Pre-1872 extension of the Japanese instrumental meteorological observation series back to 1819

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-131

  Konnen G P ^a   Zaiki, M ^b   Baede, A P M ^a   Mikami, T ^b   Jones, P D ^c   Tsukahara, T ^d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; OBSERVATORIES;

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORICAL RECORD; METEOROLOGY;

DEJIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGASAKI;

EID: 0141677893     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0118:PEOTJI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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