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Searching for historical meteorological observations on the Island of Ireland
Author(s) -
Mateus Carla
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
weather
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.467
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1477-8696
pISSN - 0043-1656
DOI - 10.1002/wea.3887
Subject(s) - metadata , newspaper , geography , national archives , northern ireland , history , meteorology , library science , database , archaeology , world wide web , computer science , advertising , business , ethnology
This research presents an inventory of 750 collections of historical documentary and instrumental meteorological observations registered in the Island of Ireland prior to the twentieth century, which require rescue. The inventory comprises references on the location of registers, metadata, data holders and data sources. The majority of registers remain as handwritten records or publications kept in various archives across Ireland and abroad or as online resources such as scanned newspapers. This inventory will aid future climate data rescue projects in Ireland.