Recovery of nineteenth-century Tokyo/Osaka meteorological data in Japan

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 399-423

  Zaiki, M ^a   Konnen G P ^b   Tsukahara, T ^a   Jones, P D ^c   Mikami, T ^d   Matsumoto, K ^e  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate change; Early instrumental data; Instrumental meteorological record; Japan; Nineteenth century

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EARLY INSTRUMENTAL DATA; INSTRUMENTAL METEOROLOGICAL RECORD; JAPAN; METEOROLOGICAL DATA;

METEOROLOGY;

DATA PROCESSING; METEOROLOGY; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33644819802     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1253     Document Type: Article

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