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Historical Climate Variability and Impacts in North America

Historical Climate Variability and Impacts in North America

Dupigny-Giroux, Lesley-Ann
Mock, Cary J.

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Environmental StudiesGeography

ISBN10: 9400779984
ISBN13: 9789400779983
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 26 2014
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Climatologists with an eye on the past have any number of sources for their work, from personal diaries to weather station reports. Piecing together the trajectory of a weather event can thus be a painstaking process taking years and involving real detective work. Missing pieces of a climate puzzle can come from very far afield, often in unlikely places. In this book, a series of case studies examine specific regions across North America, using instrumental and documentary data from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Extreme weather events such as the Sitka hurricane of 1880 are recounted in detail, while the chapters also cover more widespread phenomena such as the collapse of the Low Country rice culture. The book also looks at the role of weather station histories in complementing the instrumental record, and sets out the methods that involve early instrumental and documentary climate data. Finally, the book's focus on North America reflects the fact that the historical climate community there has only grown relatively recently. Up to now, most such studies have focused on Europe and Asia.

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