Objective IN DUTCH ARCHIVES UNIQUE SERIES OF MEASUREMENTS OF METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES OVER THE PERIOD 1700-1900 ARE AVAILABLE. FROM WHICH IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT HISTORY OF WESTERN EUROPEAN CLIMATE OVER THE LAST FEW HUNDRED YEARS MAY BE OBTAINED. THESE DAT ARE HOWEVER VIRTUALLY INACESSIBLE FOR FURTHER RESEACH. IT IS PROPOSED TO MAKE THESE DATA AVAILABLE IN A FORMAT SUITABLE FOR COMPUTER HANDLING AND SUBJECT THE DATA TO STATISTICAL HOMOGENEITY TESTS AND CORRECTIONS. THIS REQUIRES INTENSIVE ARCHIVE RESEARCH. THE END PRODUCT OF THE PROJECT IS: A SET OF MAGNETIC TAPES CONTAINING THE BASIC DATA, APPLIED CORRECTIONS AND CLIMATIC AVERAGES, AND A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION. Programme(s) PRE-CLIMAT 2C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Climatology -, 1981-1985 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator KNMI EU contribution No data Address WILHELMINALAAN 10 NL-3730 AE DE BILT Netherlands See on map Total cost No data