Digital mapping of climate history of the Czech Republic from
documentary sources

D 2003

Digital mapping of climate history of the Czech Republic from documentary sources

DOBROVOLNÝ, Petr and Jan FUKÁTKO

Basic information

Original name

Digital mapping of climate history of the Czech Republic from documentary sources

Authors

DOBROVOLNÝ, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Jan FUKÁTKO (203 Czech Republic)
Konečný, M., ed.

Edition

Brno, International symposium on Digital Earth. Proceedings, p. 146 - 153, 7 pp. 2003

Publisher

Masaryk University

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/03:00008464

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

80-210-3223-5

Keywords in English

climate history; documentary evidence; mapping; Czech Republic

Abstract

V originále

The presented paper deals both with the conception and practical solution of conversion of historical climatology data from analogue paper sheets to the spatial digital database. The aim of this transformation is to map data on climate history in GIS. Data from instrumental period covers relatively short time span and it is rather problematic to demonstrate e.g. the increasing frequency of the occurrence of severe weather phenomena on the local or regional scale. A significant means for extending this knowledge can be information obtained from documentary evidence. Since the beginning of 1990s a database of weather and climate history of the Czech Republic (CR) has been created. It contains reports from sources of narrative character (such as annals, chronicles or memories), visual daily weather records, diaries, personal correspondence, official economic documents, early journalism and newspapers. Such kind of data covers the second half of last millennium and it has been used so far mostly for a chronology compilation of selected meteorological characteristics. Emphasis on the spatial aspect of such data gives quite a new dimension to its interpretation and enables also a new way of its presentation. Problems connected with the process of original data transformation to digital database are discussed. Both advantages and drawbags of historical climatology data are mentioned with respect to its spatial location, time resolution and ways of interpretation.

Links

GA205/01/1067, research and development project

Name: Meteorologické extrémy a jejich dopady v Českých zemích od 16. století

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Meteorological extremes and their impacts in the Czech Lands since the 16th century

Citovat

DOBROVOLNÝ, Petr and Jan FUKÁTKO. Digital mapping of climate history of the Czech Republic from documentary sources. Konečný, M., ed. In International symposium on Digital Earth. Proceedings. Brno: Masaryk University, 2003, p. 146 - 153, 7 pp. ISBN 80-210-3223-5.

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DOBROVOLNÝ, Petr and Jan FUKÁTKO. Digital mapping of climate history of the Czech Republic from documentary sources. Konečný, M., ed. In \textit{International symposium on Digital Earth. Proceedings}. Brno: Masaryk University, 2003, p.~146 - 153, 7 pp. ISBN~80-210-3223-5.

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