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Strong winds in the Czech Lands during the 16th-20th centuries.

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DOBROVOLNÝ Petr BRÁZDIL Rudolf

Year of publication 2003
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Dealing with Diversity. 2nd International Conference of the European Society for Environmental History.
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Field Atmosphere sciences, meteorology
Keywords strong wind; windstorm; documentary evidence; Czech Lands
Description The main types of strong winds in the Czech Republic are categorised, including the Principal Component Analysis of winter gales of the 20th century. The advantages and drawbacks of documentary evidence of strong winds for the pre-instrumental period are described, including methodological problems related to such data. A chronology of strong winds and windstorms of centuries& in the Czech Lands since 1500 are presented.
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