Documentary data and the study of past droughts: a global state of the art
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/86652079:_____/18:00498021
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1915-2018" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1915-2018</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/cp-14-1915-2018" target="_blank" >10.5194/cp-14-1915-2018</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Documentary data and the study of past droughts: a global state of the art
Original language description
The use of documentary evidence to investigate past climatic trends and events has become a recognised approach in recent decades. This contribution presents the state of the art in its application to droughts. The range of documentary evidence is very wide, including general annals, chronicles, memoirs and diaries kept by missionaries, travellers and those specifically interested in the weather; records kept by administrators tasked with keeping accounts and other financial and economic records; legal-administrative evidence; religious sources; letters; songs; newspapers and journals; pictographic evidence; chronograms; epigraphic evidence; early instrumental observations; society commentaries; and compilations and books. These are available from many parts of the world. This variety of documentary information is evaluated with respect to the reconstruction of hydroclimatic conditions (precipitation, drought frequency and drought indices). Documentary-based drought reconstructions are then addressed in terms of long-term spatio-temporal fluctuations, major drought events, relationships with external forcing and large-scale climate drivers, socio-economic impacts and human responses. Documentary-based drought series are also considered from the viewpoint of spatio-temporal variability for certain continents, and their employment together with hydroclimate reconstructions from other proxies (in particular tree rings) is discussed. Finally, conclusions are drawn, and challenges for the future use of documentary evidence in the study of droughts are presented.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Climate of the Past
ISSN
1814-9324
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
46
Pages from-to
1915-1960
UT code for WoS article
000452839800002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85058535181