A historical perspective on wind data: time, space and vector relationships between ship log data and Cape Royal Astronomical Observatory wind data between 1834 and 1854

This dissertation assesses the extent to which data from the Climatological Database for the World's Oceans (CLIWOC) reflect newly digitized historical wind data captured at the Royal Astronomical Observatory (RAO) in Cape Town, South Africa from 1834-1854. This follows the historical precipita...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Alexa
Other Authors: Lennard, Chris
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24453