Documentary-derived chronologies of rainfall variability in Antigua, Lesser Antilles, 1770–1890

This paper presents the first extensive reconstruction of precipitation variability in the Lesser Antilles using historical documentary sources. Over 13 250 items of documentation pertaining to Antigua from the period 1769–1890 were consulted, including missionary, plantation and governmental papers...

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Main Authors: A. J. Berland, S. E. Metcalfe, G. H. Endfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2013-06-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/9/1331/2013/cp-9-1331-2013.pdf