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A Contribution to the Recon Struction of Weather in Central Europe at the end of the 16th Century

With regard to meteorological observations of Tycho de Brahe on Hven

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Climatic Changes on a Yearly to Millennial Basis

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General investigation concerning the sources of meteorological data from the territory of present-day Czechoslovakia for the years 1582 – 1597 /i.e. for the years when Tycho de Brahe made his observation on the isle of Hven/ has been carried out. Most valuable seem to be the regular observations of weather, contained in the diaries of Karel Starší of Žerotín for the years 1588 – 1589 and 1591 /in Latin and Czech/. We present both the examples of daily observations of weather and the monthly summaries of weather character. The reliability of the records has been verified, the terminology used is discussed.

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  1. Geographical Institute ČSAV, Brno, Czechoslovakia

    Jan Munzar

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  1. Geological Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden

    N.-A. Mörner

  2. Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden

    W. Karlén

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Munzar, J. (1984). A Contribution to the Recon Struction of Weather in Central Europe at the end of the 16th Century. In: Mörner, NA., Karlén, W. (eds) Climatic Changes on a Yearly to Millennial Basis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7692-5_36

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