The archive and library of the former Italian Central Office for Meteorology and Climatology
The Paper Archive and Library of CRA-CMA (Agricultural Research Council – Research Unit for Climatology and Meteorology applied to Agriculture) are an important source of meteorological data for climate research. <br><br> CRA-CMA's Paper Archive gathers a collection of abo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-04-01
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| Series: | Advances in Science and Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.adv-sci-res.net/8/59/2012/asr-8-59-2012.pdf |
| Summary: | The Paper Archive and Library of CRA-CMA (Agricultural Research Council –
Research Unit for Climatology and Meteorology applied to Agriculture) are an
important source of meteorological data for climate research.
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CRA-CMA's Paper Archive gathers a collection of about 850 historical
meteorological datasets. Among them, 40 are nowadays still in progress, 260
are more than thirty years long and 20 exceed one century. Moreover, the
specialized Library of CRA-CMA gathers several publications containing
meteorological data from many Italian and foreign observatories and an
important collection of scientific journals and historical books on
Atmospheric Sciences, Geophysics and Agrometeorology published both in Italy
and abroad and dating from the second half of the sixteenth century. Even if
input data for climate models are generally based on 30 yr long datasets,
nevertheless longer observational series (up to 50 or 100 yr) are a key
element to better understand the climate system behavior.
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Until today, the library described in this paper is a CRA-CMA heritage
almost unknown to the international scientific community. |
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| ISSN: | 1992-0628 1992-0636 |