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Kim Jacobsen
Biologie
Biologie du bois
Biologie du bois
Détails
Brönniman, S., Allan, R., Ashcroft, L., Baer, S., Barriendos, M., Brázdil, R., Brugnara, Y., Brunet, M., Brunetti, M., Chimani, B., Cornes, R., Dominguez-Castro, F., Filipiak, J., Founda, D., Garcia Herrera, R., Gergis, J., Grab, S., Hannak, L., Huhtamaa, H., Jacobsen, K., Jones, P., Jourdain, S., Kiss, A., Lin, KE., Lorrey, A., Lundstad, E., Luterbacher, J., Mauelshagen, F., Maugeri, M., Maughan, N., Moberg, A., Neukom, R., Nicholson, S., Noone, S., Nordli, O., Olafsdottir, KB., Pearce, PR., Pfister, L., Pribyl, K., Przybylak, R., Pudmenzky, C., Rasol, D., Reichenbach, D., Reznickova, L., Rodrigo, FS., Rohr, C., Skrynyk, O., Slonosky, V., Thorne, P., Valente, MA., Vaquero, JM., Westcott, NE., Williamson, F. & Wyzynski, P. 2019. ‘Unlocking pre-1850 instrumental meteorological records: A global inventory’. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0040.1. I.F. 8.166.
Article dans une revue scientifique / Article dans un périodique
Instrumental meteorological measurements from periods prior to the start of national weather
services are designated “early instrumental data”. They have played an important role in
climate research as they allow daily-to-decadal variability and changes of temperature,
pressure, and precipitation, including extremes, to be addressed. Early instrumental data can
also help place 21st century climatic changes into a historical context such as to define pre7
industrial climate and its variability. Until recently, the focus was on long, high-quality
series, while the large number of shorter series (which together also cover long periods)
received little to no attention. The shift in climate and climate impact research from mean
climate characteristics towards weather variability and extremes, as well as the success of
historical reanalyses which make use of short series, generates a need for locating and
exploring further early instrumental measurements. However, information on early
instrumental series has never been electronically compiled on a global scale. Here we attempt
a worldwide compilation of metadata on early instrumental meteorological records prior to
1850 (1890 for Africa and the Arctic). Our global inventory comprises information on several
thousand records, about half of which have not yet been digitized (not even as monthly
means), and only approximately 20% of which have made it to global repositories. The
inventory will help to prioritize data rescue efforts and can be used to analyze the potential
feasibility of historical weather data products. The inventory will be maintained as a living
document and is a first, critical, step towards the systematic rescue and re-evaluation of these
highly valuable early records. Additions to the inventory are welcomed.