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The meteorological data of William Hutchinson and a Liverpool air pressure time series spanning 1768–1999
Author(s) -
Woodworth Philip L.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
international journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0899-8418
DOI - 10.1002/joc.1335
Subject(s) - meteorology , climatology , observatory , barometer , environmental science , atmospheric pressure , air temperature , geology , geography , physics , astrophysics
This paper discusses some of the meteorological measurements made at Liverpool by Captain William Hutchinson in the second half of the eighteenth century. It gives an overview of the various data sets, most of which are now in computer‐accessible form, and provides assessments of their quality, the aim being to gain an overall impression of how good an observer Hutchinson was. His air pressure data have been studied in detail, through comparisons with information from other UK stations, and via investigation of the sea‐level response to air pressure changes as observed in his tidal measurements. A first attempt has been made to construct a Liverpool air pressure time series spanning 1768–1999, by means of the combination of Hutchinson's data with later information from the Liverpool docks and Bidston Observatory. Copyright © 2006 Royal Meteorological Society