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1 online resource |
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I: Regional Case Studies. The Great Flood of 1771: An Explanation of Natural Causes and Social Effects -- Historical Changes to the Tennessee Precipitation Regime -- "Don't want to see no more ... like that!": Climate Change as a Factor in the Collapse of Lowcountry Rice Culture, 1893-1920 -- Climate in the Historical Record of Sixteenth-Century Spanish Florida: The Case of Santa Elena Re-examined -- II: Reconstructing Extreme Events & Parameters. Historical Accounts of the Drought and Hurricane Season of 1860.-Reconstructing 19th Century Atlantic Basin Hurricanes at Differing Spatial Scales -- The Sitka Hurricane of October 1880 -- Daily Synoptic Weather Map Analysis of the New England Cold Wave and Snowstorms of 5 to 11 June 1816 -- March 1843: The Most Abnormal Month Ever? III: The Role of Station History in Understanding the Instrumental Record. Weather Station History and Introduced Variability in Climate Data Monitoring the Climate of the Old Northwest: 1820-1895 -- Spatial Metadata for Weather Stations and the Interpretation of Climate Data -- IV: Methodologies and Other Analyses. A seasonal warm/cold index for the southern Yukon Territory: 1842-1852 -- Backward seasons, droughts and other bioindicators to explore climate variability -- The challenge of snow measurements |
| Summary |
Climatologists with an eye on the past have any number of sources for their work. This work examines specific regions across North America, using instrumental and documentary data from the 17th to the 19th centuries. It also looks at the role of weather station histories in complementing the instrumental record |
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fysische geografie |
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physical geography |
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milieu |
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environment |
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klimaatverandering |
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climatic change |
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meteorologie |
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meteorology |
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klimatologie |
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climatology |
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Environmental Sciences (General) |
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Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Climatic changes -- North America
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Meteorology.
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Climate Change
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Meteorological Concepts
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meteorology.
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climate change.
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NATURE -- Weather.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Climatic changes
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Meteorology
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North America
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dupigny-Giroux, Lesley-Ann.
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Mock, Cary J.
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| ISBN |
9789048128280 |
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9048128285 |
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9048128277 |
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9789048128273 |
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1282362267 |
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9781282362260 |
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