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Hydrometeorological extremes derived from taxation records for south-eastern Moravia, Czech Republic, 1751–1900 AD
R. Brázdil
Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Global Change Research Centre AS CR, Brno, Czech Republic
K. Chromá
Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
H. Valášek
Moravian Land Archives, Brno, Czech Republic
L. Dolák
Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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The historical climatology has remarkable research potentialities. However, historical climatology has some methodological limitations. This study presents a new methodology (COST) that allows us to perform climate reconstructions with monthly resolution. The variability of the climatic series obtained are coherent with previous studies. The new proposed method is objective and is not affected by social changes, which allows us to perform studies in regions with different languages and cultures.
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J. Zheng, Z. Hua, Y. Liu, and Z. Hao
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