Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)

<p>In recent years, instrumental observations have become increasingly important in climate research, allowing past daily-to-decadal climate variability and weather extremes to be explored in greater detail. The 18th century saw the formation of several short-lived meteorological networks of w...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	D. Pappert, Y. Brugnara, S. Jourdain, A. Pospieszyńska, R. Przybylak, C. Rohr, S. Brönnimann
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Copernicus Publications 2021
Materias:	Environmental pollution TD172-193.5 Environmental protection TD169-171.8 Environmental sciences GE1-350
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/bdca35ed833342959f51a4e9a0349f52
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:bdca35ed833342959f51a4e9a0349f52
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bdca35ed833342959f51a4e9a0349f522021-11-15T15:04:18ZUnlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)10.5194/cp-17-2361-20211814-93241814-9332https://doaj.org/article/bdca35ed833342959f51a4e9a0349f522021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://cp.copernicus.org/articles/17/2361/2021/cp-17-2361-2021.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1814-9324https://doaj.org/toc/1814-9332<p>In recent years, instrumental observations have become increasingly important in climate research, allowing past daily-to-decadal climate variability and weather extremes to be explored in greater detail. The 18th century saw the formation of several short-lived meteorological networks of which the one organised by the Societas Meteorologica Palatina is arguably the most well known. This network stood out as one of the few that efficiently managed to control its members, integrating, refining, and publishing measurements taken from numerous stations around Europe and beyond. Although much has been written about the network in both history, science, and individual prominent series used for climatological studies, the actual measurements have not yet been digitised and published in extenso. This paper represents an important step towards filling this perceived gap in research. Here, we provide an inventory listing the availability of observed variables for the 37 stations that belonged to the society's network and discuss their historical context. Most of these observations have been digitised, and a considerable fraction has been converted and formatted. In this paper, we focus on the temperature and pressure measurements, which have been corrected and homogenised. We then demonstrate their potential for climate research by analysing two cases of extreme weather. The recovered series will have wide applications and could contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms behind climatic variations and extremes as well as the societal reactions to adverse weather. Even the shorter series could be ingested into reanalyses and improve the quality of large-scale reconstructions.</p>D. PappertD. PappertY. BrugnaraY. BrugnaraS. JourdainA. PospieszyńskaA. PospieszyńskaR. PrzybylakR. PrzybylakC. RohrC. RohrS. BrönnimannS. BrönnimannCopernicus PublicationsarticleEnvironmental pollutionTD172-193.5Environmental protectionTD169-171.8Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENClimate of the Past, Vol 17, Pp 2361-2379 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Environmental pollution TD172-193.5 Environmental protection TD169-171.8 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	Environmental pollution TD172-193.5 Environmental protection TD169-171.8 Environmental sciences GE1-350 D. Pappert D. Pappert Y. Brugnara Y. Brugnara S. Jourdain A. Pospieszyńska A. Pospieszyńska R. Przybylak R. Przybylak C. Rohr C. Rohr S. Brönnimann S. Brönnimann Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)
description	<p>In recent years, instrumental observations have become increasingly important in climate research, allowing past daily-to-decadal climate variability and weather extremes to be explored in greater detail. The 18th century saw the formation of several short-lived meteorological networks of which the one organised by the Societas Meteorologica Palatina is arguably the most well known. This network stood out as one of the few that efficiently managed to control its members, integrating, refining, and publishing measurements taken from numerous stations around Europe and beyond. Although much has been written about the network in both history, science, and individual prominent series used for climatological studies, the actual measurements have not yet been digitised and published in extenso. This paper represents an important step towards filling this perceived gap in research. Here, we provide an inventory listing the availability of observed variables for the 37 stations that belonged to the society's network and discuss their historical context. Most of these observations have been digitised, and a considerable fraction has been converted and formatted. In this paper, we focus on the temperature and pressure measurements, which have been corrected and homogenised. We then demonstrate their potential for climate research by analysing two cases of extreme weather. The recovered series will have wide applications and could contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms behind climatic variations and extremes as well as the societal reactions to adverse weather. Even the shorter series could be ingested into reanalyses and improve the quality of large-scale reconstructions.</p>
format	article
author	D. Pappert D. Pappert Y. Brugnara Y. Brugnara S. Jourdain A. Pospieszyńska A. Pospieszyńska R. Przybylak R. Przybylak C. Rohr C. Rohr S. Brönnimann S. Brönnimann
author_facet	D. Pappert D. Pappert Y. Brugnara Y. Brugnara S. Jourdain A. Pospieszyńska A. Pospieszyńska R. Przybylak R. Przybylak C. Rohr C. Rohr S. Brönnimann S. Brönnimann
author_sort	D. Pappert
title	Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)
title_short	Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)
title_full	Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)
title_fullStr	Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)
title_full_unstemmed	Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)
title_sort	unlocking weather observations from the societas meteorologica palatina (1781–1792)
publisher	Copernicus Publications
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/bdca35ed833342959f51a4e9a0349f52
work_keys_str_mv	AT dpappert unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT dpappert unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT ybrugnara unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT ybrugnara unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT sjourdain unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT apospieszynska unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT apospieszynska unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT rprzybylak unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT rprzybylak unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT crohr unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT crohr unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT sbronnimann unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792 AT sbronnimann unlockingweatherobservationsfromthesocietasmeteorologicapalatina17811792
_version_	1718428273111728128

Unlocking weather observations from the Societas Meteorologica Palatina (1781–1792)

Ejemplares similares