The meteorological data of William Hutchinson and a Liverpool air pressure time series spanning 1768-1999

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1713-1726

  Woodworth, Philip L ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captain William Hutchinson meteorological measurements; Inverse barometer relationship; Liverpool air pressure; Liverpool weather; Meteorological data archaeology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAROMETERS; NONBIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INVERSE BAROMETER RELATIONSHIP; METEOROLOGICAL DATA ARCHAEOLOGY; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SEA-LEVEL RESPONSE;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATORY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIVERPOOL [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750308456     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1335     Document Type: Article

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