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Strong wind occurrence in Poland from the 13th to 16th centuries based on documentary evidence
Rajmund Przybylak
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Andrzej Araźny
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Janusz Filipiak
Department of Physical Oceanography and Climate Research, University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
Piotr Oliński
Department of Medieval History and Auxiliary Sciences of History, Faculty of History, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Przemysław Wyszyński
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Meteorological Observatory, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Spatial Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Centre for Climate Change Research, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Artur Szwaba
Płużnica Commune Office, Płużnica, Poland
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Short summary
A comprehensive database of strong winds up until AD 1600 was created based on documentary evidence for the area within the modern-day borders of Poland. Three types of documentary sources were used: handwritten and unpublished, published, and “secondary” literature. The database contains detailed information about occurrences of strong wind (the location, time, duration and indexation for intensity, extent and character of damage) and the exact textual content of the original weather note.
A comprehensive database of strong winds up until AD 1600 was created based on documentary...
