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Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-477-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-477-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 2
Research article
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20 Mar 2019
Research article |  | 20 Mar 2019

Extracting weather information from a plantation document

Gregory Burris, Jane Washburn, Omar Lasheen, Sophia Dorribo, James B. Elsner, and Ronald E. Doel

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Historical documents are full of untapped data on past climate conditions. Our paper sets out a method for extracting this information into a database that is easily utilized by climate scientists. We apply this method to a document from Shirley Plantation covering the years 1816–1842. We then provide two case studies to demonstrate the validity and utility of the new method and database.
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