Strong winds in the Czech Lands during the 16th-20th centuries.

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Authors	DOBROVOLNÝ Petr BRÁZDIL Rudolf
Year of publication	2003
Type	Article in Proceedings
Conference	Dealing with Diversity. 2nd International Conference of the European Society for Environmental History.
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Atmosphere sciences, meteorology
Keywords	strong wind; windstorm; documentary evidence; Czech Lands
Description	The main types of strong winds in the Czech Republic are categorised, including the Principal Component Analysis of winter gales of the 20th century. The advantages and drawbacks of documentary evidence of strong winds for the pre-instrumental period are described, including methodological problems related to such data. A chronology of strong winds and windstorms of centuries& in the Czech Lands since 1500 are presented.
Related projects:	Meteorological extremes and their impacts in the Czech Lands since the 16th century