Publication details
Early instrumental meteorological observations in the Czech Lands III: František Jindřich Jakub Kreybich, Žitenice
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Meteorologický časopis |
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| Field | Atmosphere sciences, meteorology |
| Keywords | instrumental meteorological measurements; air temperature; air pressure; wind; meteorological phenomena; meteorological singularities; hydrometeorological extremes; František J. J. Kreybich; Žitenice |
| Description | František Jakub Jindřich Kreybich (1759-1833) worked as parish priest in Žitenice, where he carried out meteorological observations in 1787-1829. Kreybich's handwritten daily records are preserved in the Archives of the Academy of Sciences, Prague, the Czech Republic; they are fragmentary before 1800, then form a continuous series from November 1800 to December 1818. Data from Žitenice at the level of monthly values exist for 1790-1793, published by Strnadt (1795) then, starting with 1817, they appeared regularly in the publications of the I. R. Patriotic-Economic Society. For the period November 1800-December 1818, the analysis of air pressure and temperature, wind direction and the frequency of selected meteorological phenomena is carried out on the basis of daily values. Monthly series of air pressure and temperature at Žitenice have been homogenised for the period November 1800-December 1829 through reference to measurements recorded at the Prague-Klementinum and Vienna-Hohe Warte stations. |
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