Publication details
Early instrumental meteorological observations in the Czech Lands I: Ferdinand Knittelmayer, Brno, 1799-1812
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Meteorologický časopis |
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| Field | Atmosphere sciences, meteorology |
| Keywords | early instrumental measurements - pressure - temperature - wind - cloudiness - precipitation days - meteorological singularities - Ferdinand Knittelmayer - Brno |
| Description | In the Czech Lands there exist a number of early meteorological measurements carried out before the introduction of regular meteorological observations. With the intention of obtaining homogeneous climatological series for the city of Brno, meteorological measurements before 1848, i.e. before the beginning of official publication with observations made by Dr. P. Olexik, are systematically investigated. Currently the oldest known records for Brno date from 1799–1812, compiled by Captain Ferdinand Knittelmayer (rtd.), which remain preserved in the form of selected summary data from observations taken five times a day. The motivation for the observations was belief that the course of the weather could be forecast on the basis of the nineteen-year lunar cycle. This paper presents the results of statistical analysis of air pressure and temperature, wind direction and wind force, cloud characteristics and the number of precipitation days in comparison with measurements taken at the Brno-Tuřany meteorological station in the period 1961–1990. |
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