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http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/29821| Title: | Ships’ logbooks from the Arctic in the pre-instrumental period |
| Authors: | Ayre, M Nicholls, J Ward, C Wheeler, D |
| Keywords: | arctic climate;documentary sources;ships' logbooks;historical climatology;air circulations |
| Issue Date: | 13-Jul-2015 |
| Publisher: | Wiley on behalf of the Royal Meteorological Society |
| Citation: | Ayre, M. et al. (2015) 'Ships’ logbooks from the Arctic in the pre-instrumental period', Geoscience Data Journal, 2 (2), pp. 53 - 62. doi: 10.1002/gdj3.27. |
| Abstract: | Ships’ logbooks are now an accepted part of the repertoire of data sources in climate change studies. This article examines some of the particular issues surrounding logbooks from the Arctic region in the so-called pre-instrumental period. Attention is given to the means by which narrative descriptions of wind, weather and sea ice cover can be reliably expressed in index form. Consideration is also given to the various means by which these data can be most effectively managed for scientific analysis as in most cases they were not recorded for such purposes. Many such logbooks remain yet to be digitized and the methods described here can be applied with equal confidence in future through such undertakings using English language documents. |
| Description: | Dataset:
Identifier: https://www.hull.ac.uk/mhsc/ARCDOC/
Creator: ARCdoc research team
Title: Hudson's Bay Company ships’ logbooks
Publisher: University of Hull HYDRA Unit
Publication year: 2015
Resource Type: Climate data set
Version: 1.0 The Hydra digital data repository has been developed in conjunction with the University of Hull (UK), Stanford University (USA) and the University of Virginia (USA), together with partner institutions from around the world (http://projecthydra.org/ [now available on the Internet Archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20170611002720/https://projecthydra.org/]). It adheres to internationally accepted standards of data preservation and integrity, and incorporates high level searchability and confidentiality standards. The Hull Hydra repository undertakes to provide a minimum 10 year after last use data preservation policy to ensure continuity and preservation The ARCdoc Wordpress site is available at: https://arcdoc.wordpress.com/ . |
| URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/29821 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.27 |
| ISSN: | 2049-6060 |
| Appears in Collections: | Brunel Library |
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