Recovery of meteorological data for the observatory of A Guarda, Spain

PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e39281. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039281. Epub 2012 Jun 29.

Abstract

We herein describe the recovery of a series of data on temperature, humidity, precipitation, evaporation, wind, and local weather conditions from documentary sources obtained from the Jesuit observatory of A Guarda (Galicia, Spain) for the period 1881-1896. The data were digitized and made available in accessible electronic formats. Comparisons were made with present-day meteorological data obtained from two nearby stations. We further believe that the discovery of some new complementary documentary sources made during the present research could be a basis for future data recovery efforts. Among these new results, early ozone data from the period are of outstanding importance to meteorologists.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cyclonic Storms
  • Meteorological Concepts*
  • Pressure
  • Rain
  • Records
  • Research Report
  • Spain
  • Statistics as Topic*
  • Temperature
  • Tropical Climate