Improved Understanding of Past Climatic Variability from Early Daily European Instrumental Sources

ISBN-13: 9789401039086 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 392 str.

Dario Camuffo; Phil D. Jones

Opis

This is the first book to report the data and the metadata of the seven longest European series of temperature and pressure observations, dating back to the 18th century. Data are reported in daily resolution that is fundamental for high frequency climate variability and extreme events analysis.
The book includes a CD-ROM that contains the data, providing a unique opportunity to study climate change starting prior to the period of the industrial era. The observational errors of early and modern instruments are discussed in order to apply these results to other case studies, so as to correct errors and inhomogeneities in the long series. This book is addressed to meteorologists, climate and environmental scientists, teachers and/or consultants.

Spis treści

Improved Understanding of Past Climatic Variability from Early Daily European Instrumental Sources - Guest Editorial; D. Camuffo. History and correction of long temperature series. History of the Long Series of the Daily Air Temperature in Padova (1725-1998); D. Camuffo. Corrections of Systematic Errors and Data Homogenisation in the Daily Temperature Padova Series (1725-1998); C. Cocheo, D. Camuffo. Daily Milan Temperature and Pressure Series (1763-1998): History of the Observations and Data and Metadate Recovery; M. Maugeri, et al. Daily Milan Temperature and Pressure Series 1763-1998): Completing and Homogenising the Data; M. Maugeri, et al. Daily Meteorological Observations in Cádiz - San Fernando. Analysis of the Documentary Sources and the Instrumental Data Content (1786-1996); M. Barriendos, et al. Daily Air Temperature and Pressure Series for Stockholm (1756-1998); H. Moberg, et al. Daily Air Temperature and Pressure Series for Uppsala (1722-1998); H. Bergström, A. Moberg. The Daily Temperature Record of St. Petersburg (1743-1996); J. Jones, D.H. Lister. The Long-Term Daily Central Belgium Temperature (CBT) Series (1767-1998) and the Early Instrumental Meteorological Observations in Belgium; G.R. Demarée, et al. Typical Problems with Early Thermometers and Measuring Times. Calibration and Instrumental Errors in Early Measurements of Air Temperature; D. Camuffo. Errors in Early Temperature Series Arising from Changes in Style of Measuring Time, Sampling Schedule and Number of Observations; D. Camuffo. Trends in Extreme Temperatures. Trends of Extreme Temperature in Europe and China Based on Daily Observations; Z. Yan, et al.