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| Titel |
In search of colonial El Niño events and a brief history of meteorology in Ecuador |
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A. Terneus, A. Gioda |
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Englisch
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1680-7340
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In: 1st Alexander von Humboldt International Conference ; Nr. 6 (2006-02-02), S.181-187 |
| Datensatznummer |
250003256
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/adgeo-6-181-2006.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| This study shows a brief overview of the development of meteorology in
Ecuador from historical documentation of climatic events in the Colonial era
through to modern data collection. In the colonial era (16th
century-1824), historical documents of rogation ceremonies and municipal
proceedings, from the Quito area, provide a rich source of climate
information, including El Niño events. Our preliminary findings
show that very few of the historically documented catastrophes and other
marked environmental events in Quito match known El Niño episodes.
Independently, the first meteorological data was collected in Ecuador
(beginning with La Condamine in 1738), followed by the earliest attempts to
build a national meteorological network in the 1860's, linked closely to
President Gabriel García Moreno and the Jesuits. The 1925 El Niño
phenomenon was the first important meteorological episode recorded with
scientific instrumentation in Ecuador, with newspapers providing
complementary archives about the extreme impact of this event. |
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