次發表的內容往往有所變動。

《竺可楨全集》收錄迄今可見的竺可楨文稿約1300萬字，第1—4卷為學 術論文、大學講義、科普文章、演講詞、工作報告、思想自傳、信函、題詞 、序跋、詩作等，第5卷為外文著述，第6—19卷為1936—1974年的日記，第 20卷為補編、年表和人名索引等。各卷附珍貴歷史照片。 在編輯、校對方面，隻對出版文字中明顯的拼寫、標點或語法錯誤予以 訂正，凡不影響對文義了解者則不予校正和注釋。為尊重歷史，地名、人名 皆原文照錄。引用文獻與注釋的格式，亦仍其舊，編者不予統一處理。地名 有歷史變遷，今昔地名、人名的外文名亦有差異，希讀者在閱讀和引用時注 意查核。 外文稿的收集、整理工作，主要由李玉海承擔。有些早年發表和其他難 以在國內查找的論文，委托陶為霖先生在國外搜尋而得。作者的博士論文打 印稿，由施雅風先生在訪美期間請美國友人幫助查到，其復印件由中國駐美 大使館轉至中國科學院。英文稿的審校由竺安承擔，俄文稿的審校由袁子恭 承擔。 本書循“存真”宗旨，力求保存竺可楨文稿歷史原貌，有關本卷編訂規 則之大要，詳見《第5卷編例》。

前言 /7
第5卷編例 /13
第5卷說明 /15
1916年
RAINFALL IN CHINA, 1900-1911. /1
THE CHINESE WEATHER BUREAU. /15
DISTRIBUTION OF PRECIPITATION IN CHINA DURING THE
TYPHOONS OF THE SUMMER OF 1911. /16
1918年
SOME CHINESE CONTRIBUTIONS TO METEOROLOGY /28
A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF THE TYPHOONS OF THE FAR
EAST. /33
SOME NEW FACTS ABOUT THE CENTERS OF TYPHOONS. /85
1923年
A NOTE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY
IN THE NATIONAL SOUTH-EASTERN UNIVERSITY, NANKING,
CHINA /91
1925年
A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF TYPHOONS OF THE FAR EAST /94
THE PLACE OF ORIGIN AND RECURVATURE OF TYPHOONS /118
1926年
CLIMATIC PULSATIONS DURING HISTORIC TIME IN CHINA /131
A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE WEATHER TYPES OF EASTERN
CHINA /141
1929年
CLIMATIC PROVINCES OF CHINA. /161
1930年
FOREWORD OF “ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT （1928）” /179
1931年
CLIMATIC CHANGES DURING HISTORIC TIME IN CHINA /182
SQUALLS OBSERVED IN NANKING DURING THE YEAR MARCH
1929-FEBRUARY 1930 /190
FOREWORD OF “ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT （1929）” /192
1932年
FOREWORD OF “ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT （1930）” /195
1933年
WEATHER FORECASTING AND WIND DIRECTION AT 3000 METER LEVEL AT NANKING /198
1934年
CIRCULATION OF ATMOSPHERE OVER CHINA /202
FOREWORD OF “ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT （1931）” /224
INTRODUCTION OF “BULLETIN OF THE UPPER AIR CURRENT
OBSERVATIONS （1933）” /225
1935年
THE ARIDITY OF NORTH CHINA /227
INTRODUCTION OF “THE CHINESE RAINFALL” /238
EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE MAPS OF “THE CHINESE
RAINFALL” /240
THE HEIGHT OF TAISHAN AND OMEISHAN /249
CLIMATE /251
FOREWORD OF “ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT （1932）” /281
FOREWORD OF “ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT （1933）” /282
INTRODUCTION OF “BULLETIN OF THE UPPER AIR CURRENT
OBSERVATIONS （1934）” /283
1936年
A BRIEF SURVEY ON THE CLIMATE OF CHINA /285
IS COLD WINTER THE HARBINGER OF SUMMER FLOOD IN CHINA /315
THE NANKING WEATHER /316
THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE UPON LIVING BEINGS. /320
INTRODUCTION OF “BULLETIN OF THE UPPER AIR CURRENT OBSERVATIONS （1935）” /322
1937年
THE CLIMATE OF HANGCHOW /323
FOREWORD OF “ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT （1934）” /328
1938年
INTRODUCTION OF “BULLETIN OF THE UPPER AIR CURRENT
OBSERVATIONS （1936, 1937）” /329
1940年
DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARTS OF “THE TEMPERATURE OF
CHINA （APPENDIX）” /330
PREFACE OF “THE TEMPERATURE OF CHINA” /338
1946年
CLIMATE /340
1947年
THE ORIGIN OF TWENTYEIGHT MANSIONS IN ASTRONOMY /359
1950年
SCIENCE IN NEW CHINA /376
1953年
ЕСТЕСТВЕННЫЕ НАУКИ, ТЕХНИКА /381
ВКЛАД　КИТАЙСКИХ　УЧЕНЫХ　В　АСТРОНОМИЮ　В　ДРЕВНИЕ　И
СРЕДНИЕ　ВЕКА /393
1954年
CHINAS SCIENTISTS AID SOCIALIST CONSTRUCTION /408
PREFACE OF “COLLECTED SCIENTIFIC PAPERS: METEOROLOGY
（1919-1949）” /414
SOUTHEAST MONSOON AND RAINFALL IN CHINA /420
1956年
WHAT CHINAS SCIENTISTS ARE DOING /438
THE ORIGIN OF TWENTY EIGHT LUNAR MANSIONS /448
1957年
IN THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF
CARL VON LINNE’S BIRTHDAY /456
1958年
SURVEYING THE HEILUNGKIANG BASIN /460
ANCIENT CHINA’S ASTRONOMY /465
THE SUBTROPICAL BELT OF CHINA /474
1959年
SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS UNDERTAKEN BY ACADEMIA SINICA IN RECENT YEARS /476
КОМПЛЕКСНЫЕ　ЭКСПЕДИЦИИ　КИТАЙСКОЙ　АКАДЕМИИ　НАУК /497
1960年
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN NEW CHINA /517
1962年
THE PULSATION OF WORLD CLIMATE DURING HISTORICAL
TIMES /529
1964年
SOME CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF CHINESE CLIMATE AND
THEIR EFFECTS ON CROP PRODUCTION /531
1973年
A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON THE CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS
DURING THE LAST 5,000 YEARS IN CHINA /534

RAINFALL IN CHINA，1900—1911． (Issued July 29，1916) [Dated：Cambridge，Mass．，Mar．2l，1916．] INTRODUCTION． As the fluctuation in rainfall from year to year is great，it is always a difficuIt matter to discuss the subject and draw isohyets with accuracy and intelligence unIess we have a long series of reliable observations well distributed over the region under discussion． China has been backward on all subj ects meteorological．The data on rainfall in China are mostly spasmodic，inaccurate，and limited to recent years only．The data on rainfall in this article are based on Rev．Louis Froc’s work“La P1uie en Chine．durant une period de onze ann6es，1900—1911，”published by the Catholic Mission of Zi～ka—wei，Shanghai，China．These are，no doubt，the most recent and at the same time the most reliable data on the rainfall in China．In a11，there are 88 sta-tions divided into four classes according to the length of the record of rainfall．In the first class， which comprises 34 stations， all except 4 have data extending through the period of 11 years．The records of the remaining stations are incom～plete，varying in length from eight to two or three years． The stations are not verY well distributed，but are concentrated mostly along the coast and the vallev of the Yangtze River；in the northwest they are entirely wanting．The area of china prop—er，according to Mill’International Geography，is approximately 1，300，000 souare miles Assuming that all the data of the 88 stations were available and that thev were uniformly distributed，there still would be only one station to everv 1．500 square miles． It is evident that a rainfall map based upon these data can only be tentative．If the stations were more numerous and better distributed，and if the records extended over a longer period，the map would be probably quite different from what it is． P1