Reconstructing the palaeoclimate of Jaeren, Southwestern Norway, for the period 1821-1850, from historical documentary records

Auteurs :
KASTELLET, E.
NESJE, A.
PEDERSEN, E.S.

Description :
In this paper, documentary data containing qualitative information on climate, in the form of a diary written by the farmer I.G. Grude, and two newspapers, were used for the reconstruction of the palaeoclimate at Jaeren, in the county of Rogaland, during the period 1821-50. An index method to quantify the qualitative climate data was developed and used for a low-resolution reconstruction of winter, summer and annual temperatures. A high-resolution climate reconstruction of temperature and precipitation for the winter of 1837/38 is also presented. The climate reconstructions are compared to an instrumental temperature series from Bergen, for the same period.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geografiska annaler. Series A. Physical geography, issn : 0435-3676, 1998, vol. 80, n°. 1, p. 51-65, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 41 ref.

Date :
1998

Editeur :
Pays édition : Suede, Stockholm, Svenska sällskapet för antropologi och geografi