All Articles tagged maritime archives

• Peer-Reviewed Scholarship
  March 29, 2024 EDT
  Extracting Global Maritime Weather Data from New England Whaling and Portuguese Navy Logbooks (1740-1960)
  Timothy D. WalkerCaroline C. Ummenhofer

  Researchers are extracting weather information from historic American whaling ship logs and Portuguese Navy logbooks. Such data can help scientists to establish historical weather variability baselines and understand anthropogenic changes.

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