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The 18th century climate of Jamaica, derived from the journals of Thomas Thistlewood, 1750-1786
- Title
- The 18th century climate of Jamaica, derived from the journals of Thomas Thistlewood, 1750-1786 / Michael Chenoweth.
- Author
- Chenoweth, Michael, 1960-
- Publication
- Philadelphia : American Philosophical Society, 2003.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786.
- Description
- ix, 153 p. : ill.; cm.
- Series Statement
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 0065-9746 ; v. 93, pt. 2
- Uniform Title
- Transactions of the American Philosophical Society ; v. 93, pt. 2.
- Alternative Title
- 18th-century climate of Jamaica derived from the journals of Thomas Thistlewood, 1750-1786
- Subject
- Thistlewood, Thomas, 1721-1786
- Thistlewood, Thomas, (1721-1786)
- Thistlewood, Thomas
- 1700-1799
- Climatic changes > Jamaica
- 38.82 climatology
- Climatic changes
- Climatology > Observations
- Klimaänderung
- Meteorologische Beobachtung
- Klimaat
- Climat > Changements > Observations. > Jamaïque
- Jamaica > Climate > History > Observations. > 18th century
- Jamaica
- Jamaika
- Jamaïque > Climat > 18e siècle
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-143) and index.
- Contents
- The Unknown Climate History of the Caribbean -- Eighteenth Century Observations and Theories of Climate -- Methods in Historical Climatology -- The Thistlewood Weather Record -- Analysis of Thistlewood's Observing Practices -- Individual Weather Descriptors -- Contemporary Descriptions of the Jamaican Climate -- The Eighteenth Century Climate of Jamaica Compared to the Twentieth Century Climate of Jamaica -- Modern Climatological Data for Jamaica -- Interpretation of Results -- Caribbean Climate in the Late Eighteenth Century -- Hurricanes and Tropical Storms -- Results -- The Impact of Tropical Cyclones on Eighteenth-Century Jamaica -- Long-Term Tropical Cyclone Variability in Jamaica -- Long-Term Tropical Cyclone Variability as an Indicator of Larger-Scale Climatic Variability -- Metadata for Black River and Savannala-Mar Weather Stations -- Definitions of Column "Hd" Used in Digitized Database of Thistlewood Weather Journal -- Present Weather (WW1 and WW2) Types Used by Thistlewood and Their Corresponding Encoded Integer Values Used in the Database of Thistlewood Weather Observations -- Candidate Tropical Storm and Hurricane Events from the Thistlewood Record Compared with Independent Contemporary Data and with Previous Published Compilations.
- ISBN
- 087169932X
- 9780871699329
- LCCN
- 2003048158
- OCLC
- ocm52030333
- 52030333
- SCSB-1311865
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library