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2006

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Highly Detailed Reconstructions Of New England Weather Over The Past Few Centuries And Their Climatic Implications, Gregory A. Zielinski May 2006

Highly Detailed Reconstructions Of New England Weather Over The Past Few Centuries And Their Climatic Implications, Gregory A. Zielinski

University of Maine Office of Research Administration: Grant Reports

This award will enable researchers to reconstruct daily weather conditions for New England over the past 300 years by compiling and analyzing written archives such as diaries, journals, agricultural records, and marine logs. These archives will be used to reconstruct daily weather maps that will be compared with recent climatic conditions. New England has a large number of lengthy weather archives and is a region sensitive to changing climatic conditions. The region is influenced by storm tracks and upper-air disturbances that impact the Canadian High, Icelandic Low and the Bermuda-Azores High from year-to-year.

Obtaining highly detailed and lengthy records of …