Weather patterns in eastern Slovakia 1717-1730, based on records from the Breslau meteorological network

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1639-1651

  Brázdil, Rudolf ^a   Kiss, Andrea ^b   Luterbacher, Jürg ^c   Valášek, Hubert ^d  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Moravian Land Archives   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Breslau network; Early instrumental measurements; Eastern Slovakia; Pressure; Temperature; Visual daily weather records; Weather extremes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT;

BRESLAU NETWORK; EARLY INSTRUMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EASTERN SLOVAKIA; VISUAL DAILY WEATHER RECORDS; WEATHER EXTREMES;

WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 57849094482     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1667     Document Type: Article

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