Publication Date:
2018-05-15
Description:
This paper presents a temperature reconstruction of the past 1000 years for Central
Europe, based on chronological records. The advantages and limitations of this hermeneutic,
text-based approach are discussed and the statistic methodology is introduced. Historical documents
represent direct observation of weather and atmospheric conditions with highest temporal resolution
available and precise dating. A major advantage of these extensive data is that they allow the
reconstruction of large numbers of variables such as winter temperature, precipitation, pressure
patterns or climate extremes as well as floods or storms. Within this hermeneutic climatological
research approach, even human impacts and social dimensions of climate development can be
examined. In order to quantify the historical information, statistical methods are applied, based on an
index approach.
Type:
Article
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PeerReviewed
Format:
text
